On April 13, the iCC early-bird rate expires. The 2‑day conference take place in Baden-Baden (Germany) on May 14 and 15. One of the main topics is the CAN XL ecosystem.
Elected BC and TC members
The CiA General Assembly has elected Emotas, ESD, Microcontol, Murata, and Vector as Business Committee (BC) members. Additionally, Bosch, Emotas, ESD, Kvaser, Microcontrol and Murata have been appointed as Technical Committee (TC) members.
CiA Board of Directors
The CiA General Assembly has re-elected Christian Schlegel (CHS Consulting) as Business Director, Magnus Hell (Infineon) as Technical Director, and Holger Zeltwanger as Managing Director.
CAN XL demonstrators
Next week, NXP, STM, and Vector present on the CiA booth (hall 1, stand 203) at the Embedded World their CAN XL demonstrators. Other CiA members show their products on the CANopen panel wall.
5th CCN released
CiA has distributed the 5th issue of the CAN Community News. This email service can be subscribed by members and non-members. It contains a word from the CiA Managing Director and some information on CAN technology and its application.
CiA 401-1 and CiA 401-2 public available
The two-part CANopen CC (classic) profile specification (version 3.1.0) for modular I/O devices can be downloaded free of charge. Part 2 contains the specification for joysticks.
Webinar: Security in CAN systems
The one-hour CiA webinar introduces into the topic security in CAN systems. It provides an overview on ongoing CiA specifications regarding cybersecurity. The webinar is scheduled on March 21, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. (CET).
4th CCN released
CiA has distributed the 4th issue of the CAN Community News. This email service can be subscribed by members and non-members. It contains a word from the CiA Managing Director and some information on CAN technology and its application.
Annual CiA general assembly
The CiA general assembly (GA) 2024 takes place in Nuremberg on April 9. As usual, the GA elects the board of directors and the members of the Technical Committee as well as of the Business Committee. Registration is needed.
3rd CCN issue
CiA has released the third issue of its CAN Community News, a 3-weekly email publication, informing the subscribers about CiA activities and other CAN-related information of general interest.
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.