A peripheral driver is the part of an electronic circuit that contains a piece of software that enables a computer to communicate like a transceiver with a peripheral device. Peripheral devices include external computing equipment such as a mouse, keyboard, monitor, printer or scanner.
How do peripheral drivers work?
The electronic circuit connects to the computer to enable the two to communicate with an external (peripheral) device. For example, once a printer or a mouse is connected to a computer, a connection is created, allowing the user to print out documents or control the a mouse. Peripheral devices are dependent on the computer system; external devices won't work without the help of a computer and only become functional when connected to a computer system.
Types of peripheral devices
There are many different peripheral devices, but they fall into three general categories
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Controller Area Network (CAN or CAN-bus) is a
computer network protocol and bus standard designed to allow microcontrollers and devices to communicate with each other without a host computer. It was designed specifically for automotive applications but is now also ...
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LIN is a small, serial, slow, and cheap
bus system. LIN is based on one master node and a number of LIN slaves (up to 16). It is a low-cost concept for automobile networks, for which it standardizes the transmission ...
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Infineon’s CAN (Control Area Network) transceivers are designed
for use in the automotive industry. The data rate can go up to 1Mbps and they have different features including receive only mode, INH output as well as Bus wake up inputs. ...
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The MCP2542FD CAN transceiver is designed for high-speed
CAN FD applications up to 8Mbps communication speed. The maximum propagation delay was improved to support longer bus length.The device meets the automotive requirements for CAN FD bit rates exceeding 2 Mbps, ...
