The nonprofit international CAN in Automation (CiA) users’ and manufacturers’ association held its 2021 general assembly as online meeting, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The members re-elected the board of directors as well as the members of the CiA business committee and the CiA technical committee. The 700 members organization develops the CAN XL specifications, the third generation of CAN data link layer protocols. It also maintains CANopen and CANopen FD specifications with a CAN FD Light specification under development.
Uwe Koppe of MicroControl was confirmed as CiA technical director and Christian Schlegel of CS Consulting as CiA business director. Holger Zeltwanger remains as the CiA managing director.
The elected members of the CiA Business Committee are Emotas, JanzTec, esd, MicroControl and Vector. The CiA Technical Committee is comprised of Emotas, EmSA, esd, HMS and Bosch. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CiA marketing activities are limited to online events, this includes the 17th international CAN Conference (iCC) scheduled for this June. All technical group meetings take place virtually.
The CiA budget 2021 was accepted and will be adjusted to the circumstances caused by the coronavirus. The organization continues to provide services such as answering technical inquiries as well as performing CiA webinars and CiA technology days. It also publishes the CAN Newsletter Online, the CAN Newsletter magazine and distributes community news.
