peak-can-rs

A Rust wrapper for PEAK-System's PCAN-Basic API, providing access to PEAK CAN interfaces.

Features

• Supports sending and receiving CAN messages.
• Provides a safe Rust interface for working with PCAN devices.
• FFI bindings to the PCAN-Basic library.

Requirements

• Windows OS
• PEAK-System PCAN drivers installed
• PCANBasic.lib and PCANBasic.dll available

Installation

1. Install the PCAN-Basic Library

Download and install the PCAN-Basic API from PEAK-System.

2. Add peak-can-rs to Your Cargo Project

[dependencies]
peak-can = "0.1.0"

Usage

Example: Sending a CAN Message

cargo run --example receive

Example: Receiving a CAN Message

cargo run --example receive

Linking PCANBasic.lib

If you get a linking error, ensure PCANBasic.lib is in your library path:

1. Download PCANBasic.lib from https://www.peak-system.com/Software-Information.77.0.html?&L=1.
2. Modify build.rs in your Rust project:

fn main() {
    println!("cargo:rustc-link-search=native=C:\\Libraries\\PCANBasic");
    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=static=PCANBasic");
}

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or a pull request.