What is the difference between KBL and VEC?

Why should I use the VEC?

What are the benefits?

Do I really need it?

This whitepaper tries to provide fact based information about the history of both, the origins and their differences and to enable the reader to form his or her own opinion. But beforehand it should be said, the VEC is much more than just a KBL 3.0.

Do you want to participate actively? Under the umbrella of the prostep ivip Association, the continous development and improvement process of the standards takes place in two project groups, the VES-WF and the ECAD-IF.

In 2024, the VEC Day will take place in a new setting and at a new location. In cooperation with the prostep ivip association, ARENA2036 is organising ‘Bordnetze Digital - The Digitalisation Congress for Wiring Systems Development and Production / VEC Day’ for the first time this year.

The 4-hour webinar offers an introduction to the VEC and its many possibilities.

In the first part, the motivation and the business case of the VEC as an open standard will be discussed. This is followed by the definition of the scope and an overview of the core concepts and fundamental principles of the VEC. The webinar is rounded off by a deep dive on the subject of component boxes / fuse & relay carriers and last but not least with an insight into the innovations introduced with VEC 1.2.