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Special Interest Group

CAN FD light – LED devices for passenger cars

2020-07-08 CAN in Automation (CiA) has established a Special Interest Group to develop a “handler/dog” data link layer protocol based on CAN FD. It is intended for use in sensor/actuator networks such as automotive lighting systems.

Electrical systems

What exactly does retrofit mean?

2020-07-15 With electrified vehicles, terms and designations such as ‘retrofit’ are coming up and not everyone is familiar with t...

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Covid-19: More pallet stackers and forklifts are needed

2020-06-22 In times of locked down economies with a lot of exit restrictions, online shopping increases. This causes more business for logist...

Terminology

Harmonized transceiver naming

2020-07-16 CiA has agreed on names for two transceiver approaches: CAN SIC transceiver and CAN SIC XL transceiver. Recommended are the t...

SAE J1939

Updated specifications

2020-07-23 SAE has released new versions of the J1939DA, J1939/5, and J1939/73. These documents are part of the J1939 series specifying a CAN-based application profile for commercial vehicles and other applications.

Terminology

Harmonized transceiver naming

2020-07-16 CiA has agreed on names for two transceiver approaches: CAN SIC transceiver and CAN SIC XL transceiver. Recommended are the terms CAN high-speed and CAN FD transceivers for two other technologies.

Electrical systems

What exactly does retrofit mean?

2020-07-15 With electrified vehicles, terms and designations such as ‘retrofit’ are coming up and not everyone is familiar with them. STW explains the terminology. J1939 also plays a role in this.

Special Interest Group

CAN FD light – LED devices for passenger cars

2020-07-08 CAN in Automation (CiA) has established a Special Interest Group to develop a “handler/dog” data link layer protocol based on CAN FD. It is intended for use in sensor/actuator networks such as automotive lighting systems.

Coronavirus

Online CANopen FD technology days

2020-07-01 CAN in Automation (CiA) has scheduled its next web-based CiA technology days on July 6 and 9, 2020. The events provide detailed information about CANopen FD. Presentation language is English.

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Node-ID assignment using LSS

2020-06-24 Since several years the technical interest group developing the CiA 305 specification at CiA discusses which CANopen layer setting services (LSS) should be adapted to CANopen FD. This article summarizes the current work status.

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CRC error detection for CAN XL

2020-06-23 CRC generator polynomials for detection of transmission errors in headers and frames of the upcoming CAN XL standard are proposed. Properties, which are chosen to provide error detection performance in the CAN XL scenario, are described.

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CAN XL error detection capabilities

2020-06-22 With its higher data-rates and payload sizes, CAN XL is the next step in the evolution of CAN. Besides this, CAN XL also provides improved error detection capabilities.

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Covid-19 and CAN business

2020-06-22 The Sars-CoV-19 virus pandemic has impact on all industries: decreasing business with a few exceptions on increasing sales for medical equipment, for example. Due to the lockdown sometimes supply chains are partly broken.

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Covid-19: More pallet stackers and forklifts are needed

2020-06-22 In times of locked down economies with a lot of exit restrictions, online shopping increases. This causes more business for logistics companies requiring increasingly pallet stackers, forklifts, and other transportation equipment.