Scan CAN and CAN-FD buses, capture frames, and decode messages with DBC files.
npx skills add https://github.com/zhinkgit/embeddedskills --skill can
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: can Source: https://github.com/zhinkgit/embeddedskills/tree/main/can Command: npx skills add https://github.com/zhinkgit/embeddedskills --skill can
Embedded developers and integrators face a recurring gap between code and hardware: discovering available CAN adapters, capturing live traffic, sending test frames, decoding messages with DBC files, and producing structured logs usually requires manual tooling and context switching. This skill consolidates those steps so an AI assistant can operate CAN interfaces end-to-end without repeated human intervention.
Use the can skill to scan available CAN interfaces and start a 10 second monitor on can0 with DBC vehicle.dbc and JSON output.
High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.
To scan CAN interfaces for embedded debugging, the skill automatically discovers USB-CAN adapters and SocketCAN interfaces, surfacing valid candidates for immediate hardware selection and monitoring.
To decode CAN bus traffic using a DBC file, the skill leverages cantools to apply DBC, ARXML, or KCD definitions during live monitoring, translating raw frame IDs into structured JSON outputs.
Yes, python-can supports logging CAN-FD frames to ASC and BLF files. The skill captures continuous bus traffic with optional CAN-FD support and directly records logs to ASC, BLF, or CSV formats.
The best way to send test frames on a CAN bus is to transmit standard, extended, remote, or CAN-FD frames once, repeatedly, or periodically while simultaneously listening for hardware response messages.
Yes, you can automate CAN bus monitoring to generate JSON summaries. The skill captures traffic, computes per-ID rates and bus load estimates, and exports structured JSON Lines for automated test verification.
Yes, you need specific CLI parameters to configure data bitrate for CAN-FD monitoring. The skill accepts command-line arguments for interface, channel, standard bitrate, and CAN-FD data bitrate configuration.
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