Scalable Controller Area Network (S12MSCANV3)
MC9S12G Family Reference Manual Rev.1.27 
NXP Semiconductors 611
18.4.3.1 Protocol Violation Protection
The MSCAN protects the user from accidentally violating the CAN protocol through programming errors. 
The protection logic implements the following features:
• The receive and transmit error counters cannot be written or otherwise manipulated.
• All registers which control the configuration of the MSCAN cannot be modified while the MSCAN 
is on-line. The MSCAN has to be in Initialization Mode. The corresponding INITRQ/INITAK 
handshake bits in the CANCTL0/CANCTL1 registers (see Section 18.3.2.1, “MSCAN Control 
Register 0 (CANCTL0)”) serve as a lock to protect the following registers:
— MSCAN control 1 register (CANCTL1)
— MSCAN bus timing registers 0 and 1 (CANBTR0, CANBTR1)
— MSCAN identifier acceptance control register (CANIDAC)
— MSCAN identifier acceptance registers (CANIDAR0–CANIDAR7)
— MSCAN identifier mask registers (CANIDMR0–CANIDMR7)
• The TXCAN is immediately forced to a recessive state when the MSCAN goes into the power 
down mode or initialization mode (see Section 18.4.5.6, “MSCAN Power Down Mode,” and 
Section 18.4.4.5, “MSCAN Initialization Mode”).
• The MSCAN enable bit (CANE) is writable only once in normal system operation modes, which 
provides further protection against inadvertently disabling the MSCAN.
18.4.3.2 Clock System
Figure 18-43 shows the structure of the MSCAN clock generation circuitry.
Figure 18-43. MSCAN Clocking Scheme
The clock source bit (CLKSRC) in the CANCTL1 register (18.3.2.2/18-576) defines whether the internal 
CANCLK is connected to the output of a crystal oscillator (oscillator clock) or to the bus clock.
The clock source has to be chosen such that the tight oscillator tolerance requirements (up to 0.4%) of the 
CAN protocol are met. Additionally, for high CAN bus rates (1 Mbps), a 45% to 55% duty cycle of the 
clock is required.
If the bus clock is generated from a PLL, it is recommended to select the oscillator clock rather than the 
bus clock due to jitter considerations, especially at the faster CAN bus rates.
Bus Clock
Oscillator Clock
MSCAN
CANCLK
CLKSRC
CLKSRC
Prescaler
(1 .. 64)
Time quanta clock (Tq)