Uwe Vogt, UV Software

Running CAN and CAN FD on Mac

There are many companies offering multifarious CAN hardware and CAN software. Unfortunately, few of them provide a driver for the Mac. UV Software provides USB-to-CAN user-space drivers for macOS.

PCAN-USB Interfaces from PEAK-System

PEAK-System is a leading provider of hardware, software, and services for the mobile and industrial communication sector with emphasis on the field buses CAN and LIN. The PCBUSB library* realizes a USB-to-CAN user-space driver under macOS for PCAN-USB interfaces from PEAK-System.

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TouCAN USB Interfaces from Rusoku

Rusoku Technologies is an innovative engineering team based in Lithuania, Europe. They offer CAN adapters at a reasonable price. Drivers and utilities for Windows and Linux are available as open-source. A macOS user-space driver for TouCAN USB interfaces from Rusoku is provided by UV Software.

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USB CAN Interfaces from Kvaser

The Swedish company Kvaser AB supplies advanced CAN solutions to engineers designing and deploying systems for manifold areas of applications. They offer a wide range of CAN hardware and CAN software, mainly for applications under Windows but also under Linux. A macOS user-space driver for USB CAN Interfaces from Kvaser is provided by UV Software.

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*) The PCBUSB library is closed source for several reasons. In contrast to the other driver projects, only binaries for macOS are offered for download.