The CiA IG03 SIG01 (I/O) is looking for experts interested in specifying a J1939 profile for joysticks (CiA 401-J) based on the CANopen profile for modular I/O devices. More information can be requested from the CiA office.
CiA seminars
The CAN seminar and the CANopen seminar for newcomers are scheduled on February 27 respectively February 28. These 4-hour online events are held in English language.
CiA 437-1 and CiA 437-2
The first two parts ot the CANopen application profile for grid-based photovoltaic systems have been updated. Part 3 specifying the data objects (application parameters) will follow, soon. All three CiA 437 documents are in DSP (draft specification proposal) status and are only accessible for CiA members.
Last call for experts
The SIG (special interest group) "rail vehicles" and the SIG "truck gateway" are inactive since some time. Therefore, the IG (interest group) "profiles" calls for experts. Interested parties should contact CiA office before mid of February.
TF (cybersecurity) terminology
The CiA Technical Committee has established a task force to harmonize terms and definitions regarding cybersecurity with in CiA documents. This helps to avoid misunderstandings and misinterpretations. Holger Zeltwanger has been nominated to lead the TF. Volunteers are welcome.
CiA webinar: Generic bootloader
CiA has scheduled a free-of-charge webinar on January 24, 2024. It introduces the generic CAN bootloader approach developed by CiA. Registration for the one-hour webinar is required.
Safety-related CAN communication
CiA’s Interest Group (IG) safety and security is going to establish a Special Interest Group (SIG) to review and update CANopen Safety (EN 50325-5) on January 30. Registration is open.
748 CiA members
CiA starts with 748 members into the new year. The CiA community is looking forward to new markets for all three CAN protocol generations: CAN CC (classic), CAN FD, and CAN XL.
CAN Community News (CCN)
CiA has merged the CMN (CiA Member News) and the CIM (CAN Info Mail) email services to the CCN email service. Subscribers receive it every three weeks.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.
CiA community
The CAN community is huge. More than two billion of CAN nodes are installed annually. And this figure is still growing. The number of CAN fellows organized in the nonprofit CiA users’ and manufacturers’ group is much smaller. Due to new CAN data link layer (CAN XL and CAN FD Light) and new CAN physical medium attachment developments (CAN SIC and CAN SIC XL), the membership is growing, too. There are also new members interested in CiA profile developed for new markets such as battery management, fire-fighting equipment, etc.
“We take the already existing ideas in communication technology as well as in human communication, arrange them newly, and new specifications and recommendations are born,” said Holger Zeltwanger, CiA Managing Director.
The problems are solved, not by giving new information, but by arranging what we have known since long.