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
“CANopen” and “CiA” community trade marked
Nuremberg, June 24, 2009. “CANopen” and “CiA” are now community trade marked in Europe for the non-profit CiA organization. CiA gives the right to use the “CANopen®” and “CiA®” community trade mark for their products and services...
CANopen in lift control systems
Nuremberg, Germany and Mumbai, India, May 29, 2009. CAN in Automation (CiA), the international users’ and manufacturers’ group for Controller Area Network (CAN), will hold the special seminar CANopen in lift control systems at...
CAN/CANopen in wind power systems
Nuremberg, Germany and Mumbai, India, May 29, 2009. CAN in Automation (CiA), the international users’ and manufacturers’ group for Controller Area Network (CAN) conducts a row of seminars in India end of June / beginning of July...
