CAN bus is mostly for automotive applications. All contemporary cars have this bus and all inner units in a car interact through this bus
For industrial applications rs485 is the most widely used bus, but it may depend on your budget. Sometimes a radio connection is better than simple wiring. 1-wire is an option too, but this bus has significant limitation on the wires length You can also find out details about ZigBee devices. 06 янв. 2014 г. 1:08 пользователь "Michael Cummins" < [email protected]> написал: > Relatively new to small platforms and Linux in general. Have a new > BeagleBone Black and am thinking about monitoring/logging sensors for > future projects like monitoring solar heating, power consumption, state of > devices in home, etc. > > I read that CANBUS is a preferred method for multiple sensors on a long > wire. Would you agree? > > What does the CANBUS Cape offer beyond what the BBB can already do? > > Should I skip the wire and learn to work with wireless sensors first? I > imagine the cost is higher, but would that be a more robust and more easily > managed network? > > Someone on the forums implied that the future of BBB and Angstrom is in > question. Should I do my learning on Ubuntu instead, as I'm just getting > started? > > Thanks for your time, patience and experience as I start imagining ways > forward. > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
