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 ==== LINUX ==== ==== LINUX ====
  
 +All started with a Linux character device driver, **can4linux**, in the very early years around 1995. This project was born in cooperation with the LINUX LLP Project to control laboratory or automation devices via CAN. LLP stands for Linux Lab Project.
  
-    * [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/can4linux/|can4linux]] one of the first available CAN device drivers for Linux. The project started in 1995 already. [[http://www.can-wiki.info/can4linux/man/index.html|Manual pages]] Doxygen generated. [[wp>can4linux]] +  * char driver 
-    * [[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/networking/can.txt|SocketCAN]] is a network layer driver for CAN. It is part of the Linux kernel since some years.+    * [[https://gitlab.com/hjoertel/can4linux |can4linux]] one of the first available CAN device drivers for Linux is hosted on GitLab. The project started in 1995 already. [[http://www.can-wiki.info/can4linux/man/index.html|Manual pages]] Doxygen generated. [[wp>can4linux]]. can4linux is manufacturer independent and has support for EMS Wünsche, Kvaser, Janz Contemporayry Controls and such embedded Linux devices as RaspberryPi, BananaPi, iMX based Linux, Olimex and more. 
 +    * [[ https://www.kvaser.com/linux-drivers-and-sdk/ |Kvaser Linux Drivers and SDK ]] Linux character based driver for all Kvaser products, including the latest CAN FD devices.                            
 +    * [[https://www.peak-system.com/fileadmin/media/linux/index.htm |PEAK-System Technik Linux PCAN Driver]] Linux character based driver for all PEAK-System products, including the latest CAN FD devices.                            
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 +  * net driver 
 +    * [[http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blob_plain;f=Documentation/networking/can.txt|SocketCAN]] is a network layer driver for CAN. It is part of the Linux kernel since some years. SocketCAN has over the years assembled support for many interfaces boards from different vendors
  
  
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     * [[https://www.kvaser.com/downloads/ | Kvaser]]     * [[https://www.kvaser.com/downloads/ | Kvaser]]
     * NI National Instruments      * NI National Instruments 
-    * [[ http://www.peak-system.com/Downloads.76.0.html | PEAK-System]] +    * [[ http://www.peak-system.com/Downloads.76.0.html | PEAK-System Technik]] drivers and free API for Windows
  
  
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   * [[http://aph-le.github.io/can4osx/ | can4osx]] User-space driver for OSX using IOKitLib and IOUSBLib CAN to USB Adapters using the Kvaser canlib API. Based on Kvaser canlib linux driver.   * [[http://aph-le.github.io/can4osx/ | can4osx]] User-space driver for OSX using IOKitLib and IOUSBLib CAN to USB Adapters using the Kvaser canlib API. Based on Kvaser canlib linux driver.
-  * [[http://www.mac-can.com/ | MacCAN]] OS X Library for PCAN-USB Interfaces using Apple´s IOUSBKit. The library comes with an Objective-C wrapper and a demo App+  * [[http://www.mac-can.com/ | MacCAN]] OS X Library for PEAK-System PCAN-USB Interfaces using Apple´s IOUSBKit. The library comes with an Objective-C wrapper and a demo App
 ===== Low level CAN driver software ===== ===== Low level CAN driver software =====
  
   * [[https://canpie.github.io | CANpie]] - Open source project, pursues the objective of creating and establishing an open and standardized software API for access to the CAN bus   * [[https://canpie.github.io | CANpie]] - Open source project, pursues the objective of creating and establishing an open and standardized software API for access to the CAN bus
-  * [[https://bitbucket.org/hardbyte/python-can|python-can]]- an open source Python library for creating CAN utilities that uses SocketCAN or Kvaser drivers.+  * [[https://python-can.readthedocs.io/en/stable/ | python-can]]- an open source Python library for creating CAN utilities that uses SocketCANKvaser, IXXAT, Systec, Vector, PEAK-System etc. drivers.
   * [[https://gitlab.com/hjoertel/can4linux/tree/master/can4linux-examples | Tcl binding for can4linux]]   * [[https://gitlab.com/hjoertel/can4linux/tree/master/can4linux-examples | Tcl binding for can4linux]]
   * [[https://gitlab.com/hjoertel/can4linux/tree/master/can4linux-examples | Python binding for can4linux ]]   * [[https://gitlab.com/hjoertel/can4linux/tree/master/can4linux-examples | Python binding for can4linux ]]

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