Controller Area Network (CAN)
CAN is the leading serial bus system for embedded control. More than two billion CAN nodes have been sold since the protocol's development in the early 1980s. CAN is a mainstream network and was internationally standardized (ISO 11898–1) in 1993.
CAN in Automation (CiA)
CiA is the international users’ and manufacturers’ group that develops and supports CANopen and other CAN-based higher-layer protocols. The nonprofit group was founded in 1992 to provide CAN-based technical, product and marketing information. Approximately 500 companies are member of the nonprofit group that is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.
News
CAN physical layer specifications publicly available
Nuremberg, Germany, February 5, 2010. CAN in Automation has released the CiA 102 and 103 CAN physical layer specifications for industrial automation respectively intrinsically safe capable communication as Draft Standards....
CiA 417 (CANopen Lift) profile version 2.0 released
Nuremberg, Germany, February 2, 2010. The CiA Special Interest Group (SIG) CANopen Lift has published the version 2.0 of the CANopen application profile for lift control systems (CiA 417). The completely re-structured...
New CANopen connector pin-assignments
Nuremberg, Germany, December 15, 2009. The CAN in Automation (CiA) non-profit organization has released version 1.7 of the CiA 303-1 CANopen additional specification for cabling and connector pin assignment as draft...
CANopen SIG Hydraulics re-established
Nuremberg, Germany, December 11, 2009. The VDMA is reviewing its bus-independent profile for fluid power (hydraulics) devices. CiA members and other interested parties are commenting the reviewed profile. CiA will update the...
