CiA has scheduled its IG (Interest Group) profile meeting on January 18 (1:00 p.m. UTC+1). It is a Zoom meeting, in which the progress and open issues of CiA profile specifications are discussed. Members may register by email.

As usual, CiA office is closed between Christmas (December 24) and the new year. This includes also the CAN Newsletter Online editors. We are back on January 3.

CiA is going to submit its CAN XL specifications (CiA 610-1 and CiA 610-3) for international standardization to ISO. Additionally, there are demands to submit also CiA 601-4 (CAN SIC transceiver) and CiA 604-1 (CAN FD Light) for integration into the ISO 11898 series.

The Agritechnica 2022 tradeshow has been postponed to 2023, because of the Covid-19 pandemic. CiA intends to exhibit at the Agritechnica 2023.

SAE has released a new version of the J1939DA (digital annex). It specifies new Parameter Groups (PG) and Suspect Parameters (SP). Read more in the current issue of the CIM.

The December issue of the monthly email service is online. It gives a little resume about the achievements in 2021 and a brief outlook on 2022 including planned activities by CiA. It also reports about new J1939 documents, the CAN Newsletter, and more.

The December issue of the CAN Newsletter magazine is online. It contains articles about generic CAN (FD) security requirements, achieving correct ESD protection for CAN FD, migration to CAN FD, applications, how to defend against the Janus low-level CAN attack, and more.

The November issue of the monthly email service is online. It reports about the ongoing chip shortage, CiA activities in the last quarter of this year, the SIG fire-fighting vehicles, the CAN Newsletter, and more.

CAN in Automation has announced dates for seminars and webinars planned in 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.