The CiA 461 profile for weighing devices specifies the interface for load cells. Part 1 contains general definitions and part 2 specifies the parameters and PDOs. For details please contact us (secretary(at)can-cia.org).
600 members
The 600th member is Toshiba Electronics Europe. The Japanese chipmaker rejoined CiA. Main interest is the IG “CAN FD” and CAN FD plugfests. For more information about membership please contact the CiA office (headquarters(at)can-cia.org).
CiA 602 series
CiA prepares the next work drafts of the CiA 602 CAN FD specification for commercial vehicles. The next IG meeting is in Karlsfeld, October, 12 and 13. For details please contact CiA office (secretary(at)can-cia.org).
CiA 601-1 released
The CiA 601-1 CAN FD physical layer recommendation is released. Non-members willing to comment the first version, can request a copy. Please send your request to secretary(at)can-cia.org).
ISO new work item proposal
CiA members have submitted the CiA 447 CANopen profile for special-purpose car add-on devices. If you like to participate in this international standardization activity please contact us (secretary(at)can-cia.org).
Meet us at Interlift
The Interlift tradeshow is the most important event for lift suppliers. CiA exhibits its CANopen Lift demonstrator and informs about the CiA 417 CANopen profile. For details please contact Julia Dallhammer (marketing(at)can-cia.org).
CiA Business Committee
In its June meeting, the Business Committee decided on the naming and spelling of company names for the membership list and the CANopen vendor-ID list are no longer that strict. For details please contact the CiA office (headquarters(at)can-cia.org).
ODX – Call for experts
CiA calls for experts interested in standardizing a mapping of ODX for CANopen networks. ODX is increasingly used in mobile machines. For details please contact Reiner Zitzmann (zitzmann(at)can-cia.org).
Submit your press release
CiA plans to publish a printed CAN Newsletter special for the Interlift 2015. The editors wait for press release on CANopen and CAN products to be shown in Augsburg (Germany). For details please contact Cindy Weissmueller (pr(at)can-cia.org).
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.