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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.

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.

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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.

Data link layer

CAN XL and CAN FD light

2020-05-28 CAN in Automation (CiA) members are developing the third generation of the CAN data link layer protocol – also know as CAN XL. Additionally, CAN FD light, a master/slave protocol, is under consideration.

CiA specifications

CiA 309 series extended

2020-05-04 CiA has updated Part 1 and Part 3 of its CiA 309 series of CANopen remote access specifications. New is Part 5 specifying HTTP Restful and Websocket protocols to manage TCP/CANopen gateways and to control CANopen networks remotely...

Conformance testing

CiA 312-7 test specification

2020-05-04 The CiA 312‑7 conformance test specification describes test cases for CiA 454 CANopen devices. These devices are suitable for light electric vehicles.

1000+ PGNs

Updated J1939 DBC file released

2020-04-15 CSS Electronics (Denmark) released the latest version of the J1939 DBC (data base CAN) in March 2020. The file makes it possible to decode J1939 data from heavy-duty vehicles to human-readable form.

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25th anniversary of SAE J1939

2019-11-29 In 1994, the nonprofit SAE association released the first J1939 documents. In the meantime, application-specific network solutions have been developed, which are based on the J1939-2 application layer.

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CiA 601-4: CAN signal improvement

2019-11-29 CAN FD SIC (signal improvement capability) transceivers compliant with CiA 601-4 are able to remove some limitations and accelerate CAN FD far beyond that what was previously possible.

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Charging communication in Chinese

2019-11-29 Manufacturers, who want to sell e-cars in China have to comply with the GB/T 27930 standard. The current version is from 2015.

SPS 2019

Classic CANopen and CANopen FD

2019-11-21 CAN in Automation (CiA) shows on its SPS 2019 stand the migration from classic CANopen to CANopen FD. Additionally, several members exhibit classic CANopen products.

Windows real-time extension

Implementation of measurement data format

2019-09-17 Kithara Software, innovator for PC-based real-time, has announced the implementation of the standard for measurement data format (MDF) into the Kithara Realtime Suite extension for Windows operating systems.

CiA 601-4

SIC transceivers for CAN FD

2019-08-27 To improve the use of CAN FD networks, CiA has developed the so-called SIC (signal improvement capability) transceivers. The nonprofit association has released the CiA 601-4 specification standardizing these SIC transceivers.

CiA 306 series updated

Electronic descriptions of CANopen interface functions

2019-08-20 The CANopen EDS/DCF specification (part 1) has been updated regarding CANopen Safety (EN 50325-4). The CANopen Object Data Base (CODB) specification (part 2) has been improved, too. The third part supports now reference designators.

CiA 406 and CiA 461

Encoder and weighing device profiles updated

2019-08-15 CiA has released new versions of the CANopen profiles CiA 406 and CiA 461. Members can download them free-of-charge.

Earth-moving machinery

Collision detection and avoidance

2019-08-01 The international ISO standardization body develops a J1939-based profile for collision detection and avoidance. It is in work draft status.

CiA 601-6 release

CAN FD cable specification

2019-07-11 The nonprofit CAN in Automation (CiA) association with more than 650 member-companies has released the CiA 601-6 specification.

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