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CANopen FD on Youtube
CiA uploaded two new videos regarding CANopen FD on Youtube. You can also subscribe to our channel to stay updated.
CiA 401 update webinar
On July 6, a free-of-charge webinar regarding CiA 401 update takes place. This device profile series specifies the CANopen interface for modules with analog and digital inputs and outputs.
Upcoming online seminars in July
On July 7 and July 8 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.
CAN XL plugfest
CiA has scheduled a plugfest for July 6. First CAN XL protocol implementations will be tested on interoperability. Participation is limited to CiA members.
CAN XL introduced
On the 17th iCC, CAN XL was officially introduced. The related CiA 610-1 protocol specification is running through the last quality check and will be released as Draft Specification Proposal (DSP) within the next weeks.
The 17th iCC has just started
The 17th international CAN Conference (iCC) just started. The iCC takes place from June 14 to June 17 as an online event. The motto is “From Classical CAN via CAN FD to CAN XL”.
CAN Newsletter for download
The June issue of the CAN Newsletter magazine is published. The focus is on classic CANopen and CANopen FD. But there are also articles about a CAN decoder tool, an comparison of Classical CAN, CAN FD, and Ethernet as well as other topics.
iCC registration is running
The registration for the 17th international CAN Conference (iCC) is still open. The four half-days online conference introduces CAN XL as well as CAN FD Light and comprises many other interesting topics.
CiA 461 series updated
CiA has released version 2.0.0 for CANopen load cells, scales, and HMI (human machine interface) devices. The four documents are published as draft specification proposals. They introduce functional safety capability compliant with CANopen Safety.
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.