If you have followed KUKSA over the last years you know the KUKSA OBD Prototyping Platform, a Raspberry CM3-based OBD dongle. Now we are proud to present the second iteration of the KUKSA hardware. As we are not limited to OBD anymore, a small rename was in order, so let’s welcome the

KUKSA CANOPi Platform

a Rapid Prototyping Hardware for Software Defined Vehicle Applications. So what is new?

• Two independent MCP251xFD based CAN-FD interfaces. This allows you to interface classic CAN interfaces as well as CAN-FD busses in your vehicle at full line rate.
• Based on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, which provides you a lot more features and compute power than the previous version
  • Quad Core Cortex A72 processor
  • Up to 8GB of RAM
  • Integrated wireless lan and bluetooth option
• Support for 4 USB ports, 2 of them with USB 3.0 (USB 3.1 Gen 1)
• PCF85036A Realtime clock: So your security certificates also survive (unplanned) reboots, and you have a solid time reference even without Internet connectivity
• Most requested feature in the old version: CANOPi can be powered using a barrel jack. No need to rig OBD-plug based power solutions for your desk
• 2 sandwiched boards, even smaller than the first version

On top of that, we kept all the features that made the first version awesome:

• Full support of the Raspberry Pi Ecosystem for all hardware‚
• Integrated SIM card slot and M2 slot to add 4G/5G cellular connectivity
• Can be powered via a vehicle’s [OBD Port]
• STN2120 OBD-II to access vehicle data on CAN-based OBD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-board_diagnostics#OBD-II) interfaces. The CANOPi can still be powered from OBD as well: Just plug it in and you are good to go
• 100% Open Hardware: All schematics and manufacturing files are available

So, should you use KUKSA CANOPi for your Software Defined Vehicle Development? Watch the video and find out:

To find out more check the files and documentation in the KUKSA CANOPi repository.