# Kayak

**Repository Path**: pmpleader/Kayak

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: Kayak
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Java
- **License**: LGPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-10-22
- **Last Updated**: 2024-10-22

## Categories & Tags

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## README

Kayak
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[Kayak](https://github.com/dschanoeh/Kayak) is an application for CAN bus diagnosis and monitoring. Its main goals are a simple interface and platform independence.
Kayak is implemented in pure Java and has no platform specific dependencies. It includes a complete CAN bus abstraction model that can be included in other applications that need do handle CAN frames.
This is possible because [Socket CAN](https://gitorious.org/linux-can) and TCP/IP are used as an abstraction layer above the CAN controller hardware.
The [socketcand](https://github.com/linux-can/socketcand) provides the bridge between the Socket CAN device on a linux machine and the TCP/IP socket of Kayak.
Existing .dbc files with CAN message specifications can be converted into the Kayak .kcd format using [CANBabel](https://github.com/julietkilo/CANBabel). Afterwards Kayak is able to decode CAN frames and to display and interpret the messages and signals.
To build Kayak follow the instructions in BUILD.md

### Documentation
You can find some basic documentation [here](https://dschanoeh.github.io/Kayak/).

### What is implemented yet:
* abstract bus, receiver, sender - model
* .kcd bus description format, see [CANBabel](https://github.com/julietkilo/CANBabel)
* project and log file management
* simple raw view of CAN frames
* sending of single and repetitive CAN frames
* creation and replay of log files

### Why the name Kayak?
Because a kayak is a small, lightweight and versatile boat compared to a canoe.