Published February 5, 2023 © GPL3+

Simple CAN BUS Logger with PICO

With Raspberry PICO and a couple of CAN BUS interfaces it is possible to perform a simple can bus logger

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Things used in this project

Hardware components

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 IO Board

Raspberry Pi Pico

Dual Can PICO V1.0

Dual CAN BUS Shield for Raspberry

Software apps and online services

Raspberry Pi Raspbian

Arduino IDE

Hand tools and fabrication machines

10 Pc. Jumper Wire Kit, 5 cm Long

Multitool, Screwdriver

Story

SG Electronic Systems was born as a support to the Open Hardware projects. Our experience allows us to support the Open Hardware team in the development of new electronic systems and in their distribution. We have a long experience in Fieldbus applications as: CAN BUS, RS-232, RS-422/485, Ethernet.

In this tutorial we explain how to program the Raspberry PICO as a double CAN BUS logger. The hardware setup is composed by Master Board (to send CAN BUS data) and Slave Board (for message recording). The Master Board is the official carrier CM4IO with a CM4 module and CAN BUS Shield. The Slave Board is the Raspberry Pico with an adapter for DUAL CAN BUS Shield.

The CM4IO requires a 12 V DC power supply, instead the PICO is powered from USB cable. On can side, the connection requires a a couple of wires for CAN High and CAN Low (CAN High is connected with CAN High, CAN Low is connected with CAN Low).

Software configuration for Raspberry CM4

Edit /boot/config.txt modify the following row

dtoverlay=mcp2515-can0, oscillator=16000000, interrupt=22dtoverlay=mcp2515-can1, oscillator=16000000, interrupt=25

Run the following command:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ dmesg | grep -i can

This is the output:

[ 13.197388] CAN device driver interface[ 15.375846] mcp251x spi0.0 can1: bit-timing not yet defined[ 15.382408] mcp251x spi0.1 can0: bit-timing not yet defined

From the output it is possible to observe that can0 is associated to spi0.1 and can1 to spi0.0.

Respect the board shown in figure 1 the interface can0 is located in SPI0.1(X2 connector) and can1 in SPI0.0(X1 connector).

After your raspberry has been booted, go to home directory:

cd /home/pi/nano can-start.sh

add these lines to the script

#!/bin/sh#Canip link set can0 up type can bitrate 1000000ip link set can1 up type can bitrate 1000000

Run the script:

sudo sh can-start.sh

Software configuration for Raspberry PICO

An embedded system is very interesting for open hardware community only if it is well supported with free IDE and library. There are two IDE software to develop firmware: Arduino IDE and Visual Studio Code.

For stability and simplicity we prefer to use Arduino IDE. The RP2040 core used in this example is developed by Earle Philhower. Use the following steps to prepare the IDE:

Open IDE
Click on File
Click on Preference

Click on Additional Board Manager URLs and add this link https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico/releases/download/global/package_rp2040_index.json

Click OK
Click on Tools
Click on Board Manager
Install RP2040 core

Install ACAN2515 of Pierre Molinaro
Click on Sketch
Include Library
Manage Libraries

Select Raspberry Pi PICO

Dual Can Bus Sketch Raspberry PICO

On Dual CAN BUS Shield there are two kind of RTC for our boards, the DS3231 and PCF85063. Verify the installed RTC on your board and enabled the correct #define. For this tutorial the RTC #define is not necessary.

Both CAN BUS interface are enabled, CAN0 is set at 125 kb/s instead CAN1 is set at 1 Mb/s.

Copy the compiled file PicoDualCan_V1.0_sniffer.ino.rpipico.uf2 in PICO flash memory.

Logger test

On Raspberry CM4 board run the following command

On Arduino IDE open the PICO serial port

Check if both the CAN interface are initialized without errors, after that you can see message received by PICO.

