The April issue mainly contains information about the 1st CiA CAN cyber security workshop. Employees of CiA member companies may subscribe to the monthly CiA Member News email service. You can register via email.
CiA roadshow in China
CiA as well as its members HMS, Hongke, and ZLG are organizing a Chinese roadshow on CAN FD device and system design in May. The detailed schedule will be published soon. You can register via email.
April issue of CAN Info Mail
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.
EU data protection law
Now, CiA provides two monthly email services: CAN Info Mail and CiA Member News (for members only). You can subscribe to them by sending an email. This is to comply with EU General Data Protection Regulation in power by end of May.
CiA 320 released
The CANopen sleep and wake-up handling of CAN nodes is specified in CiA 320. It is used by CiA 447 and CiA 454 devices, for example, and can be used by other battery-powered devices, too.
Second issue of CMN
Employees of CiA member companies may subscribe to the new CiA Member News (CMN) email service. The second issue was just sent to the subscribers. If you like to subscribe to it, send an email to mail(at)can-cia.org (subject: CMN).
CAN Info Mail
CiA provides a new email service: The CAN Info Mail (CIM) will be sent monthly to its subscribers. It contains mainly links to interesting information. If you like to subscribe to it, send an email to mail(at)can-cia.org (subject: CIM).
CiA respects new EU law
In May, the new European General Data Protection Regulation will be in power. This means, CiA is not allowed to send emails without dedicated permission. We are already in the process to establish new services.
LSS for CANopen FD
After the release of the CANopen FD application layer (CiA 1301), CiA members started to update CiA 305 (LSS). Next meeting is scheduled for January 12, 2018. For details, please contact secretary(at)can-cia.org.
Task Forces of IG CAN FD
The TF “Common-mode choke” and TF “Cable” continue to develop design recommendations and to specify parameter measurements. The comparability of data sheets would help to select the appropriate products. Contact secretary(at)can‑cia.org.
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. Close to one billion of CAN nodes are installed annually. And this is still growing. Compared with these figures, the number of CAN fellows organized in the nonprofit CiA users’ and manufacturers’ group is very small. Several have left the CiA community in the last years. Some of them are coming back due to the CAN FD development. And there are many things still to do.
We take the already existing ideas in communication technology as well as in human communication, arrange them newly, and new specifications and products are born.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.