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When to terminate the CAN Bus? #31

Closed CarlOlsson closed 8 years ago

CarlOlsson commented 8 years ago

"According to ISO 11898, placing the termination resistor on a node must be avoided because the bus lines lose termination if the node is disconnected from the bus.”

As far as I understand the s2740vc ESC:s are internally terminated. Doesn’t this mean that they “have” to be placed at the end of the bus?

pavel-kirienko commented 8 years ago

To the best of my knowledge s2740vs do not terminate the bus, it would be pointless. Generally you have to use a termination plug like this one.

CarlOlsson commented 8 years ago

Ok thanks, as you said, makes more sense