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Measuring soil temperatures

2023-12-12 At the Jena experimental site, a CAN-based data logger is used to reveal natural solutions to mitigate effects of climate change. One option is to stabilize soil temperatures by means of plant diversity.

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Motion systems for intralogistics and robotics

2023-12-11 For AGVs, AMRs, and robotics there is a lot of different technical options when it comes to a motion solution. The most drives and motors with motion controllers from Delta Line (Switzerland) used in such applications are available with CANopen conne...

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AGVs – Safety through smart sensors

2023-12-07 In AGVs (automated guided vehicles), the implemented sensing, controlling, and actuating technology has to replace the driver. Wachendorff Automation provides encoders and according measurement systems used to ensure safety in AGV applications.

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Galvanic isolated CAN nodes in small satellites

2023-09-18 Outer space applications require radiation-tolerant CAN transceivers and galvanic-isolated CAN interfaces.

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Vertical farming as a promising future concept

2023-09-18 In vertical indoor farming, ventilation, air conditioning, and automation solutions ensure that plants always have ideal conditions for growth. For such applications, EBM-Papst offers fans, drives, and automation solutions with CANopen connectivity.

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CANopen controller for independent metering control valves

2023-09-15 CiA 408 defines the CANopen-based control interface for valves including device state management, control signals, and common device parameters. This article introduces CiA 408, describes a valve controller deployment, and discusses deployment with e...

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Pressure sensors improve cooling

2023-09-15 Refrigeration is vital to ensuring the shelf-life of food. The need for cooling became even more urgent for the distribution of Covid vaccines. Pressure measurements are helping refrigeration evolve.

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Safe passenger traffic in crowded cities

2023-09-15 Urbanization is an ongoing megatrend. On the one hand, it leads to the emergence of new mega-cities as economic and innovation centers. On the other hand, it causes increased environmental pollution and congestion of the existing transport infrastruc...

Carding machine

Using a host controller with two CAN ports

2023-09-14 Horner Automation supplies to an Italian textile machine manufacturer CAN connectable host controllers and I/O modules.

UAV

CAN-based wing control

2023-08-28 Quantum-Systems and ESG Defense + Public Security have developed the Vector eVTOL electric vertical take-off and landing reconnaissance UAV (unmanned arial vehicle). It uses CAN-connected nodes to control the wings.

PC interfaces

For battery management systems

2023-08-21 Hongke (China) has shown its automotive CAN-(FD)-related solutions at the Shanghai Automotive Testing Expo, China. The company also acts as a distributor of Peak and other CiA members, for example, in China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore.

Trench heater

Up to 30 units connectable via CAN

2023-08-02 Kampmann (Germany) offers the Katherm HK tangential fan-assisted convection unit for heating or cooling. By means of the CAN interface modules up to 30 units can be networked.

System solutions

From medicine to construction

2023-06-15 Microcontrol offers control systems and CAN technology for a variety of demanding applications including medical and construction industry. The company also provides for offspring by organizing Girls’Days and Boys’Days for young students.

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Predictive maintenance in CANopen Lift

2023-06-07 Predictive maintenance in CANopen Lift is a number of measures to determine condition of devices in an operational lift facility and to estimate the maintenance needs for these devices or for the whole facility. Condition monitoring is a continuously...

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Smart farming to feed the world

2023-06-06 CANopen-connectable DC micro-drives are deployed in many industrial, medical, transportation, aerospace, and other applications. But what are the benefits of deploying them in smart farming and agriculture?

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Autonomous robot for harvesting apples

2023-06-06 CANopen measurement and sensor solutions from Siko are not only found in industrial applications. Currently, the company supports an agricultural research and development project for an autonomously operating harvesting vehicle in fruit orchards with...

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Throw the CANfetti: Open-source CANopen stack

2023-06-01 Scythe Robotics celebrates its first open-source release. CANfetti is a CANopen stack for complex CANopen communications in a variety of applications for example in the company’s 52-inch autonomous robotic mower M.52 for landscaping.

Automated guided vehicle

Transportation in medical applications

2023-05-23 EK Robotics has launched the Medi Move transport platform for the healthcare industry. Inside the vehicle, the main controller, sensors, and actuators are networked via CAN and CANopen.

Isobus-based

Tire pressure control for tractors

2023-04-24 Steyr deploys the Isobus-based Terra Care central tire inflation system (CTIS) in its tractors. The system developed by CNH Industrial Austria enables soil protection and fuel consumption savings through variable tire pressures.

3D collision avoidance system

Detection of multiple obstacles

2023-02-23 The Munich-based (Germany) startup Toposens announced serial production of its 3D collision avoidance system for mobile robots. The CAN-connectable solution consists of the Echo One ultrasonic sensor and the Toposens Processing Unit (TPU).