CiA uploaded a video on Youtube regarding CANopen Lift. It contains an introduction about the CANopen Lift application profile, CANopen Lift profile add-ons, and a glimpse into the future of CANopen FD and Co. Subscribe to CiA's channel.
Subsea profile webinar
On March 16, a free of charge webinar regarding the Subsea profile takes place. The CiA 443 CANopen profile for SIIS level-2 devices covers all simple sensors, multi-functional meters, & valves used in so-called Christmas trees.
Embedded World 2021
CiA participates in the Embedded World conference 2021 (session wired fieldbus). H. Zeltwanger speaks about CAN XL (day 1), R. Zitzmann reports about CANopen FD USDO services (day 2), and Y. Yao talks about CAN FD Light (day 3).
CAN Newsletter magazine
The March issue of the CAN Newsletter magazine 2021 has been published.
CAN Info Mail
This email service is free of charge. Next issue is available on March 1. It can be subscribe also by non-members, who are interested in CAN technology.
CAN’s birthday
In 1986, Bosch presented the CAN protocol in Detroit on an SAE congress. More information on the 35th anniversary is available in the CAN Newsletter Online.
CiA board of directors
The CiA general assembly has re-elected its board of directors: Uwe Koppe (Technical Director), Christian Schlegel (Business Director), and Holger Zeltwanger (Managing Director). Also the business committee (BC) and technical committee (TC) members have been re-elected.
CleANopen webinar
On February 25, 2021, a free of charge webinar regarding CleANopen takes place. Anyone can attend.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.
CiA community
The CAN community is huge. More than two billion of CAN nodes are installed annually. And this figure is still growing. The number of CAN fellows organized in the nonprofit CiA users’ and manufacturers’ group is much smaller. Due to new CAN data link layer (CAN XL and CAN FD Light) and new CAN physical medium attachment developments (CAN SIC and CAN SIC XL), the membership is growing, too. There are also new members interested in CiA profile developed for new markets such as battery management, fire-fighting equipment, etc.
“We take the already existing ideas in communication technology as well as in human communication, arrange them newly, and new specifications and recommendations are born,” said Holger Zeltwanger, CiA Managing Director.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.