USB to CAN Converter

I just started using this with my raspberry pi 3B+ to communicate with a solar power controller that uses canbus. Before using this I was trying to use a canable usb to can but it gave me some problems later with not showing up as Can 0 . That may have been related to software issues. But this Innomake usb converter shows up as Can 0 right away without any code setup. I also like the activity leds on this so I know if it is communicating. So it was a good purchase.

I'm an engineer working on CAN project at work, I bought this to use as a CAN sniffer. I'm very impressed with the quality and design. When I plugged it into my Ubuntu laptop it "just worked", no hassles at all. Since it uses CAN sockets on Linux is it well supported. I emailed a technical question to support and received competent answer within 24 hours. Highly recommended, I even bought a couple more for my co-workers.

The interface works on Raspberry PI as indicated and also Linux Mint. It doesn't work with WSL on Windows but the description did't mention it so no big deal. The sample Python scripts is basic, with once script to receive and another to send. It would have been nice if they had a basic GUI that received and send at the same time. Including the DB9 connector with screw terminals is nice to have. I was able to connect to a CANable interface that also used screw terminals It would have been nice if the CAN interface had an enclosure as well.

Great for messing with vehicle CAN bus, works great with linux

Used with the innomaker usb2can drivers and utility. I had these notes in a python application that worked with this: #Windows: python -m pip install gs-usb==0.3.0 #windows 11, zadig install libusbk

Outstanding little CAN interface board. Have used it on Jetson board, Karbon and x86/64. Shows up as a CAN network interface. The only change I would make is to use a micro USB connector that has through hole tabs. You do have to be gentle with this connector as you can easily rip it off the board.

I bought this to use with "The Car Hacker’s Handbook" and its been working great. I put it inside an OBD2 enclosure that was the same price as a DB9 to OBD2 cable (See picture). I'm using a Linux Mint VM in Parallels on a Mac Book Air to test the CAN adapter. I run the following commands to get it up and running. sudo modprobe can sudo modprobe can-raw sudo ip link set can0 type can bitrate 500000 sudo ip link set up can0

Was rather surprized at the level of no support. Contacted both support and sales with simple questions not addressed in SEND RECEIVE python code. After an initial contact, all later emails (5) have been ignored. Documentation does not address basic command questions. Buy at your own risk.