CAN Communication with Windows Phones

[bpammu]

Dear alll..

 

I am VB.net Developer working in Automotive Industry..I allready developed PC based application for a Vehicle CAN...Now  i want to develope the Windows phone application that communicates with Vehicle using CAN Communication,,,,Is it possible to develope this kind of application...windows phones supports this?...please help me friends...

Windows Phone CAN Commuincation.zip

[Kami-]

Yes, it's possible.

[Andre S. Veteran]

Yes, it's possible.

How? From what I can gather, it's not possible to send and receive arbitrary data over USB:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15836879/windows-phone-8-usb-communication

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/wpapps/en-US/82d9aa7a-50f9-4471-8598-8cb9001e7962/usb-port-communication-api-between-windows-8-and-windows-phone8

[Kami-]

How? From what I can gather, it's not possible to send and receive arbitrary data over USB:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15836879/windows-phone-8-usb-communication

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/wpapps/en-US/82d9aa7a-50f9-4471-8598-8cb9001e7962/usb-port-communication-api-between-windows-8-and-windows-phone8

(Off-Topic) CAN Communication doesn't have to use USB. PCI, PXI, PCMCIA, NI CompactRIO, and NI CompactDAQ are valid interfaces too.

 

No, but it can send data over the net (internet/network), to a device connected to the vehicle which has an API - Phones are good at that.

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Yes, it's possible, using just this: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10039 and an Arduino connected to the Windows Phone via Bluetooth or WiFi (via some other [Arduino] shield).

 

Search for "CAN-Bus" here for more info: http://playground.arduino.cc//Main/InterfacingWithHardware

Also checkout this for info on interfacing with different software: http://playground.arduino.cc//Main/InterfacingWithSoftware

 

Alternatilvey, you could transmit data from the PC to the Windows Phone via Bluetooth or WiFi.

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I've just come across this which may be handy: "Windows Phone 8 communicating with Arduino using Bluetooth" http://developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Windows_Phone_8_communicating_with_Arduino_using_Bluetooth

 

If I were doing the project, I'd look into the following (meaning I'd check that there wouldn't be any hardware conflicts before purchasing):

 

A CAN-BUS shield: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10039

(stacked on) a Bluetooth module: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11601 in a carrier shield: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10854

(stacked on) an Arduino Uno: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11021

 

You'll also need some of these headers to make the boards stackable: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11417

I hope you have some experience with basic electronics fundamentals and basic soldering. If not, I recommend looking through the tutorials on the Arduino website and soldering demonstrations on YouTube (or ask an electronics technician at your workplace).

 

There are many other microcontroller development boards which support the CAN interface - I'm not sure what the standard is at your workplace, but the Arduino would probably be the easiest to get started with. Once again, it's worth asking for other people's opinions.