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
CiA cooperations
Nuremberg, August 5, 2008. CiA cooperates with members regarding seminars, conferences, etc. The following events are scheduled:
SAAEI 2008, Cartagena (Spain),September 8 – 11, 2008
French open CANopen days 2008,...
CAN and CANopen workshop and seminar in Milan
Nuremberg, August 5, 2008. CAN in Automation (CiA) organizes a CAN and CANopen workshop and with tabletop exhibition in Milan on October 7, 2008. The seminar and the workshop will be held in parallel mainly in English. The...
Bus-independent device description
Nuremberg, August 4, 2008. CiA has developed jointly with other organizations a bus-independent XML-based device description. Thilo Schumann (CAN in Automation) will present the result in a paper at the SPS/IPC/Drives conference...
www.mesago.de/en/SPS/Conference_Program/index.htm
CANopen device profile for generic I/O modules released for free download
Nuremberg, June 9, 2008. The CAN in Automation (CiA) nonprofit organization has published the CiA 401 CANopen device profile for generic I/O modules version 3.0 as draft standard (DS). This device profile allows connection of...
