CiA technical groups

CiA technical groups are hierarchical structured. The top-level CiA technical group is the CiA Technical Committee (TC); sub-layered are the CiA Interest Groups (IG). There are three active IGs: CANopen, CAN FD and commercial vehicles. The IGs manage their related Special Interest Groups (SIG) and Joint Task Forces (JTF). JFTs are established jointly with other nonprofit associations. All these CiA technical groups develop CiA specifications and recommendations. Each CiA member may participate in any group. The groups decide on consensus, meaning they discuss until everybody agrees on the compromise.

                NameDescriptionChairperson
                TC Technical Committee
                ScopeMaintenance of CAN-related specifications, such as the generic CAN physical layer or CAN Application Layer (CAL) documents. Approving and monitoring of all CiA interest groups (IG).
                Magnus-Maria Hell, Infineon
                IG01 CANopen
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of all general CANopen specifications for application layer, physical layer, and additional services and protocols. Releasing of all documents in the Draft Specification (DS) or public status.
                Martin Rostan, Beckhoff
                SIG01 Application layer
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the basic CANopen specification CiA 301 as well as of further additional CANopen application layer functions, such as e.g. access to/from other networks, EDS in XML, layer setting services, security, wake-up handling, conformance testing, and electronic device description.
                Martin Rostan, Beckhoff
                SIG02 Programmable devices
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of CANopen profiles as well as additional application layer functions, relevant for programmable devices such as e.g. host controllers.
                vacant
                SIG03 Internet of things
                ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of application programming interfaces and necessary mechanisms for functional addressing.
                Henner Henkel, Wilo
                JTF01 OPC-UA
                ScopeInitiation, enhancement and maintenance of profiles for embedding CANopen in the world of OPC UA.
                vacant
                IG02 CANopen FD
                ScopeThe scope of this IG is the development and maintenance of CANopen FD specifications, i.e. CiA 13XX documents. This includes the CiA 1310 series of conformance test plans as well.
                Uwe Koppe, MicroControl
                SIG01 Device description
                ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of the XML-based device description for CANopen FD devices.
                Torsten Gedenk, emotas
                SIG02 LSS FD
                ScopeThe scope of this SIG is the development and maintenance of the layer setting services (LSS) and protocols for CANopen FD networks.
                Olaf Pfeiffer, Embedded Systems Academy
                SIG03 Testing
                ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of conformance and interoperability test plans for CANopen FD devices and networks.
                Uwe Koppe, MicroControl
                SIG04 Additional application layer functions
                ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of additional CANopen FD application layer functions. This includes network management, boot-up of NMT slave devices, “flying” NMT master, and redundancy.
                vacant
                IG03 Profiles
                ScopeThe Interest Group (IG) profiles establishes and coordinates Special Interest Groups (SIGs). It approves Draft Specification (DS) documents developed by SIGs. The IG is responsible for the CiA 4XX series comprising device, application, and interface profiles as well as mappings to classic CANopen, CANopen FD, and other higher-layer protocols such as J1939.
                Holger Zeltwanger, CiA
                SIG01 Generic I/O devices
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for generic I/O modules and special-purpose I/O devices such as joysticks and foot-pedals: CiA 401 - Modular I/O devices; CiA 852 - Recommended practice for CiA 401-based operator environment sub-systems.
                Christian Keydel, Embedded Systems Academy
                SIG02 Drives and motion control
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profiles for electrical drives including frequency inverters, servo controllers, and stepper motors: CiA 402 (IEC 61800-7-201/301) - Drives and motion controllers; CiA 452 - PLCopen Motion devices.
                vacant
                SIG03 Encoder and inclinometer
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of profiles for inclinometer as well as for linear and rotary encoders: CiA 406 - Encoder; CiA 410 - Inclinometer.
                Klaus Matzker, Fraba
                SIG04 Measuring devices
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for measuring devices and closed-loop controllers including pressure, force, and temperature sensors: CiA 404 - Measuring devices and closed-loop controllers.
                Uwe Koppe, MicroControl
                SIG05 Fluid power
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for fluid power technology proportional valves and hydrostatic transmissions such as hydraulic proportional valves, pumps, and drives: CiA 408 - Fluid-power devices.
                Martin Schindelin, Moog
                SIG06 Lift control
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for lift (elevator) control systems comprising call, car drive, and door controllers as well as panel, door, car drive, and other units: CiA 417 - Lift control systems.
                Jörg Hellmich, Elfin
                SIG08 Contrast media injector
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of profiles for medical add-on devices such as contrast media injector: CiA 425 - Contrast-media injector; CiA 412-4 - CiA 425 conformance test plan.
                Ron Kong, Bayer Healthcare
                SIG10 Fire-fighting
                ScopeDeveloping and maintaining embedded body application profiles for fire-fighting subsystems (e.g. aerial working platforms, container units, stabilizer units, DIN 14700 systems, etc.) and the mapping to Classic CANopen. Additionally, the SIG develops and maintains DIN 4630 interfaces for fire-fighting subsystems.
