CiA® plugfests
On request, CiA organizes plugfests for its members. The purpose of these events is to test and to improve the interoperability of CAN (FD or XL) components or CANopen (FD) devices. This helps component, device, and system designers to provide products compatible to CiA specifications and other standards. System designers get a better understanding of the problems occurring during component respectively device integration.
The participants learn from each other, together they solve interoperability issues. They share their experiences regarding functionality of CAN components, CANopen devices, and CAN-based network systems. Last but not least, the results of plugfests are a valuable input for improving of the related CiA specifications.
CAN XL plugfest
CiA organizes the CAN XL plugfest series to test interoperability of CAN XL protocol controllers (CiA 610-1) and CAN SIC XL transceivers (CiA 610-3). Additionally, CAN SIC transceiver (CiA 601-4) are tested on interoperability, when PWM-coding is not enabled.
CANopen Lift plugfest
CiA organizes CANopen Lift plugfests on request. These events focus on interoperability testing of the controllers, sensors, and actuators implemented according to the CANopen application profile for lifts (CiA 417).
CiA profile plugfests
CiA also organizes CiA profile-related plugfests on request. These events focus on interoperability testing of devices implemented according to generic CAN-based device profiles such as generic I/O modules <CiA 401), drives and motion controller (CiA 402), encoder (CiA 406), and inclinometer (CiA 410). CiA device profiles are not just mapped to classic CANopen, but also to CANopen FD and now also to J1939.
Specific plugfests
CiA organizes specific plugfests according to requirements of its members. In the past, CiA scheduled multiple plugfests on CAN FD testing CAN FD protocol controllers as well as CAN high-speed transceivers compliant with ISO 11898-2:2016. Plugfests for other CAN transceivers (e.g. compliant with CiA 601-4) and CAN XL protocol controllers are on request.
CiA plugfests are for CiA members only, for whom the participation is free of charge.
Upcoming plugfests
- LSS FD plugfest, 2023-03-29, please contact CiA office.
- CAN XL plugfest, 2023-04-25, please contact CiA office.
- CANopen Lift plugfest, 2023-05-03, please contact CiA office.
Previous plugfests
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (September 2022)
- CAN XL in Nuremberg (May 2022)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (September 2021)
- CAN XL in Nuremberg (July 2021)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (May 2019)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (September 2018)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (March 2018)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (September 2017)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (May 2017)
- CANopen in Milan (November 2016)
- CAN FD in Nuremberg (July 2016)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (April 2016)
- CAN FD in Detroit (April 2016)
- CAN FD in Detroit (March 2015)
- CAN FD in Nuremberg (March, 2015)
- CAN FD in Nuremberg (October 2014)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (December 2013)
- CiA 417 in Nuremberg (July 2013)
- CAN FD in Nuremberg (May 2013)
Join the community!
Established in March 1992, the CiA nonprofit association fosters the image of CAN technology. CiA members jointly develop specifications for different CAN application fields. The CAN community also finances CiA’s active participation in international standardization and organizes events in order to exchange knowledge and experiences. These opportunities for networking belong to the most important benefits of CiA membership
CiA also offers other services. These include seminars and conferences, publications, CANopen testing, and last but not least the promotion of CAN technology.
For more information please contact CiA office (headquarters(at)can-cia.org).
