Microchip CAN Bus Monitor Development Kit MCP2515DM-BM

CAN Bus Monitor Demonstration Board

Microchips MCP2515DM-BM demo board is a duo board kit that can create a CAN (Controller Area Network) bus. The two boards are identical and are connected with a CAN cable, while the other board is connected to the host PC. The software for this board can be used to send and receive CAN messages and configure the registers. The MCP2515 boars are both reversible meaning either one can take the others role, depending on how you have them connected.

Depending on the configuration of your cables, the board connected to your PC will become the monitor, and the other board will become the Traffic Generator.

Features and Benefits:

• PIC18F4550 PIC MCU with ICD2 interface for in-circuit programming


• Testing points for monitoring MCP2515 pins (CAN, SPI and status)


• Can be connected to an existing CAN bus


• Identical boards allow for neither to be a master board


• Button for changing the bus load on the Traffic Generator node

MCP2515 Firmware:

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/MCP2515DM-BM_Firmware.zip

MCP2515 PC Software:

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/BusMonitor_v2.0.0.22.zip

Whats in the box:

• 2x CAN Bus monitoring boards


• 1x Connector cable


• 1x USB A to USB B


• 1x Information sheet

Supplied with

CAN cable, CAN bus PC software.

CAN Bus Communication - Microchip

MCP2515DM-BM MCP2515 CAN Bus Monitor Demo Board Data Sheet

ESD Control Selection Guide V1

MCP2515DM User Guide