The IG profiles manages several CiA profile specifications. Some of them need to be reviewed, because there are pending comments. The review process will start soon.
CANopen and eCl@ss
IG profiles will organize a workshop about eCl@ass. This is a cross-industry product-data standard for the classification and unique description of products and services. If interested please contact secetary(at)can-cia.org.
CAN XL commitment
Bosch has launched a CAN XL web page, in order to indicate its commitment to the next generation of CAN technology. The CiA Special Interest Group CAN XL and its Task Forces for physical layer and higher-layer develop the specifications.
New CiA 601-4 version released
The CiA 601-4 version 2.0.0 specifies the so-called SIC (signal improvement capability) transceivers. It is incompatible with version 1.0 and describes two SIC concepts and the EMC testing.
CiA 306 series updated
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.
CANopen in space
CANopen is used in several satellites. In order to achieve interoperability between devices, CiA invites interested parties to discuss the opportunity of standardized profiles. If interested, send an email to secretary(at)can-cia.org.
“Kill switch” for connected cars
The nonprofit Consumer Watchdog association has published a cybersecurity report. It proposes a “kill switch” tor road vehicles providing Internet access.
Spoofing CAN data frames
A cybersecurity company reported that engine readings, compass data, altitude, and other readings could be manipulated in small aircrafts by means of adding a CAN node. Read more.
CAN FD micro-controller
Micro-controllers with on-chip CAN FD cores addressing non-automotive applications have been introduced, e.g. by NXP, STM, and TI. They close the missing link between higher bit-rate qualified transceivers and CANopen FD protocol stacks.
CAN XL trade mark
The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) has registered the trade mark “CAN XL” for CAN in Automation (CiA). CAN XL is the next generation CAN data link layer approach currently developed by a CiA Special Interest Group.
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.