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CANopen Lift technology day
In October, the CiA technology day with the topic CANopen in lift applications (CiA 417) took place. More than 40 participants were part of the event.
CANopen FD webinar
On October 14, the webinar „CANopen FD – status and future” takes place. It is free of charge. Interested parties can register here.
CAN XL and MICI
In addition to the traditional AUI (attachment unit interface), CAN XL provides the MICI (medium-independent CAN interface). MICI is the interface between CAN XL SIC transceivers (CiA 610-3) and the CAN XL controllers (CiA 610-1). It supports dataphase bit-rates up to 10 Mbit/s and more.
CiA on social media
CiA provides information on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and Youtube. Follow us on your preferred social media. We also have a Wechat channel in Chinese language.
SIG drives and motion control calls for experts
The SIG plans to develop a drive profile based on CiA 402 using 64-bit parameters. This includes also an improvement of the current FSA (finite state automaton). Interested parties should contact CiA office.
All-about automation fairs
In Germany, the all-about automation fairs take place in Essen (Sept. 9 + 10) and in Chemnitz (Sept. 23 + 24). CiA gives speeches about “Migration from CANopen to CANopen FD” in German language.
Construction machines conference
The University of Dresden organizes the “8. Fachtagung Baumaschinentechnik” on October 1 and 2. CiA presents a paper on the future of CAN.
SPS 2020 goes all-virtual
Due to the ongoing travel restrictions and other fundamental changes caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the SPS 2020 will take place only in virtual form as SPS Connect.
Board of directors re-elected
In its first online meeting, the CiA general assembly has re-elected the CiA board of directors (Uwe Koppe, Technical Director; Christian Schlegel, Business Director, and Holger Zeltwanger, Managing Director). The accepted budget for 2020 will be adjusted depending on the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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 two 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.