Hi all,
Coming at this as a newbie so apologies if this has already been answered. Is it feasible to use the AIO micro 4.1 board with my 2023 CNH Puma 165 autosteer ready tractor or should I use a different board? I believe the 4.1 micro only has 1 CAN bus, can I add another somehow if I need? Hoping to control steering over CAN bus and either implement lift or headland management button.
I went ahead and ordered 5 of the micro 4.1 AIO boards as I have plans to do more of my tractors - 2 using a motor on the steering wheel, another using @baraki valve so the 4.1 micro seemed like a good fit for the majority of my builds.
I would highly recomend you to take a look at this amazing topic!
It is very informative in terms of Canbus steer-ready tractors!
New CNH tractors use a standard Danfoss autosteer valve which is no problem to control via CAN.
The CANBUS steering expert @CommonRail and others did some amazing work and figured out how all that is working.
The most recent “state of the art” solution would be the Teensy Canbus PCB he designed. WIth that you can connect three CAN-busses at once to the Teensy and have basicaly full control of your tractor. Steering it over the steering bus, use a joystick button to engage steering or let AOG push the headland management button for you.
It even can read the actual hitch height from ISOBUS and use it for the AOG workswitch.
The AIO 4.1 does work with a different Code for steering via CAN but then you don’t have the option to use the other CAN networks of your tractor.
I hope I could help you. I’m currently upgrading my steer ready tractor to this PCB from previously just steering it with an Arduino Uno with canbus shield. Did also work flawlessly for two years!
