2018-08-04. In September, CiA organizes a CAN FD Tech Day in Irvine, CA. This free-of-charge one-day event introduces CAN FD. It provides basic information on the physical and data link layer as well as standardized application layers such as CANopen and J1939.

Since 1999, CiA assigns the CANopen Vendor-IDs. In total, 1325 IDs have been assigned. This year, it was already 35. This means, there are still new CANopen supplier joining the community. The list of IDs is here.

The CAN Info Mail (CIM) is sent monthly to its subscribers. It provides detailed data of scheduled CiA services and other interesting information about CAN technology.

CiA is going to harmonize its specifications. This includes unique formats for parameters, protocols, and services. This should improve readability and understandability. Interested parties may contact secretary(at)can-cia.org.

As usual, in the beginning of a year companies quit their CiA membership. In the following months, new members join. The first half of this year, 52 companies have applied for CiA membership. The complete list is here.

The CAN Info Mail, a monthly email service of CiA, contains valuable information about upcoming events and CAN-related news. Here is the online version.

CiA organizes the CAN FD technology days in Czech Republic, US and Italy. The events aim to bring the latest trends and development in the CAN FD technology and the practical experience.

CiA has organized a CAN FD roadshow in China. The first stop was in Shanghai with about 80 engineers. 120 participated in Nanjing.

The May issue of the email service provides brief information on the next CiA activities. This includes the possibility to participate as sub-exhibitor at CiA’s IAS-booth in Shanghai. For details write to headquarters(at)can-cia.org.

Beginning of June, a CAN/CAN FD seminar and a CANopen seminar take place in Krakow (Poland). This is an excellent opportunity to get first-hand information on CAN technology. Detailed information is available here respectively here.