CANifier
User’s
Guide www.ctr-electronics.com 10/8/2017
Cross The Road Electronics Page 5 10/8/2017
1.1. Features
CAN bus controlled and field-upgradeable
3x LED channel drivers
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Individual RGB control with 10bit resolution.
Support for many sensor types, including:
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SRX Mag Encoder / quadrature encoders
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Limit switches
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Pixy/CMUcam5
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Pulse width ultrasonic (e.g. MaxBotix MB1013)
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LIDAR-Lite v3
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Talon Tach
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Digital Sharp distance sensors
Outputs for common devices, including:
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PWM motor controllers
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Small hobby servos
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PWM LED controllers
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Any PWM-controlled device
Electro-static Discharge (ESD) protection on exposed pins
Future features
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Several sensor types supported directly in firmware.
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SPI/I2C-over-CANBus software driver.
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Direct communication with CTRE CAN Devices for a variety of features.