CAN Bus Training Courses — Custom Hands-On Workshops
Every team has different equipment, different problems, and different gaps. A generic course can’t cover that. We build your training around the CAN issues you’re actually facing.
Igor Ramos — 10+ years in CAN-based systems including Technical Leader for Caterpillar’s paver product line. He’s trained engineering teams across heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, and defense — and most come back for follow-up sessions. He brings the oscilloscope, the CAN analyzer, and the real-world experience your team needs.
Why Generic Training Doesn’t Work
When your team can’t distinguish a wiring fault from a protocol error, they replace ECUs that aren’t broken. One unnecessary module swap costs more than a day of training.
Every hour a machine is down while your team guesses at the CAN fault costs production time. Systematic diagnostic skills turn hours of guessing into minutes of root-cause analysis.
Your team doesn’t need another textbook walkthrough. They need to practice on waveforms and bus traces that look like what they see in the field — on your equipment, with your protocols.
How It Works
Tell Us What You Need
Describe your team’s experience level, the equipment they work on, and the CAN issues they run into. We’ll propose a curriculum.
We Build the Program
Choose from proven training modules or we customize from scratch. Protocol deep-dives, oscilloscope labs, troubleshooting exercises, guided diagnostics on your actual network data — whatever moves the needle.
Deliver & Follow Up
We deliver onsite at your facility or virtual. Your team gets hands-on experience and follow-up support for questions that come up in the field.
Training Formats
1–2 days
Curriculum built around your team’s equipment, protocols, and pain points. Live instruction combined with guided troubleshooting on your actual bus data.
- Custom curriculum based on your systems
- Review your actual CAN data and waveforms
- Hands-on labs with oscilloscope and CAN analyzer
- Mix of instruction and live diagnostics
1 day
The complete CAN protocol from physical layer to application layer. ISO 11898, oscilloscope labs, CAN analyzer exercises on real ECUs.
- CAN frame structure, arbitration, error handling
- Physical layer signals on oscilloscope
- CAN analyzer: monitor, decode, simulate
- CANopen and SAE J1939 overview
2 days
For teams that already know CAN basics. Error frames, signal degradation, harness analysis, and fault injection labs on live networks.
- Error frame types and fault confinement
- Signal integrity and harness design
- Fault injection labs (CRC, bit, form, ACK errors)
- Root cause analysis methodology
Who This Is For
Your engineers learned CAN on the job. They can read messages but freeze when error frames appear or intermittent faults show up.
You’re deploying new CAN-based equipment and need the team up to speed before commissioning.
The same CAN problems keep coming back. You want the team to diagnose root causes instead of replacing parts.
Your team is moving into J1939 heavy equipment or CANopen industrial automation and needs protocol-specific training.
Logistics
Onsite at your facility (USA) or virtual. We bring all hardware — oscilloscopes, CAN analyzers, ECU lab kits. Your team just needs laptops.
Typically 5–20 participants. Smaller or larger groups — contact us to discuss.
Workshops are scheduled based on availability. Lead time is typically 3–4 weeks. Contact us early for preferred dates.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from the online courses?
The online courses (CAN Fundamentals, CAN Troubleshooting) are self-paced and cover the theory. Custom training is live, hands-on, and built around your team’s specific equipment and challenges. Many teams do both — online first for baseline knowledge, then a workshop to apply it.
Can we bring our own CAN data for analysis?
Absolutely — that’s what makes it custom. Bring waveform captures, bus traces, network diagrams. We’ll incorporate them into the training so your team practices on their own systems.
What industries do you cover?
CAN is CAN. We’ve trained teams in heavy equipment, automotive, aerospace, defense, marine, and industrial automation. The protocol doesn’t change — we adapt the examples and use cases to your industry.
Do we need any prerequisites?
Depends on the format. The Custom Workshop and Protocol Deep-Dive start from fundamentals — no prior CAN knowledge required. The Advanced Diagnostics workshop assumes your team already understands basic CAN frame structure and can use a CAN analyzer. Not sure where your team falls? We’ll assess during the scoping call.
How do teams handle production coverage during training?
Most clients split their team into two groups and schedule back-to-back sessions. We also offer half-day formats for teams that can’t spare a full day. Virtual delivery makes scheduling easier since there’s no travel overhead.
How does virtual training compare to onsite?
Virtual sessions cover the same theory and use screen-shared CAN analyzer demos, recorded oscilloscope captures, and interactive exercises. Onsite adds physical hands-on time with real ECUs and oscilloscopes. For protocol and troubleshooting concepts, virtual is equally effective. For physical layer diagnostics, onsite is stronger.
What outcomes should we expect?
Teams leave with a systematic diagnostic process instead of guessing. Typical results: faster root-cause analysis on CAN faults, fewer unnecessary ECU replacements, and the confidence to read oscilloscope traces and error frames without escalating. The goal is self-sufficiency — your team handles CAN issues internally instead of calling in outside help.
Your team shouldn’t have to learn CAN the hard way.
Tell us about your team and equipment. We’ll propose a program that fits.
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