CAN in Automation (CiA): CiA in action

December 5, 2018

CANopen and the Internet-of Things

An article in the CAN Newsletter (4^th issue of 2018) describes the results of the Special Interest Group (SIG) Internet-of-Things (IoT). The SIG is... Read more

December 5, 2018

Better support for logical devices in CANopen FD

In the CiA 1301 CANopen FD application layer specification, the device type identification of multi-logical devices has been simplified and the EMCY... Read more

November 22, 2018

CiA educational training in 2019

In addition to the well-known seminars on CAN for newcomers and CANopen for beginners, CiA offers in 2019 for the first time dedicated CAN FD and... Read more

November 2, 2018

New CiA members 2018

The CAN community welcomes its new members. Read more

October 26, 2018

IG CANopen FD established

As decided by the CiA Technical Committee, the IG CANopen FD was established. Read more

October 22, 2018

Redesign of the CAN Newsletter Online

We have launched a redesign of our CAN Newsletter Online publication. We hope you will continue and enjoy reading our news and reports regarding CAN... Read more

October 12, 2018

Final sprint: SPS IPC Drives and Bauma Shanghai

As usual, the SPS IPC Drives and Bauma Shanghai tradeshows take place at the very same week. CiA serves both exhibitions and is present in Nuremberg... Read more

July 30, 2018

CAN FD technology days

In 2018, CiA organizes the CAN FD technology days in Czech Republic and Italy. Read more

January 2, 2018

New CiA members 2017

The CAN community welcomes its new members. Read more

April 19, 2017

CiA seminar in United States

This spring, CiA organizes a one-day event in in Cleveland (OH). The seminar is focused on CANopen. Read more

April 19, 2017

CiA plugfests

Plugfests are a kind of interoperability testing. Companies connect their prototype products in order to test the interoperability to other devices. Read more

April 19, 2017

CiA seminars go online

We have scheduled several CAN 2020 webinars. These 3-session events will provide a look into the future of CAN technology. Read more

March 31, 2017

Reiner Zitzmann: CEO of CiA GmbH

Reiner Zitzmann (41) has been appointed as CEO of CAN in Automation (CiA) GmbH. Read more

March 17, 2017

General assembly 2017

At CiA’s annual general assembly, the associations’ members elected the board of directors. Read more

February 22, 2017

CANopen FD - the art of embedded networking

Get more information on our stand no. 630 in hall 1 at the Embedded World in Nuremberg (March 14 to 16, 2017). Read more

December 22, 2016

CANopen FD – enhanced features

CiA members demonstrated on the SPS IPC Drives tradeshow the capability of the USDO protocol. Read more

December 22, 2016

CAN 2020 in China

CiA supported by Kvaser and ZLG organized one-day information events in Shanghai, Liuzhou, and Guangzhou. Read more

December 22, 2016

Seminar program 2017 released

Please see the new seminar schedule. Registration can be done online. Read more

December 21, 2016

New CiA members 2016

The CAN community welcomes its new members. Read more

September 30, 2016

Mapping of J1939 to CAN FD

CiA has released the CiA 602-2 specification internally as a Draft Standard Proposal (DSP). It describes the mapping of J1939 and other commercial... Read more

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius (551 to 479 BC), philosopher

Active CiA members participate in the technical specification development process and/or in the joint marketing activities. The CiA organization is only as powerful as the members contribute. Together we are stronger. Be an active member.

All CiA actions and activities are supported and organized by CiA office. If you have any question about them, don’t hesitate to contact CiA headquarters, headquarters(at)can-cia.org.