# Using Canopen and PX4

**URL:** <https://discuss.px4.io/t/using-canopen-and-px4/19895>\
**Category:** PX4 Autopilot\
**Created:** [December 3, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/using-canopen-and-px4/19895 "2020-12-03T11:25:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johan](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/johan/32/7631_2.png) [@Johan](https://discuss.px4.io/u/Johan)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2020, 11:25am UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/using-canopen-and-px4/19895/1 "2020-12-03T11:25:16Z")

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For a school project, i have a BLDC servo motor with a canopen interface. I was wondering if i can use a pixhawk with px4 to control this motor. I am very new to px4, but from what i understand, is that px4 uses UAVCAN as communication.
