gowenwilliams
New Member
Hi all..
I am building an extended range of sensors for a data logging system on a race motorcycle. It consists of a number of multi axis accelerometers and gyro units which output analouge signals in the 0-5v range.. These can directly interface with my current logger and all is fine...
The problem.. When I am running all the other suspension, wheel-speed, tyre temp, etc sensors, I run out of analogue inputs on the logger.
The solution.. Well, the logger can also log an extra 32 data channels using CAN-bus, and we have achived this successfully with commercially available CAN compatible hardware... But how do I interface my 'cheap and nasty' 5V analogue gyro's and loggers with the loggers CAN bus?
Looking on various RS catalouges etc I guess that this is going to be achived using a PIC microcontroller and Some A/D conversion.
However my PIC/CAN knowledge is poor, and I'm a little stuck...
Any advice of how to get 0-5V analogue signals into CAN would be very much appreciated...
Thanks.
Owen
I am building an extended range of sensors for a data logging system on a race motorcycle. It consists of a number of multi axis accelerometers and gyro units which output analouge signals in the 0-5v range.. These can directly interface with my current logger and all is fine...
The problem.. When I am running all the other suspension, wheel-speed, tyre temp, etc sensors, I run out of analogue inputs on the logger.
The solution.. Well, the logger can also log an extra 32 data channels using CAN-bus, and we have achived this successfully with commercially available CAN compatible hardware... But how do I interface my 'cheap and nasty' 5V analogue gyro's and loggers with the loggers CAN bus?
Looking on various RS catalouges etc I guess that this is going to be achived using a PIC microcontroller and Some A/D conversion.
However my PIC/CAN knowledge is poor, and I'm a little stuck...
Any advice of how to get 0-5V analogue signals into CAN would be very much appreciated...
Thanks.
Owen