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Standardized operation

Charging e-buses with CAN control unit

2021-06-11 In-Tech Smart Charging, a subsidiary of In-Tech, announced that the automotive control unit Charge Control L has been integrated via CAN interface into an e-bus of E-Trofit as part of an upgrade project.

Safety functions

Enabling CANopen Safety on controllers

2021-05-18 B&R enables the implementation of safety functions on mobile machinery by equipping its X90 safety controllers with the CANopen Safety protocol.

Programmable logic controller

More RAM capacity than previous models and optional CAN

2021-04-29 The X20CP0484-1 from B&R is an addition to the Compact-S series of PLCs (programmable logic controller). It provides 512 MiB of RAM and 2 GiB of internal flash memory which is more than twice the RAM capacity of previous models from the series.

Palm-sized IPC

Controller for industrial IoT solutions

2021-03-29 Portwell launched the CAN-connectable Lynx-612B PC of its Lynx-6000 industrial IoT (Internet of Things) gateway series based on Intel Celeron N3350 CPU (formerly Apollo Lake platform).

Cabinet guard

Condition monitoring for OEM control cabinets

2021-03-26 The IM18-CCM from Turck brings the environment variables to higher-level systems for central condition monitoring in the Industrial Internet of Things. External devices such as vibration sensors for monitoring states can be integrated via CAN.

System-on-module

Rugged edge server module for commercial vehicles

2021-03-22 The Miriac MPX‑LX2160A system-on-module (SOM) by Microsys Electronics is dedicated for use in commercial vehicles and mobile systems. It offers two CAN FD interfaces.

Box PC

Artificial intelligence vehicle computer with CAN interface

2021-03-17 Syslogic’s AI-assisted (artificial intelligence) vehicle computer RS A3N combines the features of a Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX module with the features of an industrial computer. It comes with one CAN interfaces.

Charging station controller

Handling charging communication to EVs

2021-03-16 The Vsecc by Vector Informatik is a charge station controller performing communication, monitoring, and control functions. Communication with the EV (electric vehicle) is done via CAN.

Embedded World 2021

Box PC with CAN FD

2021-03-02 At the Embedded World 2021 digital exhibition, Emcomo (Germany) shows the EM-RPI-Box passive-cooled embedded system with two CAN FD interfaces. The exhibition takes place virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Embedded box PC

AI for industry, medical technology, and “smart” cities

2021-02-12 Distec expanded its portfolio with the industrial embedded box PC EC-3200 from iBase for applications with artificial intelligence (AI). The Nvidia Jetson TX2-based product with CAN-connection is for industry, medical, technology, and “smart&rd...

Six ports

Railway computer upgraded with CAN FD

2021-02-12 Syslogic has reengineered its railway computer RSL 81 to make it fit for future railway applications. Besides Classical CAN, the company added CAN FD for the computer.

Box PC

Extended interface range for in-vehicle prototyping system

2021-02-10 The Microautobox III is the next generation of the Microautobox, a real-time system for performing in-vehicle function prototyping. Dspace has extended the range of channels and network interfaces it. Three CAN FD channels are part of this.

Fanless computers

Incorporating latest Intel Atom, Celeron, and Pentium CPUs

2021-02-05 Onlogic has announced four industrial and rugged fanless computing platforms powered by the Intel Atom x6000E, Celeron N, and Pentium J series processors formerly known as Elkhart Lake. The Helix 300 series comes with CAN optionally. On the left is...

Real-time box PC

For automated guided vehicles and robots

2021-01-13 Syslogic’s (Switzerland) embedded box PC OEM S81 is a rugged industrial computer for real-time applications. It is designed for automated guided vehicles (AGVs), for mobile industrial robots (MIR), and for autonomous mobile robots (AMR).

Robotics controllers

Powered by Nvidia or Intel processors

2020-12-18 Adlink Technology offers the Roscube-X and Roscube-I controllers for autonomous robotics applications. The devices provide optional CAN connectivity.

Box-PC

For rugged AI Edge applications

2020-12-14 The Boxer-8240AI embedded controller from Aaeon is designed to combine AI (artificial intelligence), control, and communication (also CAN) into a single platform.

In-vehicle platform

For self-driving and vehicle safety applications

2020-12-08 The CAN-connectible Via Mobile360 L900 platform by Via Technologies (Taiwan) supports up to nine automotive-grade cameras.

Controllers and HMIs

Safe control for harsh environments

2020-12-03 Epec (Finland) unveiled the SL84 safety control unit and the display unit 6505. The company also enhanced its 6112 display unit and updated the Epec SDK tool.

CANopen support

Embedded CAN extension boards

2020-12-01 Apdate has introduced a series of CANopen extension boards from Innodisk for CAN devices in industrial environments.

CANopen

HMI and PLC in one

2020-11-25 Spectra developed the controllers of the Unistream series. In addition to a touch display and the controller, they combine numerous sets of analog and digital inputs and outputs in a housing. To the 5-inch and 7-inch models, the 10-inch display has b...