firstly is this possible im assuming it is.
All i want to do is get some data from one end to the other, if anyone could help with some pointers or code to get me started it would be much appreciated as i have never done any programming before and the only examples i can find for canbus are for reading info sent by an ECU.
plus do you need to power the Arduino boards or are they ok being powered with the USB's
What you wanna achieve seems feasible. The examples are for accessing an ECU because this is the major use case for these shields. To use it otherwise you may have to dig into the datasheet of the MCP2515. The supplied library (I guess you're referring to the SKpang CAN bus shield) has a thin layer abstraction of the MCP2515 but you have to do most of the stuff yourself.
The shield can be powered by the Arduino (and that from the USB bus) but depending on your bus structure you may need additional power.
OK thanks nice to know it is possible but think i may be in a bit over my head as I was hoping to have a template of some sort of coding as i know nothing about the subject
thanks for your help anyway i will press on and see what i can discover.
