CANopen product guide available

LONDON — CAN in Automation (CiA) has released the CANopen Product Guide 2006 on the Internet (www.can-cia.org/products/pg2006) and on CD-ROM.

The number of CANopen-specific product entries has increased again to 322 (295 in 2005, and 228 in 2004). A single entry consists of a family of products and may thus comprise a multitude of products.

Devices are listed by the application-specific employability (e.g. off-highway vehicles, railways, trucks, etc.) and by their functionality (e.g. controller, actuator, gateway). The products, which also include CANopen software, literature and services, can also be looked up by their name or by their manufacturer's name.

They are also listed by their conformance to the CiA device and application profiles. Information on CANopen, the standardized embedded network, and on the CiA device and application profiles is provided.