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The brain of the machine

2021-09-17 The logistics industry is booming. With growing demand, there is need for transport solutions, especially within the warehouses. BHS Intralogistics has developed an autonomous transport shuttle. The brain of the shuttle is STW’s CANopen-capable...

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Development of CAN-based rescue stairs

2021-09-16 Rosenbauer has improved its rescue stairs which implement a CAN system. The company explains its new way of software development and introduces how all relevant characteristics of the 33-ton and about one million Euro rescue stairs were put in one co...

E-bike and e-scooter tracker

Analyzing battery status, mileage, service data, and more via CAN

2021-09-08 Super Tracker developed an IoT (Internet of Things) GPS tracker and a Saas (software as a service) platform displayed through a native app solution. They combined performances of tracking and Saas solutions that are currently available on the market ...

Tunnel drilling

“Not-a-boring” competition

2021-09-01 Elon Musk’s Boring company has scheduled a competition to drill a tunnel faster than a snail. One of the pre-selected teams, Dirt-Torpedo, uses CANopen drives sponsored by Thomson.

Aircraft and other applications

CAN modules for unmanned systems

2021-07-16 Innodisk recently released their latest CAN modules. The products come with various form factors and are suitable for use in unmanned systems such as aircraft applications. They also support J1939 and CANopen.

CAN sensor

Robotics at the rehabilitation service

2021-07-01 Heaxel’s Icone robotic system supports neurorehabilitation therapies, designed for patients with neurological damage. The system has the CAN-based HEX-E sensors from Onrobot integrated.

CAN frequency inverter

Cloud solutions in times of IIoT and Industry 4.0

2021-06-01 The combination of hardware from electrical engineering and cloud-based software has resulted in all-in-one solutions at Knestel in recent years. This includes applications in agriculture or the fitness sector, for example.

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CANopen in the food and beverage industry

2021-03-09 Nord Drivesystems provides corrosion-protected solutions for the food and beverage industry without stainless steel. In those systems, CANopen frequency inverters are used.

In the event of an incident

Rescue stairs help on board of an aircraft

2021-02-26 A medical emergency, smoke in the cabin, or an evacuation - in the event of an incident on board an aircraft, action must be taken quickly. Rosenbauer has improved its rescue stairs for this purpose. A CAN system helps.

CAN-to-USB interface

A bridge to the bike’s telematic system

2020-12-07 The CAN-interconnected electric off-road motorbikes from Cake rely on Kvaser’s Leaf Light CAN-to-USB interfaces for programming and after-sales diagnostics.

Sensor series

Analyzing gas quality with CAN

2020-12-02 In this article, Patrice Flot from CMR, considers further sensor technology in the wake of the increasing specification of gas engines for power generation. Those sensors provide measurement data to the engine via CAN.

Electric firefighting truck

Providing 200-kWh battery capacity

2020-10-19 Rosenbauer (Austria) presented the worldwide first fully-electric firefighting vehicle on a serial chassis. The add-on equipment is interconnected via a CAN-based system.

Aerial ladder

Firefighting with CAN

2020-09-23 Rosenbauer presented the L27A-XS 3.0 aerial ladder with XS technology. The control system of the ladder comes with up to five CAN networks and enables equipping with latest floodlight and camera systems, for example.

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.

Forklifts

CANopen interface in the fork

2020-06-16 Vetter (Germany) provides in its Smartfork sub-system CANopen interfaces for connecting sensors.

Individually-adaptable

Automation system for more comfort at home

2020-05-20 The TEM Group (Switzerland) developed the Mytem Smarthome solution comprising wired and wirelessly interconnected devices. All wired devices are networked via CAN.

Sensor data

CANopen helps on the way to the cloud

2020-05-14 Schmersal (Germany) offers the Smart Safety solution allowing to send safety sensor data to the cloud. On the fieldbus-level, the collected sensor data can be sent to the PLC (programmable logic controller) via CANopen.

Moving detection

Mining safety kit for working in dangerous environments

2020-04-30 To reduce the risk of accidents and equipment damage in quarries, mines, and construction sites, VIA is showcased the VIA Mobile360 AI Mining Safety Kit at the Conexpo-CON/AGG. Dynamic moving object detection is realized via CAN.

Telematics

CAN-based lifting machines connected

2020-04-21 Industrial Access (Romania), a rental company for construction machinery, has equipped 110 CAN-based machines with the Genie Lift Connect telematics solution by Terex.

Ambulances

CAN reduces cabling effort

2020-04-21 The German company C. Miesen has equipped its ambulances with a CAN network. It links the add-on devices, especially the keypads.