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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 07, 2010
Tim L. Wilson, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven G. Dawson, Chandler, AZ (US);
Tim L. Wilson, Chandler, AZ (US);
Joseph W. Triece, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Steven G. Dawson, Chandler, AZ (US);
Microchip Technology Incorporated, Chandler, AZ (US);
Abstract
A microcontroller has a random access memory, and a Controller Area Network (CAN) controller with a control unit receiving an assembled CAN message. The control unit generates a buffer descriptor table entry using the assembled CAN message and stores the buffer descriptor table entry in the random access memory, and the buffer descriptor table entry has at least a message identifier and load data from the CAN message and information of a following buffer descriptor table entry.