CAN

ATSAMC21N18A has two CAN modules that performs communication according to ISO11898-1 (Bosch CAN specification 2.0 part A,B) and Bosch CAN FD specification V1.0.

CAN 0 and CAN 1 are connected to two on-board ATA6561 CAN physical-layer transceivers. Table 1 and Table 2 show the connections between the ATSAMC21N18A and two ATA6561 transceivers.

The CAN differential signals are connected to two 1 x 2, 100 mil pin-headerw labeled CAN 0 and CAN 1.

Table 1. CAN 0 Transceiver (ATA6561) Connections
SAMC21Npin Function ATA6561 function Shared functionality
PA24 CAN0 TX TXD -
PA25 CAN0 RX RXD -
Table 2. CAN 1 Transceiver (ATA6561) Connections
SAMC21Npin Function ATA6561 function Shared functionality
PB14 CAN1 TX TXD -
PB15 CAN1 RX RXD -
Table 3. CAN Header (CAN 0)
CAN header pin Function
1 CANH0
2 CANL0
Table 4. CAN Header (CAN 1)
CAN header pin Function
1 CANH1
2 CANL1