Race Car ELECTRONICS: Understanding CAN Bus Protocol & Diagnostics | RS (UK & IE)

CAN bus is an exceptionally robust, efficient and noise resistant protocol for communicating between electronic modules. Here, Team Brit’s Engineering Director, Al Locke, explains why motorsport teams favour CAN bus for race car electronics, and how they use it to control the vehicle, diagnose faults and analyse performance. With new videos every month, don’t forget to subscribe to the channel for more engineering insights:    / @rsengineeringinsights   0:00 – Intro 0:29 – What is CAN bus? 1:01 – Diagnosing faults 2:18 – The different versions of CAN bus 3:27 – CAN bus topology 3:46 – Measuring resistance across the bus 4.29 – Checking the differential signal 5.57 – The impact of CAN bus on motorsport ______________ About RS RS is your global business partner with an ever-expanding range of 750,000 in-stock industrial and electronics products – from over 2,500 partner suppliers. Whether you design, build, maintain or protect industrial equipment and operations, we help make your job easier. You can find the multimeter featured in this episode via the RS website: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/test-m... The oscilloscope can also be found via the RS website here: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/c/test-m... Follow RS UK & Ireland ·         YouTube:    / @rsengineeringinsights   ·         TikTok:   / rsengineeringinsights   ·         LinkedIn:   / rs-uk-ireland   #RSUKandIreland #TeamBrit #MotorSport #RaceEngineering #RacingTechnology #CANBus #Electronics #ElectronicEngineering #MotorsportInnovation #B2BPartnership