CiA has introduced the version 2.3 of the CiA 417 CANopen application profile series. For more details see the article in the CAN Newsletter Online.

CiA has released the version 2.1 of the CANopen application profile for refuse collecting vehicles, also known as CleANopen. For more details see the article in the CAN Newsletter Online.

First CANopen FD devices were exhibited at the SPS IPC Drives 2018. CiA made some progress in CANopen FD specifications, which will continue next year. CiA has made a video explaining briefly the benefits of CANopen FD.

This CAN network approach specified in DIN 4630 covers also the control of commercial vehicle bodies. This includes applications such as cranes, tail-lifts, refrigerators, etc. For more information, please contact CiA office.

CiA will establish a new SIG specifying the next generation CAN data link layer as proposed by VW. This approach will provide payloads up to 4 KiB. The SIG will be inaugurated in December. For more information, please contact CiA office.

The CiA Technical Committee has established new Interest Groups (IG) and renamed some already existing groups. The IGs are described briefly here.

CiA office prepares a CiA 401 PDO mapping for CANopen FD. First members like to show at SPS IPC Drives prototype implementations. The document CiA 401-2 is intended to be released beginning of next year.

SAE develops the J1939-22 document, which specifies an application layer for CAN FD. CiA has submitted its multi-PDU approach (CiA 602-2) to be integrated into the SAE document.

The CANopen SIG application layer has scheduled a two-day meeting (2018-10-22/23) to harmonize additional CANopen FD related specifications (EDS, test plan, and LSS). All members are invited to participate in this meeting.

The CANopen specification for open networks in passenger cars has been improved. CiA 447-2 and CiA 447-3 version 2.1.3 introduces some new parameter for the virtual devices information signaler and switch keypad.