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Industrial PCs

Controlling AI edge applications

2022-05-12 Aaeon launched the CAN-connectable Boxer-8233AI, Boxer-8240AI, Boxer-8253AI, and Boxer-8254AI IPCs. The company’s recent Gene-EHL5 subcompact board with CAN and 5G connectivity is made to meet edge applications.

Anniversary

20 years of CiA member

2022-05-13 Walvoil (Italy) congratulated CiA to its 30-year anniversary. The company is CiA member since 2002. Since then, the company contin...

CANopen communication

Motor drive with tension control

2022-05-17 Delta announced its advanced AC motor drive MH300 series in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (EMEA). It comes with CANopen, a pow...

War against Ukraine

Germany delivers heavy weapons

2022-05-09 The German government plans to provide seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzers and 50 Gepard anti-aircraft armored figh...

Can newsletter magazine

March 2022: 30 years CiA

From eight to more than 700 members
History and trends: CAN lower OSI layers
History and trends: CAN in elevators
History and trends: CAN in agriculture and farming

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CAN-related seminars and webinars

Here you can find an overview of upcoming CAN-related seminars and webinars.

Those events cover all topics regarding Classical CAN and CAN FD including CANopen, CANopen FD, J1939, CANopen safety, and more. This list does not claim to be complete.

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CAN-related books

Since CAN’s introduction in February 1986 by Robert Bosch more than 20 books about CAN and CAN-based higher-layer protocols (HLPs) were published.

The following overview comprises all available books. They are written in different languages.

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Embedded World 2022

System-in-packages for industrial controls and IoT

2022-05-12 Aries Embedded presents the embedded boards MSRZG2UL and MSRZFive, two system-in-packages (SIP) based on Renesas' single-core microprocessors RZ/G2UL and RZ/Five which come both with CAN (FD) interfaces.

CiA documents

Specifications and recommendations updated

2022-05-11 CAN in Automation (CiA) has revised several CANopen profile specifications. Additionally, the nonprofit association has released the CiA 106 technical report containing pin-assignment recommendations for connectors.

Motion control programming

Implementation of automated tile manufacturing equipment

2022-05-09 Tiles are transported by a conveyor belt to be processed to various recipes and then transported to the next stage. At the core of the implementation is a CANopen-capable Delta DVP50MC series motion controller. It is also responsible for controlling ...

CAN community

Donating to Ukraine

2022-05-05 Members of the CAN community donate to the Ukraine. For example, Microcontrol provides cardboard packaging for safe packaging of food, pharmaceuticals, and sanitary products. CiA, NXP, and Schneider Electric also make a contribution and donate as wel...

Interlift 2022

CANopen Lift is set

2022-05-05 The Interlift 2022 tradeshow saw less visitors as in 2019, but providers of CANopen Lift product suppliers were satisfied.

Embedded World 2022

Qseven starter kit and carrier board

2022-05-04 The Qseven Cross Platform Starter Kit from Seco is based on a carrier board and offers the basic components for development with Qseven-compatible computer-on-modules (COM) Rev. 2.0 and 2.1. It provides a three-pole CAN terminal block via the CAN tra...

War against Ukraine

Agriculture equipment disabled

2022-05-04 Russian forces have confiscated Ukrainian high-tech agriculture vehicles manufactured by John Deere. As a response, the US company has locked several CAN-connected ECUs (electronic control unit) in this equipment by means of remote access.

PC interface

CAN interfaces ready for Windows 11

2022-05-03 HMS now offers Ixxat CAN interfaces ready for Windows 11. Customer applications and analysis tools can be developed using the Ixxat VCI (virtual communication interface) which communicates with Windows 11. This is available for all Ixxat CAN (FD) int...

Two in one

Brushed DC motor combined with controller

2022-05-03 Two worlds meet and go hand in hand in the future, stated Dunkermotoren (Germany): The brushed DC motor (GR series) which is a universally-applicable drive motor which runs without semiconductors and the BGE 5510 dPro controller with CANopen.

ECU virtualization platform

Secure integration of automotive zonal networks

2022-04-28 Renesas announced an automotive ECU (electronic control unit) development platform including CAN FD connectable RH850/U2x MCUs (micro-controller units) along with RTA-HVR software from Etas.

Service robot

With embedded CAN FD network

2022-04-28 Pudu Robotics (China) has launched its first legged robot. The Pudu D1 robot is based on proprietary joint modules and a main control board with high computing power, PUDU D1 is the first commercial delivery-quadruped robot in the industry.