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CAN Communication System Description: Notes

ECM (2), ABS/ESP® control module (1), TCM (CVT model) (3), BCM (4), 4WD control module (4WD model) (6), combination meter (7), keyless start control module (keyless start model) (5) and SDM (Advanced air bag model) (11), steering angle sensor (ESP® model) (8), yaw rate/G sensor (ESP® model) (9), ID controller (Canada model) (10) communicate control data between each control module. Communication of each control module/sensor is established by CAN (Controller Area Network) communication system.

Fig 1: CAN Communication System Diagram
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CAN communication system uses the serial communication in which data is transmitted at a high speed. It uses a twisted pair of two communication lines for the high-speed data transmission. As one of its characteristics, multiple control modules can communicate simultaneously. In addition, it has a function to detect a communication error automatically. Each module reads necessary data from the received data and transmits data.