ESC CAN Adapter
Intro
Who
Component Library, Layout: @Meghan Dang
Architect, Component Selection, Schematic, Reviewer, Schematic: @Daniel Puratich
Firmware: @Derek Tang @Nathan Green
Advisors: Aidan Bowers, Kevin Li
Why
we want to space ESCs out, have a higher datarate, and less harness complexity
CAN supported ESCs exist but more expensive and not what we have alr, we like what we have right now
DSHOT is already a digital protcol that’s busable
single ended
prone to ground loops and common mode SI
100mil hdrs into pixhawk and from ESC
What
board solders onto the ESCs both DSHOT data pins that has a JST CAN connector to pixhawk
the firmware and hardware will not implement an ESC, we will continue to rely on COTS for this assuming the COTS solution features a standard DSHOT 100mil pitch connection (as the APD ESCs we have right now do)
firmware wise this is a CAN to bidirectional DSHOT adapter.
How:
small STM and a CAN transceiver, may require a little LDO for power, see below for design procedure
When
Starting Early June 2024
Where
Table of Contents
- 1 Intro
- 1.1 Table of Contents
- 1.2 Subpages
- 2 System Background/Research
- 2.1 Pixhawk
- 2.2 APD ESC
- 2.3 Other Devices
- 3 Design
Subpages
System Background/Research
most information pulled from 2024 System Architecture
Pixhawk
link to pixhawk docu for CAN transcievr
https://holybro.com/collections/autopilot-flight-controllers/products/pixhawk-6x
Technical Specification | Holybro Docs
Pixhawk 6X/6X Pro Flight Controller — Plane documentation
APD ESC
note that other DSHOT supporting ESCs are similar pinout wise.
dshot has a sig in, a sig out, and a GND pin here
120F3[X] — Advanced Power Drives sales page
Quick Start Guide | Advanced Power Drives manual page
excerpt from their documentation:
Other Devices
ark CAN node
ARK_CANNODE/Hardware/Rev 1/ARK CANNODE Rev 1 Schematic.PDF at main · ARK-Electronics/ARK_CANNODE
switched CAN termination is actually an insanely good idea for hobbiest CAN networks
Design
System Wiring Diagram
Diagram explains this board connects to ESC and rest of the system. Other CAN nodes should be implemented similarly. @Daniel Puratich is handling this diagram to help set the stage and improve on diagrams from Custom CAN Hub and concepts discussed widely.
Schematic Wise
Most detail is on this board, but kind of describes the system.
Layout Sample
This is a starting place for a simple plane example, but shows how a layout could look with a full CAN architecture. Eventually battery bay could support more CAN and reduce harnessing there, but the battery bay and avionics will be very close to eachother so they’re lower priority than the farther away stuff.
CAN Header Selection
Will follow Pixhawk Electrical Connector Standards .
copy pixhawk for MPN
input and output CAN hdr
ESC Connection Selection
100mil hdr mount onto it
Micro Selection
some STM
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
LFSPXO072801 ← possible 8mhz HSE, used on the ark one, seems fine to me
CAN Transceiver Selection
Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games
copy pixhawk? kinda yea but chosen in discord and no real contest
no need for CANFD imo
common mode choke
need to select
SRF2012A-121YA
ACM2012-201-2P-T002
ACT45B-101-2P-TL003
ACM2012-361-2P-T002
B82786L0104N002
https://product.tdk.com/en/products/selectionguide/cmf.html
doesnt even include CAN lmao
https://product.tdk.com/en/techlibrary/productoverview/automotive-cmf_can-fd.html
ACT1210D
ACT1210D-510-2P-TL00
switched termination
done on ARK board with a low side FET
seems like a bad idea if it gets GND offset, other designs online dont show this, see below
https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/info/TLP175A_datasheet_en_20230525.pdf
https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/toshiba-semiconductor-and-storage/TLP175A-TPL-E/4562829
commit to this one, cheaper
high speed TVS
https://assets.nexperia.com/documents/data-sheet/PESD2CANFD24U-QC.pdf
exmpla pre nice
PESD2CANFD24U-QCZ
NUP2105LT1G
Power Decision
LM66100 for RPP
LDO to power the transciever?
how much capacitance, decent amount, same damping would be nice too lol
https://www.digikey.ca/en/products/detail/texas-instruments/TLV75533PDBVR/9356541 for LDO
Schematic High Level
Board Outline Sketch
Roughly how will system look? nah no point, see the schematic!!