What is CANopen?
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Reading about CANbus, one definitely comes across the term "CANopen." It is just a CAN-based communication system. CANopen in fundamental terms can be defined as the communication language where CAN-Bus is used as a transmission medium. As for the general understanding of the information, both the sender and the receiver need to agree on the same language standard. Like CAN Bus, a lower-level protocol system involving the Physical layer and the Data link layer, CANopen is a higher-level protocol
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