Controller Area Network (CAN network) is a vehicle bus standard that allows microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other within a vehicle. CAN is a message-based protocol originally designed for automotive applications, but it is also used in other areas such as industrial automation.

Common tasks for interacting with a CAN network include:

• Connecting your PC to your CAN network using a variety of supported CAN interface hardware
• Sending and receiving messages using XCP protocol
• Filtering CAN messages
• Using CAN database files to encode and decode messages
• Generating code from CAN Simulink blocks

For more information, see MATLAB^®, Simulink^®, and Vehicle Network Toolbox™.