<r>Another alternative (for the less hardware inclined) would be to use a USB CAN interface such as <URL url="http://www.peak-system.com/Pro.....wUid%5D=16">http://www.peak-system.com/Pro.....wUid%5D=16</URL>.<br/> <br/> More expensive probably, but it comes with a GPL linux driver and full support ...

I can't comment directly on the raspberry pi distribution but I have used ftdi drivers on debian on another arm based device (sheevaplug) so I would be fairly certain it would be supported.

<t>I am very interested in getting involved teaching young kids how to program with Raspberry Pi, but I'm not sure exactly how to start.<br/> <br/> My own personal experience was teaching myself to program starting at age 8 using a ZX Spectrum (and the supplied programming manual). Now with an elect...