Re: User-Space Can dongles? Stlink-v3Bridge as CAN dongle

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On 8/16/19 12:52 PM, bon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> STMicroelectronics provides STLINK-V3Set and STLINK-V3Mini ( > 10
> Euro) primary for SWD/Jtag debugging via USB. However bridge functions
> are implemented for Uart, GPIO, I2C, SPI and CAN. A library (*1) is
> provided to use these bridge functions, stacking on some device
> library (*2) stacking finally on libusb.

What do you mean by bridge functions?

In a proper designed system, you want to have UART, GPIO, I2C, SPI and
CAN drivers in the kernel, not implemented in user space.

> Using these dongles as socket-can adapters would come handy.

Does the license allow you to cerate any open source software with it?

> However this would imply a user-space socketcan adapter. Is such a
> thing possible? 

Create a vcan and attach your userspace components to it.

Marc

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