                Dagmar Schymonski-Dederichs, ifm ecomatic
                SIG11 Municipal vehicles
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for refuse collecting vehicles and profiles for other municipal equipment such as weeper and winter service vehicles: CiA 422 (EN 16815) - Refuse-collecting vehicle devices.
                Thomas Kemner, C-Trace
                SIG14 Special-car add-on devices
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of profiles for special-purpose car add-on devices such as roof bar, digital radio, taximeter, equipment for disabled people, and in-vehicle gateway: CiA 447 - Special-purpose car add-on devices; CiA 412-5 - CiA 447 conformance test plan.
                Olaf Pfeiffer, Embedded Systems Academy
                SIG15 Subsea
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of profile sub-sea instruments such as sensors and meters as well as valves: CiA 443 (ISO 13628-6) - SIIS level-2 devices.
                Harald Schuhmacher, OneSubsea
                SIG16 Energy management systems
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of profiles for energy management systems that may operate in mobile applications (e.g. light-electric vehicles) as well as non-mobile applications (e.g. isolated farms): CiA 454 (IEC TS 61851-3-4/5/6/7) - Energy management system; CiA 312-7 - CiA 454 conformance test plan.
                Steffen Rose, emotas
                SIG18 IO-Link
                ScopeEnhancement and maintenance of the profile for IO-Link gateways: CiA 463 - IO-Link gateway.
                Joachim Uffelmann, ifm ecomatic
                SIG19 Welding and cutting
                ScopeThe SIG develops and maintains an application profile for advanced manual arc welding and plasma cutting systems; connections to robots and overarching systems are out of scope. The profile provides plug-and-play functionality for basic setups, including physical layer requirements such as compatible cables and connectors. The resulting system provides contradiction-free data to the Asset Administration Shell (AAS) and facilitates regulatory compliance and protecting the worker’s health.
                Dr. Andreas Matz, Abicor Binzel
                IG04 Lower layers
                ScopeThe Interest Group (IG) lower layers, preceeding IG lower layers, is responsible for all CAN lower layers specifications. The IG develops additional specifications, recommendations and implementation guidelines for CAN FD. This covers CAN FD physical layer recommendations with special regard to topology and bit timing, recommendations with regard to system design as well as with regard to CAN FD controller interfaces, additional requirements for HS-PMA implementations compliant with ISO 11898-1: 2015 and ISO 11898-2:2016 with the signal improvement capability (SIC), requirements and test methods of the mechanical and electrical parameters for cables to be used in CAN FD networks and for common-mode chokes to be used in Classical CAN networks and CAN FD networks. Furthermore, the IG devolops specifications and test plans for CAN XL. It is intended to cover data link layer and physical signaling, physical media attachment sub-layer, node and sytem design recommendations, and etc.
                Magnus-Maria Hell, Infineon Technologies
                SIG01 CAN XL
                ScopeThe SIG develops and maintains the next generation of CAN data link and physical layer, providing an extra large payload, and supporting in the data-phase bit-rates exceeding 8 Mbit/s. Additionally, the SIG develops and maintains related conformance test plans.
                Dr. Arthur Mutter, Robert Bosch
                SIG02 CAN FD Light
                ScopeDevelopment of a CAN FD based protocol for price-sensitive sensor and actuator networks including a conformance test plan. Application notes and network design recommendations are also in the scope of this SIG.
                Fred Rennig, STMicroelectronics
                SIG03 EMC
                ScopeDevelopment of the EMC requirements for CAN transceivers used in CAN XL networks.
                Magnus-Maria Hell, Infineon Technologies
                SIG05 3,3-V transceivers
                ScopeThe SIG develops and maintains 3,3-V transceiver specifications adapted with PMA (physical medium attachment) sub-layer specifications as given in ISO 11898-2. This includes also transceivers with low-power and selective wake-up capabilities. A related conformance test plan, an interoperability test plan and an EMC specification are also in the scope.
                Vikas Thawani, Texas Instruments
                IG05 J1939
                ScopeThe Interest Group (IG) J1939 comments J1939-based documents. Additionally, the SIG submits proposals to J1939-based specifications and recommended practices. These documents include the SAE J1939 series, the ISO 11783 series (also known as Isobus), DIN 4630, and IEC 61162-3 (also known as NMEA 2000). Furthermore, the IG releases application notes and implementation guidelines.
                Holger Zeltwanger, CiA
                IG06 Safety and security
                ScopeThe IG safety/security coordinates all CiA specifications on functional safety and cybersecurity. These activities relate to Classical CAN or CAN FD. They may also cover the cybersecurity function for higher-layer protocols including CANopen (FD) and J1939-based solutions.
                Holger Zeltwanger, CiA
                IG06 SIG01 Functional safety
                ScopeDevelopment and maintenance of CAN-based functional safety protocols including layer management. This includes, in particular, the CANopen Safety protocol as specified in EN 50325-5.
                vacant
                IG07 High availability
                ScopeThis IG develops and maintains redundancy concepts for high-availability, safety-critical CAN-based networks. This includes specifications for redundant CAN communication, covering CAN networks and CAN nodes. Additionally, requirements for high-availability systems from different industries are in the scope of this IG.
                Uwe Koppe, MicroControl