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 =============
 
 A collection of [CAN][wp] related tools developed at
-[Czech Technical University in Prague][rtime].
+[Czech Technical University in Prague][ctu].
 The development of these components started in frame
 of IST-2001 35102 [OCERA][ocera] European project.
+The components has been used all over the world in different
+academic and production environments and they are maintained
+mainly by members of [Real-Time Systems group][rtime] at
+[DCE][dce] department of [FEE][fel] faculty of [CTU][ctu]
+university. There is list of CAN related
+works - projects, CAN benchmarking and diploma thesis at
+[Rtime CAN guidepost][rtime-can] page.
 
 The access to CAN bus requires supported hardware
 interface. The project provides CAN device driver
@@ -14,15 +21,21 @@ for Linux and other embedded environments to gain
 access to the network. The driver is named [[LinCAN|lincan]].
 
 The common interface to access different CAN interfaces
-and library to build higher level layers in implemented
+and library to build higher level layers is implemented
 in Virtual/Versatile CAN API library - [[libVCA|vca]].
 
-## OrtCAN Build Instruction for Actual GIT repository Sources 
+Two GUI / Front End Tools for CAN bus monitoring
+and interaction are part of the project. The first is
+Java based [[CANmonitor|canmonitor]] with CAN/CANopen monitoring
+and device access capabilities. The other is Qt based
+CAN Bus Analyzer [[qCANanlyzer|qcanalyzer]].
+
+## OrtCAN Build Instruction for Actual GIT Repository Sources 
 
 To obtain and build sources of the latest development
 version of former OCERA CAN components use
 
-    git clone git://ortcan.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/ortcan/ortcan
+    git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/ortcan/ortcan-top
     cd ortcan/
     git submodule update --init
     make default-config
@@ -47,10 +60,19 @@ of OMK project.
 
 [wp]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controller_area_network
 [rtime]:http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/
+[rtime-can]:http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/can/
+[dce]:http://dce.fel.cvut.cz/
+[fel]:http://fel.cvut.cz/
+[ctu]:http://www.cvut.cz/
 [ocera]:http://sourceforge.net/projects/ocera/
 [omk]:http://rtime.felk.cvut.cz/omk/
 
 News
 ====
+* 2012-06-24: The LinCAN GIT branch can-usb1 has been updated and contains Linux driver side and firmware for [[usbcan|lincan/usbcan]] LPC1768 based converter (porting done by Jiri Vanek).
+
+* 2012-06-21: Java [[CANmonitor|canmonitor]] supports type conversion for OD access (enhancement by Petr Kubasta)
+
+* 2012-05-16: CANopen OD access for [[QCANalyzer|qcanalyzer]] contributed by Ivan Fridrich
 
 * 2010-09-06: New [[ikiwiki]]-based website.