Information brochures
August 2025
Welding & cutting
Be smart – join the initiative! – Profile for arc welding and plasma cutting, mapping to the standardized CANopen technology, improving worker safety and regulatory compliance.
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August 2025
Construction machines
Embedded CAN-based control networks: From CAN CC via CAN FD to CAN XL
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March 2025
CAN FD light
For price-sensitive networking. Based on the CAN FD protocol, commander/responder communication, low-cost responder nodes
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September 2024
CiA seminars
Profound- and supplier-independent: CAN- and CANopen-related education and training
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September 2024
CAN XL: The third CAN generation
Up to 20 Mbit/s, up to 2048-byte data field, CANsec security at line-speed, Ethernet frames embedded in CAN XL frames, supported by Autosar specififications.
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November 2025
Embedded AI
Embedded AI involves integrating deep-learning capabilities into devices, allowing them to process data, make decisions, and learn locally without constant cloud reliance.
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September 2024
CiA test center
Validate your product to increase user satisfaction: Device conformance assessment, interoperability assessment, CiA plugfest.
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September 2024
CAN in rolling stock
Embedded CAN-based control networks: From CAN CC via CAN FD to CAN XL.
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November 2025
CiA documents - How to edit and to comment them
This brochure is designed to help people, writing clear, concise, and user-friendly CiA technical documents. In general, CiA has adapted the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (Principles and rules for the structure and drafting of ISO and IEC documents), providing drafting and editorial rules.
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October 2025
Controller Area Network
CAN CC (classic): up to 8-byte data fifields and up to 1 Mbit/s
CAN FD (flexible datarate): up to 64-byte data fields and up to 8 Mbit/s
CAN XL (extended data-field length): up to 2048-byte data fields and up to 20 Mbit/s
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October 2025
CANopen Lift
Interoperable building blocks enable scalability: Information on the CANopen profile for lift control systems.
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September 2025
CAN in Automation
The nonprofit association promotes CAN’s image and provides a path for future developments of the CAN technology.
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February 2020
CAN FD - Start now!
The necessary building blocks for CAN FD device design are available. This includes lower-layer hardware (transceiver and protocol controller) and higherlayer protocol software.
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November 2019
CANopen FD - The art of embedded networking
CiA 1301: Information on the CANopen FD benefits. Front-end control, low-cost, state-of-the-art, future-proof, and independent.
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Contact
CAN in Automation (CiA)
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DE-90429 Nuremberg
Tel.: +49-911-928819-0
Fax: +49-911-928819-79
E-Mail: marketing(at)can-cia.org