May 20, 2014 - Port released Version 4.5 of CANopen Library and version 2.3 of CANopen Design Tool.
The CANopen extension module CiA 305 (Layer Setting Services) is now included in the library. In addition, the storing of the object directory by many new functions was simplified. This means shorter development time and faster time -to-market. Various modules have been extended and adapted to the current versions of the CiA standards.
This applies in particular to the standards CiA-304 (Safety), CiA-301 V4.2 and CiA-307 (Flying Master and redundancy).
With version 4.5, the MISRA C 2004 compatibility of the library has been further improved.The CANopen Library 4.5 has been optimized for processing speed; in particular, the work with the object directory has been made even easier.The CANopen Library 4.5 supports over 100 different microcontroller/CAN controller and CAN platforms.
Thus almost all relevant and actual microcontroller platforms are supported. Customers have now the freedom to choose a platform - software is no longer the limiting factor.
CANopen Design Tool 2.3.0
For development of CANopen applications (devices), version 4.5 of the CANopen Library is fully supported. The object dictionary as source code can be generated along with the device EDS file using prepared Device Profiles. Standard CiA-301 and CiA-302 network communication profiles are included.