User & Manufacturer Groups

• Mezzanines International

Mezzanines International (ex-GRoupIPC)'s strive is to make a world-wide forum for information exchange on PMC (PCI Mezzanine Concept), IP (IndustryPack), PC-MIP and M-Modules mezzanine technologies. This WWW Site provides you all the information you need to understand the benefits of using the IP, PMC, PC-MIP and M-Modules technology, including an up to date product directory and member's list.
 
• PC/104 Consortium

Since 1992 the PC/104 Consortium has maintained and distributed the PC/104 and PC/104-Plus specifications and related documents, it serves as liaison to standards bodies, and engages in a variety of public relations activities on behalf of PC/104.  Membership is open to companies who offer or use PC/104 modules and who provide products that target PC/104 applications.
For additional information please contact, the PC/104 Consortium at 650.903.8304 or at info@pc104.org. (http://www.pc104.org)
 

• PICMG

PICMG (PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group) is a consortium of over 120 industrial computer product vendors who develop specifications for PCI-based systems and boards for use in industrial computing applications. PICMG is committed to open standards, developed by member companies who represent a broad cross section of the industrial marketplace.
Standard developed include: Passive Packplane, PCI-PCI Bridge Specification, CompactPCI.
 
• Profibus

This PROFIBUS web site contains a comprehensive overview of PROFIBUS, one of the world's leading vendor-independent open fieldbus standard for use in manufacturing and building automation as well as process control.
This site includes a down-loadable PROFIBUS Electronic Product Guide, a software catalogue containing more than 700 PROFIBUS products and services from 150 vendor companies around the world.
 
• VITA

Started in 1984 as an outgrowth of the VMEbus Manufacturers Group. VITA's members consist of both manufacturers and users of the VMEbus and represent a wide range of market segments including military, factory automation, controls, telecom, test and instrumentation, and high performance scientific computing. VITA promotes interaction among its members as a means of increasing the market for the VMEbus.
 
• VERA + Association

VERA+ (VMEbus and Extensions Russian Association) was formed in early 1992 having the aim to promote the VMEbus family of standards in the CIS internal market. Today over 50 companies, involved in either development, production or use of VMEbus/VXIbus modules as well as in Open Technologies in computer automation joined our organisation. A strong relationship and collaboration exists between VERA+ and VITA, the VFEA International Trade Association, the international trade association of VMEbus and Futurebus+ manufacturers and users, with offices in the USA, Europe and Japan. VITA considers VERA+ as an extension of its own organisation in the geographic area of the CIS. Since 1995 VERA+ is actively involved in the promotion of open industrial networks (Fieldbusses).
For more information, contact Olga Sinenko at VERA+ Association at
Tel: 7/95.306.67.49
Fax : 7/95.368.75.17.

• TTA-Group
  
  TTA-Group's mission is to provide a platform for exchanging cross-industry experience about the deployment of a data communication architecture for safety-critical systems.
  TTA-Group promotes cross-industry technologies for a time-triggered solution and concentrates on the aerospace, special vehicles, railway, and industrial control industry, where aerospace requirements for safety-critical applications have to be fulfilled at low cost.
  TTA-Group has no intention to standardize technologies and solutions for the automotive industry. This is done in other consortia such as FlexRay and AUTOSAR. However, automotive members of TTA-Group benefit from the synergy of cross-industry experience and know-how in technology-oriented and application-specific working groups.
  TTA-Group gives guidance and recommendations to other groups and consortia in terms of safety issues from a cross-industry point of view.
  For more information please contact us.
  
  
• CAN in Automation (CiA)

CAN in Automation (CiA) is the international users’ and manufacturers’ organization that develops and supports CAN-based higher-layer protocols. All activities are based on CiA members’ interest, participation and initiative. CiA representatives actively support international standardization of CAN protocols and represent the members’ interest in national and international standardization committees, such as ISO and IEC. CiA members initiate and develop specifications that are then published as CiA standards. These specifications cover physical layer definitions as well as application layer and device profile descriptions. CiA representatives speak at international conferences and fairs about CAN and invite other organizations to jointly develop profiles. CiA’s web site represents an important medium to get information about CAN technology as well as the activities of the organization. The organization provides a free-of-charge inquiry service for device developers, system designers, and end-users.
For more information, contact at CAN in Automation (CiA) Am Weichselgarten 26 D-91058 Erlangen (Germany)
Tel: +49-9131-690 86-0
Fax : +49-9131-690 86-79
Email: headquarters@can-cia.org