IG profiles will organize a workshop about eCl@ass. This is a cross-industry product-data standard for the classification and unique description of products and services. If interested please contact secetary(at)can-cia.org.
CAN XL commitment
Bosch has launched a CAN XL web page, in order to indicate its commitment to the next generation of CAN technology. The CiA Special Interest Group CAN XL and its Task Forces for physical layer and higher-layer develop the specifications.
New CiA 601-4 version released
The CiA 601-4 version 2.0.0 specifies the so-called SIC (signal improvement capability) transceivers. It is incompatible with version 1.0 and describes two SIC concepts and the EMC testing.
CiA 306 series updated
The CANopen EDS/DCF specification (part 1) has been updated regarding CANopen Safety (EN 50325-4). The CANopen Object Data Base (CODB) specification (part 2) has been improved, too. The third part supports now reference designators.
CANopen in space
CANopen is used in several satellites. In order to achieve interoperability between devices, CiA invites interested parties to discuss the opportunity of standardized profiles. If interested, send an email to secretary(at)can-cia.org.
“Kill switch” for connected cars
The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog association has published a cybersecurity report. It proposes a “kill switch” tor road vehicles providing Internet access.
Spoofing CAN data frames
A cybersecurity company reported that engine readings, compass data, altitude, and other readings could be manipulated in small aircrafts by means of adding a CAN node. Read more.
CAN FD micro-controller
Micro-controllers with on-chip CAN FD cores addressing non-automotive applications have been introduced, e.g. by NXP, STM, and TI. They close the missing link between higher bit-rate qualified transceivers and CANopen FD protocol stacks.
CAN XL trade mark
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has registered the trade mark “CAN XL” for CAN in Automation (CiA). CAN XL is the next generation CAN data link layer approach currently developed by a CiA Special Interest Group.
CAN FD roadshow in China
This year’s CAN FD roadshow in China has been finalized. Stopping in Beijing, Qingdao, Shanghai, and Shenzhen, the event was attended by about 300 engineers. It was supported by HMS/Ixxat, Hongke/Peak, Kvaser, and ZLG/Zhiyuan.
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.