CAN in Automation (CiA)391 is the international users' and manufacturers' organization that develops and supports
CAN
Can may refer to:
Containers
* Aluminum can
* Drink can
* Oil can
* Steel and tin cans
* Trash can
* Petrol can
* Metal can (disambiguation)
Music
* Can (band), West Germany, 1968
** ''Can'' (album), 1979
* Can (South Korean band)
Other
* C ...
-based higher-layer protocols. About 650 (2018) companies from all over the world have joined the non-profit organization. CAN specifications are developed within CiA interest groups (IG) in cooperation with employees of the member companies.
The following IGs have been established: IG
CANopen, IG CANopen FD, IG profiles, IG layer 1/2, IG safety/security, IG
J1939.
The interest groups manage their related special interest groups (SIG). These special interest groups (SIG) develop for example dedicated CiA specifications and recommendations (e.g. device and applications profiles for CANopen and CANopen FD).
CiA representatives support many international standardization activities (
ISO,
IEC,
CEN,
Cenelec, and
SAE
SAE or Sae may refer to:
Science and technology
:
* Selective area epitaxy, local growth of epitaxial layer through a patterned dielectric mask deposited on a semiconductor substrate
* Serious adverse event, in a clinical trial
* Simultaneous Auth ...
), dealing with CAN. Moreover, CiA publishes the technical magazine CAN Newsletter (downloadable PDF-file) as well as the CAN Newsletter Online.
External links
Website of CiACAN Newsletter Online
Standards organisations in Germany
Organisations based in Bavaria
Organizations established in 1992
Nuremberg
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