CAN BUS tools

cantools is a Python 3 library for working with CAN (Controller Area Network) bus data. It provides extensive functionalities for parsing and interacting with various CAN database file formats, including DBC, KCD, SYM, ARXML (versions 3&4), and CDD. Key features include encoding and decoding CAN messages, handling simple and extended signal multiplexing, diagnostic DID encoding and decoding, and command-line tools for monitoring CAN bus traffic, generating C source code from databases, and visualizing signals. The library is actively maintained with regular updates.