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
CiA demonstrates CiA 417 interoperability
Augsburg, Germany, October 2009. CiA members presented at the Interlift exhibition three independent lift control systems compliant to the CiA 417 CANopen application profile also known as CANopen Lift. Fourteen companies...
CAN/J1939 Product Guide 2009 available
Nuremberg, Germany, September 21, 2009. CAN in Automation (CiA) published the CAN/J1939 Product Guide 2009. This catalog includes the CAN as well as the J1939 Product Guide and is available at CiA’s website (www.can-cia.org) as...
