The high-speed CAN physical layer standard specifying data-phase bit rates up to 5 Mbit/s has been released as ISO 11898-2:2016. It substitutes ISO 11898-2:2003, and ISO 11898-5 as well as ISO 11898-6. More info: service(at)can-cia.org.

ISO has released a new revision of the CAN conformance test plan. This covers the data link layer and the physical signaling of Classical CAN and CAN FD as specified in ISO 11898-1:2015. More info: secretary(at)can-cia.org.

The CiA 402 motion control profile supports 64-byte PDOs. Part 6 specifies the PDO mapping for CAN FD messages. It has been released CiA internally. Comments and questions are welcome: secretary(at)can-cia.org.

ISO updates the truck/trailer network standard. New functions such as lane departure monitoring require more bandwidth. The project has just been prolonged until January 2018. Interested parties may contact headquarters(at)can-cia.org.

CiA cooperates with the JARA association to internationally standardize service robot modules. Interested parties are invited to contact CiA via email: headquarters(at)can-cia.org.

CiA organizes a plugfest in Milan on November 17. CiA members are invited to prove the interoperability of their CANopen products with PLC by B&R. More info: secretary(at)can-cia.org.

The CANopen profile for measuring devices and closed-loop controllers has been updated. Some parameters have been re-introduced. More info: secretary(at)can-cia.org.

Now, CiA provides the convener for the ISO TC22 SC31 WG4 (automotive applications) and for the ISO TC22 SC31 WG3 (in-vehicle networks). Read on.

The CiA 422 application profile for refuse collecting vehicles has been released as technical report by CEN (EN 16815) and DIN 30765. >> More details.

The mapping of J1939 messages to CAN FD frames is specified in the recently released CiA 602-2 document. It also references to other higher-layer protocols mapped to CAN FD frames. More info: headquarters(at)can-cia.org.