With CANopen, the user organization CAN in Automation (CiA) has created a protocol standard which has widely spread in embedded systems and mechanical engineering. CANopen specifications not only define various services for data exchange, they also specify standardized access to the systems via device profiles and application profiles.

Contents

• Access to object dictionary via SDO
• Communication of process data via PDO
• Monitoring of devices and network management (NMT)
• Electronic Data sheet (EDS and DCF)
• CANopen device and applications profiles (CiA 4xx)
• CANopen master and CANopen slave
• System design
• Analysis and trouble shooting
• Sample applications