LIN vs CAN vs FlexRay vs MOST-Difference between LIN,CAN,FlexRay,MOST

This page compares LIN vs CAN vs FlexRay vs MOST and mentions difference between LIN, CAN, FlexRay and MOST.


Specifications LIN CAN FlexRay MOST
Data rate 20 Kbps 1 Mbps 10 Mbps 24 Mbps
Access Control Polling CSMA/CA TDMA TDM CSMA/CA
Physical layer Single wire dual wire dual wire, optical fiber dual wire based fiber optic
Architecture Single master, typically 2 to 10 slaves Multi-master, typically 10 to 30 nodes Multi-master, upto 64 nodes Multi-master, upto 64 nodes
Message transmission type Synchronous Asynchronous Synchronous and Asynchronous Synchronous and Asynchronous
Message Identification Identifier Identifier Time slot -
Usage Subnets soft real time Hard real time Multimedia
Latency Constant Load dependent Constant Data stream

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