Controller Area Network (CAN)
CAN is the leading serial bus system for embedded control. More than two billion CAN nodes have been sold since the protocol's development in the early 1980s. CAN is a mainstream network and was internationally standardized (ISO 11898–1) in 1993.
CAN in Automation (CiA)
CiA is the international users’ and manufacturers’ group that develops and supports CANopen and other CAN-based higher-layer protocols. The nonprofit group was founded in 1992 to provide CAN-based technical, product and marketing information. Approximately 500 companies are member of the nonprofit group that is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.
News
CANopen SIG Hydraulics re-established
Nuremberg, Germany, December 11, 2009. The VDMA is reviewing its bus-independent profile for fluid power (hydraulics) devices. CiA members and other interested parties are commenting the reviewed profile. CiA will update the...
Conformance test plan for CANopen subsea profile
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 10, 2009. The SIIS group requested a conformance test plan for CiA 443, the CANopen profile for SIIS level-2 devices. The CiA 443 conformance test plan will include an EDS test as...
CANopen in photovoltaic systems
Frankfurt, Germany, November 27, 2009. ZVEI and CiA organized jointly an information day on communication technologies to be used for photovoltaic (PV) systems. The event attended by about 70 people was focused on external and...
Presenting CAN technology in China
Shenzhen, China, November 16, 2009. CAN in Automation as well as Port and Sys Tec participated in the German booth at the China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. The China-wide exhibition is focused on innovations in general and...
