Controller area network (CAN) message

Fig 1: Controller Area Network Message

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The message consists of the following components:

Identifier ("flag"), which indicates the message's identity and priority.
Data information (value, information, etc.).
Check sum, used to check that the message has arrived correctly
Stop signal, which indicates that the message has finished.

A complete CAN-message is called a frame.