LIN Local Interconnect Network

The LIN (Local Interconnect Network) became standardised in 1999 as a Low-Speed Network for automobile bodies and is likely to become the 'De Facto Standard' in the European market due to its low networking cost. LIN is based on a master-slave transfer system with a maximum Data Transfer Speed of 20 kbps (4.800 bps, 9.600 bps, 19.200 bps). Basically it is planned for very local network, like e.g. mirror control, door control, etc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics, already a leading provider of CAN-microcontrollers, joined the LIN-consortium in the year 2001 and is going to expand continuously the LIN product portfolio for 8, 16 and 32 bit MCUs.