CiA and international standardization

CiA is committed to support international standardization within ISO (International Standardisation Organization) and IEC (International Electrical Committee) as well as the European standardization bodies (CEN and CENELEC). In some ISO standardization groups, CiA is an official liaison partner. CiA also accompanies national standardization on request.

Additionally, CiA co-operates with other nonprofit associations in the development of CAN-based specifications, recommendations, and guidelines. This includes reviewing and commenting of documents published by those organizations.

CiA representatives participate in many of the CAN-related standardization activities by the above-mentioned international standardization bodies. CiA is also committed to submit on request its documents to them. CiA staff attends also CAN-related committees and task forces by SAE International.

The following list of standards and specifications does not claim to be complete.

Generic CAN-related standards

Generic CAN data link layer standards:

  • ISO 11898-1, CAN data link layer and physical coding sublayer
  • ISO 16845-1, ISO 11898-1 conformance test plan

Generic CAN physical layer standards:

  • ISO 11898-2, High-speed physical media attachment (PMA) sublayer
  • ISO 16845-2, ISO 11898-2 conformance test plan
  • ISO 11898-3, Fault-tolerant, low-speed PMA sublayer (not recommend for new designs)
  • ISO 11992-1, Truck/trailer physical layer
  • SAE J2411, Single-wire CAN transmission (not recommended for new designs)

Generic CAN-based higher-layer standards:

  • EN 50325 series, CANopen CC and CANopen CC safety application layer and communication profile for embedded networking
  • SAE J1939 series, Application layer and communication profile for commercial vehicles and diesel engines
Application-specific standards

Road vehicle body application standards:

  • ISO 25200 generic body application network (successor of DIN 4630)
  • DIN 4630/DIN 14704, J1939- and CANopen application and interface profiles for commercial vehicle body applications
  • DIN 14700, CANopen-based application profile for fire-fighting vehicles
  • EN 16815, CANopen-based application profile for refuse collecting vehicles (CleANopen)
  • EN TR 13149 series, CANopen-based passenger information system for public transportation

Commercial (heavy-duty) vehicle standards:

  • SAE J1939DA, Application profile for commercial vehicles
  • ISO 11992 series, J1939-based application profile for linking towing and towed vehicles
  • ISO 16844 series (tachograph), J1939-based tachograph application profile for commercial vehicles

Road vehicle diagnostics standards:

  • ISO 14299-3, Unified diagnostic services (UDS) on CAN
  • ISO 15765 series, Transport and network layer for diagnostics

Other road vehicle standards:

  • SAE J2285 series, CAN CC/CAN FD device and network recommendations for passenger cars
  • ISO 26021 series, Application profile for pyrotechnical devices

Rail vehicles:

  • IEC 61375-3-3, CANopen usage in train-sets

Industrial automation:

  • IEC 61800-7-201/301, CiA 402 CANopen device profile for drives and motion controllers
  • IEC 61915-2, Generic device profile for low-voltage gear switches (basis for CiA 442 CANopen motor starter profile)
  • IEC 62026-3, Devicenet application layer and communication profile for industrial automation
  • Euromap 27 series, CiA 420 series of CANopen profiles for extruder downstream devices

Energy management:

  • IEC 61851-3 series, CANopen application profile for energy management systems based on the CiA 454 series

Marine applications:

  • IEC 61162-3, NMEA2000 application profile for navigational equipment

Offshore equipment:

  • ISO 13628-6, CiA 443-based CANopen application profile for subsea trees (partly)

Airborne:

  • SAE ARINC 825/826, Application layer and communication profile for airborne

Satellites:

  • ECSS-E-ST-50-15C, CANopen-based communication profile for spacecraft onboard networks

CiA cooperates

CiA is open to develop CAN-based solutions with other nonprofit organizations. With Profibus International (PI) the CANopen interface profile for Profinet-I/O has been released (CiA 309-4). The CiA 420 series of CANopen profiles for extruder downstream devices jointly developed with Euromap has been published since many years. In cooperation with the EnergyBus association, CiA members have specified the CiA 454 profile also suitable for light electric vehicles including pedelecs and e-bikes.

Additionally, CiA and JasPar   cooperate in the development of CAN FD design recommendations for devices and networks. Regarding CAN-related specifications, CiA and Autosar have joined forces. Another partner is Open Alliance, coordinating data link layer security solutions. CiA also supports the AEF association in respect to CAN-based specifications for agriculture machinery.