Remember that, on CM4 can bus can0 was initialized at 1 Mb/s, on PICO can1 is initialized at 1 Mb/s

Code

PicoDualCan_V1.0_sniffer.ino

//
//  SG Electronic Systems srls 
//  This Example is derived by
//  ACAN2515 Demo in loopback mode, for the Raspberry Pi Pico
//  Thanks to Duncan Greenwood for providing this sample sketch
//
// Pico Adapter Pinout
// SPI0_SCK         2     
// SPI0_MISO        0     
// SPI0_MOSI        3     
// SPI0_CS0         1     CAN0
// SPI0_CS1         9     CAN1      
// MCP2515_INT1     4     CAN0
// MCP2515_INT2     12    CAN1 
// SPI1_SCK         10    
// SPI1_MISO        8     
// SPI1_MOSI        11    
// SPI1_CS0         6     
// SPI1_CS1         13    
// I2C0_SDA         20    RTC
// I2C0_SCL         21    RTC
// I2C1_SDA         14    
// I2C1_SCL         15    
// LED1             18
// LED2             19
// UART0_RX         17
// UART0_TX         16

#ifndef ARDUINO_ARCH_RP2040
#error "Select a Raspberry Pi Pico board"
#endif


#define LED1  18
#define LED2  19

#define LED
#define CAN0
#define CAN1
//#define RTC
//#define RTC_DS3231
#define RTC_PCF85063
//
#include <Wire.h>
#ifdef RTC_DS3231
#include "DS3231.h"
#endif
#ifdef RTC_PCF85063
#include "PCF85063TP.h"
#endif
#include <ACAN2515.h>

//
// The Pico has two SPI peripherals, SPI and SPI1. Either (or both) can be used.
// The are no default pin assignments so they must be set explicitly.
// Testing was done with Earle Philhower's arduino-pico core:
// https://github.com/earlephilhower/arduino-pico
//

static const byte SPI0_SCK  = 2 ; // SCK input of MCP2515
static const byte SPI0_MOSI = 3 ; // SDI input of MCP2515
static const byte SPI0_MISO = 0 ; // SDO output of MCP2515
static const byte SPI0_CS0  = 1 ;  // CS input of MCP2515 1
static const byte SPI0_CS1  = 9 ;  // CS input of MCP2515 (2
static const byte I2C0_SDA  = 20 ; 
static const byte I2C0_SCL  = 21 ; 
#ifdef CAN0
static const byte MCP2515_INT0 = 4 ;  // INT output of MCP2515 (adapt to your design)
ACAN2515 can0 (SPI0_CS0, SPI, MCP2515_INT0) ;
#endif

#ifdef CAN1
static const byte MCP2515_INT1 = 12 ;  // INT output of MCP2515 (adapt to your design)
ACAN2515 can1 (SPI0_CS1, SPI, MCP2515_INT1) ;
#endif

#ifdef RTC_DS3231
#define DS3231_I2C_ADDRESS 0x68
#endif
#ifdef RTC_PCF85063
PCD85063TP clock;//define a object of PCD85063TP class
#endif

static const uint32_t QUARTZ_FREQUENCY = 16UL * 1000UL * 1000UL ; // 16 MHz
static uint32_t gBlinkLedDate0 = 0 ;
static uint32_t gReceivedFrameCount0 = 0 ;
static uint32_t gSentFrameCount0 = 0 ;
static uint32_t gBlinkLedDate1 = 0 ;
static uint32_t gReceivedFrameCount1 = 0 ;
static uint32_t gSentFrameCount1 = 0 ;
//
//   SETUP
//

void setup () {

  #ifdef LED
  pinMode (LED1, OUTPUT) ;  // For CAN0
  digitalWrite (LED1, HIGH) ;
  pinMode (LED2, OUTPUT) ;  // For CAN1
  digitalWrite (LED2, HIGH) ;
  #else   //--- Switch on builtin led
  pinMode (LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT) ;
  digitalWrite (LED_BUILTIN, HIGH) ;
  #endif
  //--- Start serial
  Serial.begin (115200) ;
  
