What is the difference between CAN and 2-Can?

[jwakeman]

Originally Posted by Mike Copioli

- Not driving a motor (Gateway is a much lower risk of failure when not driving a motor)

What does this mean?

[Joe Ross]

If the black jaguar that you are using as a serial bridge browns out due to a spike in current in the motor it's driving, you lose the entire bus. The 2CAN has a separate power supply, so it isn't susceptible to that problem.

[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

If the black jaguar that you are using as a serial bridge browns out due to a spike in current in the motor it's driving, you lose the entire bus. The 2CAN has a separate power supply, so it isn't susceptible to that problem.

Bingo.