zephyr/doc/develop/manifest/external/cannectivity.rst

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.. _external_module_cannectivity:
CANnectivity USB to CAN adapter firmware
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Introduction
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`CANnectivity`_ is an open source firmware for Universal Serial Bus (USB) to Controller Area Network
(CAN) adapters.
The firmware implements the Geschwister Schneider USB/CAN device protocol (often referred to as
"gs_usb"). This protocol is supported by the Linux kernel SocketCAN `gs_usb driver`_, by
`python-can`_, and by many other software packages.
The firmware, which is based on Zephyr RTOS, allows turning your favorite microcontroller
development board into a full-fledged USB to CAN adapter.
CANnectivity is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
Usage with Zephyr
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The CANnectivity firmware repository is a Zephyr :ref:`module <modules>` which allows for reuse of
its components (i.e. the "gs_usb" protocol implementation) outside of the CANnectivity firmware
application.
To pull in CANnectivity as a Zephyr module, either add it as a West project in the ``west.yaml``
file or pull it in by adding a submanifest (e.g. ``zephyr/submanifests/cannectivity.yaml``) file
with the following content and run ``west update``:
.. code-block:: yaml
manifest:
projects:
- name: cannectivity
url: https://github.com/CANnectivity/cannectivity.git
revision: main
path: custom/cannectivity # adjust the path as needed
Once CANnectivity is added as a Zephyr module, the "gs_usb" implementation can be reused outside of
the CANnectivity firmware application by including its header:
.. code-block:: c
#include <cannectivity/usb/class/gs_usb.h>
Please see the header file for the API details.
.. _CANnectivity:
https://github.com/CANnectivity/cannectivity
.. _gs_usb driver:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c
.. _python-can:
https://python-can.readthedocs.io/en/stable/interfaces/gs_usb.html