CiA CANschools offer a product and vendor independent introduction to CAN basic knowledge, including higher-layer protocols, CAN Kingdom, CANopen, DeviceNet etc. For CANopen there is a special CANschool.
These training events are recommended for development engineers and system integrators who want to get an overview on CAN and CANopen and want to judge the technical opportunities related to CAN/CANopen. The training language is English or German (other languages on request).

For the CANschools, CiA typically offers a set aganda with the following contents. Please note that the agenda may change. For details, please take a look at our training schedule. If the CANschool is organized in cooperation with a company, there may also be a hands-on practise part.

Topic CAN:

• CAN application fields
• Introduction into CAN protocol
• Physical layer options
• Higher layer protocols
  
• CAN standardization
  

or topic CANopen:

• CANopen introduction
• CANopen application layer
  - Process Data Object (PDO)
  - Service Data Object (SDO)
  - Network Management (NMT)
• CANopen device, interface and application profiles
  
• CANopen additional specification
  - CANopen Safety
  - Layer Setting Services
  - Cabling and connecting
  - Electronic data sheet
  - Conformance testing
• CANopen device and system configuration