New here but I’m trying to make an RS232 to CAN bus gateway to take data off a serial port from an electronic engine controller and translate it to CAN signals that can be displayed by a more modern gauge interface.
I think the project can be broken down into three pieces,
The hardware.
The rs232 signal translation and
The can signal output.
I should have a pretty good handle on number 3, but man I need help with 1 and 2.
For 1, is there a micro that would work well for beginners that I could use for this purpose?
For 2 I assume the best course of action is to log the existing signals with some sort of serial scanner and then generate the serial equivalent of a dbc with the data.
With all that said, am I on the right path? I want to get through this without losing motivation and I’m hoping that i am not biting more than I can chew and consequently learning nothing.