Thread: Can I branch the CAN to go to two separate places?
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Re: Can I branch the CAN to go to two separate places?
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Originally Posted by wireties View Post
QFT - I should have mentioned this. But on the roboRio the CANbus is running near full-speed. You would have to slow the bus down and all kinds of things might stop working (PCM control loops not closing, not enough bandwidth to query/set Talons etc).
What is "full speed"? A quick search did not turn up any specs on the data rate of the RoboRio's CAN Port. In fact, NI's spec sheet totally neglects to mention the CAN Port in any way.

What do you mean by "slow the bus down"? Do you mean a slower data-rate or do you mean a slower edge-rate?
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