TCAN4550

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CAN FD controller with integrated transceiver

Product details

Protocols CAN, CAN FD, SBC Number of channels 1 Supply voltage (V) 6 to 24 Bus fault voltage (V) -42 to 42 Signaling rate (max) (bps) 5000000 Rating Catalog
Protocols CAN, CAN FD, SBC Number of channels 1 Supply voltage (V) 6 to 24 Bus fault voltage (V) -42 to 42 Signaling rate (max) (bps) 5000000 Rating Catalog
VQFN (RGY) 20 15.75 mm² 4.5 x 3.5
  • CAN FD controller with integrated CAN FD transceiver and serial peripheral interface (SPI)
  • CAN FD controller supports both ISO 11898-1:2015 and Bosch M_CAN Revision 3.2.1.1
  • Meets the requirements of ISO 11898-2:2016
  • CAN FD data rates up to 5 Mbps with up to 18 MHz SPI clock speed
  • Classic CAN backwards compatible
  • Operating modes: normal, standby, sleep, and failsafe
  • 3.3 V to 5 V input/output logic support for microprocessors
  • Wide operating ranges on CAN bus
    • ±42 V bus fault protection
    • ±12 V common mode
  • Optimized behavior when unpowered
    • Bus and logic terminals are high impedance
      (No load to operating bus or application)
    • Power up and down glitch free operation
  • CAN FD controller with integrated CAN FD transceiver and serial peripheral interface (SPI)
  • CAN FD controller supports both ISO 11898-1:2015 and Bosch M_CAN Revision 3.2.1.1
  • Meets the requirements of ISO 11898-2:2016
  • CAN FD data rates up to 5 Mbps with up to 18 MHz SPI clock speed
  • Classic CAN backwards compatible
  • Operating modes: normal, standby, sleep, and failsafe
  • 3.3 V to 5 V input/output logic support for microprocessors
  • Wide operating ranges on CAN bus
    • ±42 V bus fault protection
    • ±12 V common mode
  • Optimized behavior when unpowered
    • Bus and logic terminals are high impedance
      (No load to operating bus or application)
    • Power up and down glitch free operation

The TCAN4550 is a CAN FD controller with an integrated CAN FD transceiver supporting data rates up to 8 Mbps. The CAN FD controller meets the specifications of the ISO11898-1:2015 high speed controller area network (CAN) data link layer and meets the physical layer requirements of the ISO11898–2:2016 high speed CAN specification. The TCAN4550 provides an interface between the CAN bus and the system processor through serial peripheral interface (SPI), supporting both classic CAN and CAN FD, allowing port expansion or CAN support with processors that do not support CAN FD. The TCAN4550 provides CAN FD transceiver functionality: differential transmit capability to the bus and differential receive capability from the bus. The device supports wake up via local wake up (LWU) and bus wake using the CAN bus implementing the ISO11898-2:2016 Wake Up Pattern (WUP).

The device includes many protection features providing device and CAN bus robustness. These features include failsafe , internal dominant state timeout, wide bus operating range and a time-out watchdog as examples.

The TCAN4550 is a CAN FD controller with an integrated CAN FD transceiver supporting data rates up to 8 Mbps. The CAN FD controller meets the specifications of the ISO11898-1:2015 high speed controller area network (CAN) data link layer and meets the physical layer requirements of the ISO11898–2:2016 high speed CAN specification. The TCAN4550 provides an interface between the CAN bus and the system processor through serial peripheral interface (SPI), supporting both classic CAN and CAN FD, allowing port expansion or CAN support with processors that do not support CAN FD. The TCAN4550 provides CAN FD transceiver functionality: differential transmit capability to the bus and differential receive capability from the bus. The device supports wake up via local wake up (LWU) and bus wake using the CAN bus implementing the ISO11898-2:2016 Wake Up Pattern (WUP).

The device includes many protection features providing device and CAN bus robustness. These features include failsafe , internal dominant state timeout, wide bus operating range and a time-out watchdog as examples.

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* Data sheet TCAN4550 Automotive Control Area Network Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD) Controller with Integrated Transceiver datasheet (Rev. A) PDF | HTML 27 Jun 2019
Application note TCAN455x Clock Optimization and Design Guidelines PDF | HTML 26 Jul 2021
User guide TCAN45xx Software User's Guide 03 May 2019
Application note TCAN4550 Watchdog Configuration Guide 01 May 2019
User guide SPI to CAN FD SBC + LIN Transceiver BoosterPack User's Guide 01 Apr 2019
EVM User's guide TCAN4x5x Evaluation Module User's Guide (Rev. A) 22 Mar 2019
Technical article CAN & LIN: take a look inside PDF | HTML 01 Mar 2018

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TCAN4550EVM — TCAN4550-Q1 CAN FD controller with integrated transceiver evaluation module

The EVM can be used to evaluate the TCAN4550 SPI to CAN FD Controller and Transceiver solution.  The CAN bus signals are easily accessed via a DB9 connector (or via header pins), and the digital interface (SPI lines plus GPIOs) is accessible via a single dual-row header.  Input clocks to (...)

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SLLC469 TCAN4550 Demo Software

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TCAN4550 CAN FD controller with integrated transceiver TCAN4550-Q1 Automotive system basis chip (SBC) with integrated CAN FD controller & transceiver
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Evaluation board
BOOSTXL-CANFD-LIN SPI to CAN FD SBC + LIN transceiver BoosterPack™ plug-in module TCAN4550EVM TCAN4550-Q1 CAN FD controller with integrated transceiver evaluation module
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TCAN4550 IBIS Model

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