  //--- Wait for serial (blink led at 10 Hz during waiting)
  while (!Serial) {
    delay (50);
    #ifdef LED
    digitalWrite (LED1, !digitalRead (LED1)) ;
    delay (50);
    digitalWrite (LED2, !digitalRead (LED2)) ;
    #else
    digitalWrite (LED_BUILTIN, !digitalRead (LED_BUILTIN)) ;
    #endif
  }
  //--- There are no default SPI pins so they must be explicitly assigned
  SPI.setSCK(SPI0_SCK);
  SPI.setTX(SPI0_MOSI);
  SPI.setRX(SPI0_MISO);
  //--- Begin SPI
  SPI.begin () ;
  #ifdef CAN0
  //--- Configure ACAN2515
  Serial.println ("Configure ACAN2515 CAN0") ;
  ACAN2515Settings settings0 (QUARTZ_FREQUENCY, 125UL * 1000UL) ; // CAN bit rate 125 kb/s
  settings0.mRequestedMode = ACAN2515Settings::NormalMode  ; // Select NormalMode  mode
  const uint16_t errorCode0 = can0.begin (settings0, [] { can0.isr () ; }) ;
  if (errorCode0 == 0) {
    Serial.print ("Bit Rate prescaler: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mBitRatePrescaler) ;
    Serial.print ("Propagation Segment: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mPropagationSegment) ;
    Serial.print ("Phase segment 1: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mPhaseSegment1) ;
    Serial.print ("Phase segment 2: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mPhaseSegment2) ;
    Serial.print ("SJW: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mSJW) ;
    Serial.print ("Triple Sampling: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.mTripleSampling ? "yes" : "no") ;
    Serial.print ("Actual bit rate: ") ;
    Serial.print (settings0.actualBitRate ()) ;
    Serial.println (" bit/s") ;
    Serial.print ("Exact bit rate ? ") ;
    Serial.println (settings0.exactBitRate () ? "yes" : "no") ;
    Serial.print ("Sample point: ") ;
    Serial.print (settings0.samplePointFromBitStart ()) ;
    Serial.println ("%") ;
  } else {
    Serial.print ("Configuration 0 error 0x") ;
    Serial.println (errorCode0, HEX) ;
  }
  #endif
  delay (300);
  #ifdef CAN1
    //--- There are no default SPI pins so they must be explicitly assigned
  //--- Configure ACAN2515 CAN1
  Serial.println ("Configure ACAN2515 CAN1") ;
  ACAN2515Settings settings1 (QUARTZ_FREQUENCY, 1000UL * 1000UL) ; // can1 bit rate 1000 kb/s
  settings1.mRequestedMode = ACAN2515Settings::NormalMode  ; // Select NormalMode  mode
  const uint16_t errorCode1 = can1.begin (settings1, [] { can1.isr () ; }) ;
  if (errorCode1 == 0) {
    Serial.print ("Bit Rate prescaler: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mBitRatePrescaler) ;
    Serial.print ("Propagation Segment: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mPropagationSegment) ;
    Serial.print ("Phase segment 1: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mPhaseSegment1) ;
    Serial.print ("Phase segment 2: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mPhaseSegment2) ;
    Serial.print ("SJW: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mSJW) ;
    Serial.print ("Triple Sampling: ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.mTripleSampling ? "yes" : "no") ;
    Serial.print ("Actual bit rate: ") ;
    Serial.print (settings1.actualBitRate ()) ;
    Serial.println (" bit/s") ;
    Serial.print ("Exact bit rate ? ") ;
    Serial.println (settings1.exactBitRate () ? "yes" : "no") ;
    Serial.print ("Sample point: ") ;
    Serial.print (settings1.samplePointFromBitStart ()) ;
    Serial.println ("%") ;
  }else{
    Serial.print ("Configuration 1 error 0x") ;
    Serial.println (errorCode1, HEX) ;
  }  
  #endif

  #ifdef RTC
  Wire.setSDA(I2C0_SDA);
  Wire.setSCL(I2C0_SCL);
  Wire.begin();
  #endif
  #ifdef RTC_PCF85063 
  clock.begin();
  //clock.setcalibration(1, 32767.2);  // Setting offset by clock frequency
  uint8_t ret = clock.calibratBySeconds(0, -0.000041);
  Serial.print("offset value: ");
  Serial.print("0x");
  Serial.println(ret, HEX);
  #endif
}

