CAN in Automation (CiA) nonprofit organization has released several new and updated CANopen specifications. Most important is the CiA 311 XML electronic data sheet (EDS) specification. It defines the XML scheme to be used for the electronic description of CANopen devices. The specification is based on the ISO 15745 standard. In the future, XML electronic […]

Robert Bosch has opened a new technical center in Plymouth Township, MI, including a 70,000 sq.-ft. test laboratory employing 60 engineers and technicians working on development studies, design verification and production validation test plans.
Facility testing capabilities include environmental chambers, center of competence vibration testing, noise vibration harshness chambers, electro- magnetic chamber, metallurgy and wiper lab. […]

The Yuma (AZ) Sun reports that General Motors and the Army will create a joint-use, hot-weather vehicle test complex at the Yuma Proving Ground. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers made the announcement in a news release Wednesday. The agreement under the Army’s Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) program provides for total joint use of the […]