panda (comma.ai)
- Software
- Cars
- Firmware
Firmware and Python library for panda, a board that speaks CAN and CAN FD buses, built to run on an STM32H725 microcontroller.
Made by comma.ai, United States (checked on github.com/commaai (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/commaai/panda (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 9a64592 (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- MIT (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (MIT) at commit 9a64592 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Runs on the STM32H725 microcontroller and handles CAN and CAN FD communication.
- Compiles in vehicle-specific safety logic supplied by the opendbc project.
- Includes a Python userspace library for receiving and sending CAN messages through the panda.
- Firmware is built with strict compiler flags and checked with cppcheck, including MISRA C:2012 coverage.
- Continuous integration runs unit tests per car variant and hardware-in-the-loop tests on all active panda variants.
- Linux users may need udev rules so the USB device can be accessed without root.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 9a64592.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Hardware it needs, as the project states it
- An STM32H725 microcontroller (the panda board) with CAN and CAN FD buses.
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 15 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
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