#ifdef RTC_PCF85063 
void displayTime()
{
  char minute, hour, dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth, month, year, second;
  clock.getTime();
  second = clock.second;
  minute = clock.minute;
  hour = clock.hour;
  dayOfWeek = clock.dayOfWeek;
  dayOfMonth = clock.dayOfMonth;
  month = clock.month;
  year = clock.year+2000;
  // send it to the serial monitor
  Serial.print(hour, DEC);
  // convert the byte variable to a decimal number when displayed
  Serial.print(":");
  if (minute<10)
  {
    Serial.print("0");
  }
  Serial.print(minute, DEC);
  Serial.print(":");
  if (second<10)
  {
    Serial.print("0");
  }
  Serial.print(second, DEC);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(dayOfMonth, DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(month, DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(year, DEC);
  Serial.print(" Day of week: ");
  switch(dayOfWeek){
  case 1:{
    Serial.println("Sunday");
    }
    break;
  case 2:{
    Serial.println("Monday");
  }
    break;
  case 3:{
    Serial.println("Tuesday");
  }
    break;
  case 4:{
    Serial.println("Wednesday");
  }
    break;
  case 5:{
    Serial.println("Thursday");
    }
    break;
  case 6:{
    Serial.println("Friday");
  }
    break;
  case 7:{
    Serial.println("Saturday");
  }
    break;
    default:
  Serial.println();
  break;
  } 
}
#endif

#ifdef RTC_DS3231
// Convert normal decimal numbers to binary coded decimal
byte decToBcd(byte val)
{
  return( (val/10*16) + (val%10) );
}
// Convert binary coded decimal to normal decimal numbers
byte bcdToDec(byte val)
{
  return( (val/16*10) + (val%16) );
}
void setDS3231time(byte second, byte minute, byte hour, byte dayOfWeek, byte
dayOfMonth, byte month, byte year)
{
  // sets time and date data to DS3231
  Wire.beginTransmission(DS3231_I2C_ADDRESS);
  Wire.write(0); // set next input to start at the seconds register
  Wire.write(decToBcd(second)); // set seconds
  Wire.write(decToBcd(minute)); // set minutes
  Wire.write(decToBcd(hour)); // set hours
  Wire.write(decToBcd(dayOfWeek)); // set day of week (1=Sunday, 7=Saturday)
  Wire.write(decToBcd(dayOfMonth)); // set date (1 to 31)
  Wire.write(decToBcd(month)); // set month
  Wire.write(decToBcd(year)); // set year (0 to 99)
  Wire.endTransmission();
}
void readDS3231time(byte *second,
byte *minute,
byte *hour,
byte *dayOfWeek,
byte *dayOfMonth,
byte *month,
byte *year)
{
  Wire.beginTransmission(DS3231_I2C_ADDRESS);
  Wire.write(0); // set DS3231 register pointer to 00h
  Wire.endTransmission();
  Wire.requestFrom(DS3231_I2C_ADDRESS, 7);
  // request seven bytes of data from DS3231 starting from register 00h
  *second = bcdToDec(Wire.read() & 0x7f);
  *minute = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  *hour = bcdToDec(Wire.read() & 0x3f);
  *dayOfWeek = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  *dayOfMonth = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  *month = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
  *year = bcdToDec(Wire.read());
}
void displayTime()
{
  byte  minute, hour, dayOfWeek, dayOfMonth, month, year, second;
  // retrieve data from DS3231
  readDS3231time(&second, &minute, &hour, &dayOfWeek, &dayOfMonth, &month,
  &year); 
  // send it to the serial monitor
  Serial.print(hour, DEC);
  // convert the byte variable to a decimal number when displayed
  Serial.print(":");
  if (minute<10)
  {
    Serial.print("0");
  }
  Serial.print(minute, DEC);
  Serial.print(":");
  if (second<10)
  {
    Serial.print("0");
  }
  Serial.print(second, DEC);
  Serial.print(" ");
  Serial.print(dayOfMonth, DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(month, DEC);
  Serial.print("/");
  Serial.print(year, DEC);
  Serial.print(" Day of week: ");
  switch(dayOfWeek){
  case 1:{
    Serial.println("Sunday");
    }
    break;
  case 2:{
    Serial.println("Monday");
  }
    break;
  case 3:{
    Serial.println("Tuesday");
  }
    break;
  case 4:{
    Serial.println("Wednesday");
  }
    break;
  case 5:{
    Serial.println("Thursday");
    }
    break;
  case 6:{
    Serial.println("Friday");
  }
    break;
  case 7:{
    Serial.println("Saturday");
  }
    break;
  }
  
