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CiA 611-1 released as DSP

Ethernet "tunneling" via CAN XL

2022-11-28 CAN in Automation (CiA) has released the CiA 611-1 version 1.0.0 as Draft Standard Proposal (DSP). Implementation of the CiA 611-1 enables "tunneling" of Classical CAN, CAN FD, and Ethernet frames via CAN XL networks.

Nexperia

Chinese company ordered to sell wafer fab

2022-11-18 The British government forced the Chinese Nexperia company to sell Britain's biggest microchip factory, following a national security assessment.

Elmos

Chinese chipmaker on shopping spree

2022-11-08 A Swedish daughter company of the Chinese SAI Microelectronics likes to buy the Elmos Semiconductor production facilities in Germany. This needs to be approved by the German government.

Bauma 2022

The heartbeat of construction industry

2022-11-02 From October 24 to 30, around 3200 companies from over 60 countries presented their novelties for construction, building materials, and mining machinery industries in Munich (Germany).

CANopen Lift

Opening a CANopen competence center

2022-11-02 In the first quarter of 2023, Safeline (Sweden) will open a CANopen competence center in Diest (Belgium). The center will shorten delivery times and increase customer support for the CANopen Lift market, explained the company in the official press re...

Event

CAN technology symposium 2022

2022-10-13 On October 25, 2022, the Wagenhallen in Stuttgart, Germany, open their doors for the 2nd CAN Technology Symposium of CAN in Automation (CiA) member Vector. At the one-day conference, speakers from different companies present the latest new...

CiA marketing group

Promoting CAN XL and its ecosystem

2022-10-10 CAN in Automation (CiA) has established the Marketing Group (MG) CAN XL. It organizes joint marketing activities in order to promote the CAN XL protocol as well as related specifications and recommendations.

Plugfests in spring and fall

Testing Isobus compatibility

2022-09-27 This year, the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation (AEF) had its annual North American 2022 Isobus plugfest during the Commodity Classic trade show in New Orleans. After the cancellations of the last few plugfests due to the pandemic, this w...

20^th CANopen Lift plugfest

Testing CANopen Lift interoperability

2022-09-15 On September 6, 2022, CAN in Automation (CiA) members tested interoperability of their CANopen Lift devices. The lift host controller companies tested the devices of the lift device manufacturers in a one-to-one session.

CAN-based drive

For less than 16-kg e-bikes

2022-09-14 Maxon’s CAN-based Bikedrive Air system is deployed in e-bikes from Cipollini (Italy), Transalpes, and Thömus (both Switzerland) enabling bike weights of less than 16 kg.

Webinar, workshop, Innotrans

CANopen in rolling stock

2022-09-07 CAN in Automation (CiA) currently has some CAN in railway-related actions in the pipeline. There are a free-of-charge webinar (later also available on Youtube), free-of-charge workshop, and the participation at the Innotrans 2022 exhibition.

17th international CAN Conference

Videos and proceedings now available free of charge

2022-08-29 The videos and proceedings of the international CAN Conference (iCC) 2020 are now available free of charge. The 23 papers can be downloaded from the website and the recorded videos can be watched on CAN in Automation’s (CiA) Youtube channel.

CAN Newsletter magazine

30 years of CiA: Celebration and feedback

2022-08-18 On June 1 and 2, CiA and its members celebrated the 30th birthday of CAN in Automation in a nice location in Nuremberg in the midst of the city park. The CAN Newsletter magazine reported about the celebration and CiA members answered some ...

Exhibition

CAN at Embedded World 2022

2022-06-29 International experts met for the 20th holding of the Embedded World exhibition and conference in Nuremberg from June 21 to June 23, 2022. The latest trends and technical innovations in the field of embedded system development were present...

CAN Newsletter magazine

CiA members from the beginning

2022-06-27 There are 14 members who joint the non-profit CAN in Automation (CiA) association in 1992 and are still members. Today, the CAN users’ and manufacturers’ group counts more than 720 members.

Solution supplier

Automation of technical fiber production

2022-06-15 The recent CiA member Dienes Apparatebau is a supplier of fully-engineered solutions for leading manufacturers of technical fibers and renowned research institutes.

What a nice event!

30-years CiA birthday celebration

2022-06-08 On the two first days of the summer 2022, the “crème de la crème” of the CAN community has met at a location in Nuremberg in the midst of the city park.

CiA 301 or CiA 1301 compliant

CANopen (FD) devices certified by end of May 2022

2022-05-27 Since the beginning of 2022, CAN in Automation (CiA) successfully tested four CANopen devices. The first CANopen FD device was tested as well.

Education

In-house seminars as in-person events

2022-05-24 CAN in Automation (CiA) is able to offer its in-house seminars as in-person events again. Nevertheless, CiA continues offering web-based seminars. On occasion of in-house seminars, CiA engineers discuss CAN-related topics, adjusted to the companies&r...

CiA plugfest

Testing CAN XL interoperability

2022-05-23 In May, CiA members tested CAN XL controller and CAN SIC XL transceivers. The CAN XL nodes were also connected to wiring harness prototypes provided by Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen.