Finally, the NCV7390 transceiver by Onsemi compliant with the ISO 11992-1 (CAN-based link between a towing and a towed vehicle) standard is available on the ‘open’ market. It provides a differential voltage at the output, but allows in error conditions the switching to a single-wire mode.

In 2025, several CiA specifications are to be maintained according to the CiA best-before-date rules. This means, CiA office calls for comments and for new feature requests. If there are pending or new comments or new feature requests, the responsible CiA technical group will start the revision of this document. Additionally, documents in DSP (draft specification proposal) state may be moved to DS (draft specification) state respectively documents in DS state may be moved to PAS (public available specification) state on request of the responsible CiA technical group.

In 2025, the following CiA technical documents will reach the best-before-date limit:

• 2025-04-30: CiA 302-8 (IEC 61131-related project management parameters)
• 2025-05-31: CiA 110 (CAN common mode choke)
• 2025-06-30: CiA 455 (CANopen application profile for drilling machines)
• 2025-08-31: CiA 611-1 (CAN XL service data unit (SDU) types)
• 2025-08-31: CiA 1311 (CiA 1301 XML schema definitions)
• 2025-09-30: CiA 408-B/-C/-F (Fluid power device profile)
• 2025-09-30: CiA 611-2 (CAN XL multi-PDU protocol)
• 2025-11-30: CiA 910-1 (CAN simulation model requirements)

Please submit your comments and new feature requests as early as possible by email to CiA office, but before the deadlines expire.

ISO/TC 299/WG 6 standardizes the XML-based description of hardware and software modules. This includes also those for wheels used in service robots including those for AGVs (automated guided vehicles) and AMRs (autonomous mobile robots). The XML files describing a robot wheel can be used by system designers to select appropriate products, which fit to other service robot modules.

CiA is participating in the ISO/TC 299/WG 6 meetings. Companies offering CANopen-connectable wheel units are invited to contact CiA office to get further information.

The Embedded World China trade show takes place in Shanghai from June 11 to 13, 2025. The Embedded World Conference in collaboration with CiA is calling for papers for a special CAN technology session. The topics are intended to show new CAN technology trends.

Submission of paper proposals is possible until February 18, 2025. Authors will be notified by March 25, 2025. Interested CiA members should contact Julia Dallhammer.

CAN in Automation is going to participate in both trade shows. The Embedded World takes place in Nuremberg (Germany) from March 11 to 13, 2025. CiA is present at booth 1/203. The Bauma trade show for construction industry is in Munich (Germany) from April 07 to 13, 2025. CiA is exhibiting in hall A2, booth 337, on a joint-stand with nine CiA member companies.

To increase visibility and draw attention to their offerings, CiA members have the possibility to show their CAN-based solutions on the CiA CANopen product panel walls. For booking, interested parties should contact CiA office via email by December 13, 2024.
 

• Emoco Labs (SE)
• Naviq (CH)
• Shanghai ArxTech (CN)

CiA has 776 members (December 06, 2024)

Renewed entries:

• CANopen: Beckhoff Automation

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