CAN Bus vs NMEA 2000, is there a difference?

NMEA 2000 uses CAN protocol. There is a useful document written by Kvaser, explaining NMEA 2000 and CAN, which is found here:
https://www.kvaser.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/nmeacan.pdf

For more information on NMEA 0183 and how it works, please download our free guide to NMEA 0183 networking.
For more information on NMEA 2000 and how it works, please download our free guide to NMEA 2000 networking.