}

#endif

void loop () {
  CANMessage frame0 ;
  CANMessage frame1 ;
  CANMessage frame_read ;
  can0.poll () ;
  can1.poll () ;
/*  frame0.id =  0x010 ;
  frame0.len =  8 ;
  frame0.data[0] = 10;
  frame0.data[1] = 2;
  frame0.data[2] = 3;
  frame0.data[3] = 4;
  frame0.data[4] = 5;
  frame0.data[5] = 6;
  frame0.data[6] = 7;
  frame0.data[7] = 8;
  frame1.id =  0x002 ;
  frame1.len =  8 ;
  frame1.data[0] = 11;
  frame1.data[1] = 12;
  frame1.data[2] = 13;
  frame1.data[3] = 14;
  frame1.data[4] = 15;
  frame1.data[5] = 16;
  frame1.data[6] = 17;
  frame1.data[7] = 18;*/
  int len = 0;
  #ifdef CAN0
  // CAN0 loop
  /*if (gBlinkLedDate0 < millis ()) {
    gBlinkLedDate0 += 2000 ;
    digitalWrite (LED1, !digitalRead (LED1)) ;
    const bool ok0 = can0.tryToSend (frame0) ;
    if (ok0) {
      gSentFrameCount0 += 1 ;
      Serial.print ("Sent 0: ") ;
      Serial.println (gSentFrameCount0) ;
    } else {
      Serial.println ("Send failure 0") ;
    }
  }*/
  if (can0.available ()) {
    can0.receive (frame_read) ;
    gReceivedFrameCount0 ++ ;
    Serial.print ("CAN0 Received : ") ;
    Serial.print (gReceivedFrameCount0) ;
	Serial.print (" Id: ") ;
	len = frame_read.len;
    Serial.print (frame_read.id) ;
	Serial.print (" Len: ") ;
    Serial.print (len) ;
	Serial.print (" Data: ") ;
	for(int i = 0; i<len; i++)    // print the data
	{
		Serial.print(frame_read.data[i]);
		Serial.print(" ");
	}
	Serial.println();
	#ifdef RTC
	displayTime();
	#endif
  }
  #endif
  #ifdef CAN1
  // CAN1 loop
  /*if (gBlinkLedDate1 < millis ()) {
    gBlinkLedDate1 += 1000 ;
    digitalWrite (LED2, !digitalRead (LED2)) ;
    const bool ok1 = can1.tryToSend (frame1) ;
    if (ok1) {
      gSentFrameCount1 += 1 ;
      Serial.print ("Sent 1: ") ;
      Serial.println (gSentFrameCount1) ;
    } else {
      Serial.println ("Send failure 1") ;
    }
  }*/
  if (can1.available ()) {
    can1.receive (frame_read) ;
    gReceivedFrameCount1 ++ ;
    Serial.print ("CAN 1 Received: ") ;
    Serial.print (gReceivedFrameCount1) ;
  	Serial.print (" Id: ") ;
  	len = frame_read.len;
    Serial.print (frame_read.id) ;
	  Serial.print (" Len: ") ;
    Serial.print (len) ;
  	Serial.print (" Data: ") ;
  	for(int i = 0; i<len; i++)    // print the data
  	{
  		Serial.print(frame_read.data[i]);
  		Serial.print(" ");
  	}
	  Serial.println();
	#ifdef RTC
	displayTime();
	#endif
  }
  #endif
}

//

Credits

Pier8283

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Thanks to Duncan Greenwood.

Simple CAN BUS Logger with PICO

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Software configuration for Raspberry CM4

Software configuration for Raspberry PICO

Dual Can Bus Sketch Raspberry PICO

Logger test

Schematics

System connectons

Code

PicoDualCan_V1.0_sniffer.ino

Credits

Pier8283

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Simple CAN BUS Logger with PICO

Simple CAN BUS Logger with PICO

Things used in this project

Hardware components

Software apps and online services

Hand tools and fabrication machines

Story

Software configuration for Raspberry CM4

Software configuration for Raspberry PICO

Dual Can Bus Sketch Raspberry PICO

Logger test

Schematics

System connectons

Code

PicoDualCan_V1.0_sniffer.ino

Credits

Pier8283

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