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Image Acquisition and Processing in Real-Time The chain from image acquisition, to image processing, and to process integration via I/Os and other actors is closed in a coherent real-time cycle.

Dedicated: Extreme Real-Time Properties on Separate CPU Cores The new "Dedicated Module" improves the real-time characteristics of the MultiTasking Module enormously by providing extreme real-time on exclusively used CPU cores.

New PLC and VISION Modules are ready After a long development and intensive tests new modules of the RealTime Suite are ready: PLC and VISION Module.

Hard real-time under Windows 8 The »RealTime Suite« now supports the new Windows 8!

Virtual network adapter and real-time network bridge Versatile network connection between Windows and Kithara real-time over a virtual NDIS interface. Learn more!

Renewed Serial Communication Implement UART communication out of real-time tasks.

Kithara Software is a specialist for real-time on Windows operating systems with more than 16 years of experience. With our comprehensive know-how and many years of expertise we will help you to realize even challenging projects.

The »RealTime Suite« is a modular real-time extension for Windows, which combines hardware-dependent programming, communication, automation protocols and image processing. With seamless integration of the modules you get all required components in one piece.

Some features: EtherCAT^® Master including Distributed Clock, Safety (FSoE), hot-plug capability and cable redundancy; real-time CANopen Master^® (can also be embedded in EtherCAT topology); supports almost all Gigabit-Ethernet Controllers manufactured by Intel and Realtek with native real-time drivers; GigE Vision^® full-speed image acquisition and image processing with HALCON in real-time; communication over CAN adapters of different manufacturers by a neutral API; supports A/D-, D/A- and Digital-I/O multi-function cards of different manufacturers; USB and serial communication...

The software supports the current Windows OS from WinXP to Win8, 32-bit as well as 64-bit. The preemptive real-time multi-tasking system is programmable in C/C++ or Delphi. By using a DLL, the real-time system can also be embedded in a C# application.