On November 4, a CANopen online seminar in English language is scheduled. It is the last seminar in 2021 and will be continued 2022.

CiA still uploads videos on its Youtube channel. Recently, CiA uploaded a video regarding marketing opportunities at CiA. The recording was part of the CANopen FD technology day.

The nonprofit CiA association has released the CiA 604-1 CAN FD Light specification as Draft Specification Proposal (DSP).

On October 5 and October 6 CAN and CANopen seminars in German language are scheduled. The CAN seminar is held as an online event and the CANopen for newcomers takes place on site in Nuremberg.

CiA has scheduled a 1-hour webinar plus a 15-min question and answer session. It provides an introduction to the CiA 402 motion control profile. Online registration is open.

The new CiA interest group (IG) develops specifications and recommendations for different kinds of redundancy. The first approach is a data link layer and physical network redundancy. Chairperson is Uwe Koppe from Microcontrol. For more information contact CiA office.

The September issue of the monthly email service is online. It reports mainly about future CiA meetings and CiA activities in the last quarter of this year.

On September 14 and September 15 CAN and CANopen online seminars take place. The seminars focus on CAN principles, differences between Classical CAN and CAN FD, possibilities CAN communication offers, as well as basic CANopen principles as specified in CiA 301.

CiA has scheduled a Chinese 1-hour webinar plus a 15-min question and answer session regarding CiA 417 on October 14, 2021. Register here.

This Interest Group calls for experts for the new work item “cyber security layer for CANopen/CANopen FD”. The first meeting is on September 6, 2021. Please register by email.