Visit us at the AAA in Leipzig at Booth C-108!
Berlin, September 5th, 2019
Visit us at the AAA in Leipzig at Booth C-108!

In less than a week the AAA in Leipzig starts with Kithara as exhibitor at the trade show surrounding automation solutions. From September 11 to 12 we are looking forward to answering all your questions at booth C-108 as well as having exciting discussions with experts from the Central German region. Please visit us, we will gladly take our time to talk with you.
Faster: Real Time for 40 Gigabit Ethernet
Berlin, May 10th, 2019
Faster: Real Time for 40 Gigabit Ethernet

New milestone at Kithara for real-time Ethernet: The 40 gigabit mark has been reached. Read the latest press release now.
Real-Time Measurement Data Logging with MDF and PCAPng
Berlin, April 12th, 2019
Real-Time Measurement Data Logging with MDF and PCAPng

The exponentially increasing data volumes in measurement data acquisition pose major challenges for many industrial fields. Dedicated file formats are crucial tools for such tasks in order to efficiently storage specialized data sets and—in conjunction with hard real-time capabilities—get maximum value out of measurement solutions. Read more in our latest bulletin.
 
Kithara RealTime Suite

Real-time for Windows

In the modern world, time is a crucial factor. Turn your Windows PC into a real-time machine.

Kithara RealTime Suite is a modularly built real-time operating system (RTOS) that runs parallel to Windows and therefore allows for high flexibility and adjustability while providing hard real-time capabilities. It is commonly used in industry and research for control, monitoring and communication of automated processes with microsecond accuracy.

About Kithara RealTime Suite
About Kithara
Real-time to the core

Kithara has been the real-time specialist for Windows for more than 20 years. Our com­pre­hen­sive know-how and expertise enable the re­ali­za­tion of even the most sophisticated solutions.

Acclaimed and awarded several times, Kithara RealTime Suite is a modular real-time extension for Windows that combines hardware-dependent programming, communication, automation protocols as well as machine vision in a single high-performance real-time system. Due to seamless integration, the different function modules are able to efficiently operate as one unit.

About Kithara
 
For developers
Real-time in detail

Kithara RealTime Suite supports a wide range of both modern as well as tried and tested systems and standards:

  • Real-time EtherCAT Master including distributed clock, safety (FSoE), hot-plug function, cable redundancy and a real-time CANopen Master (also embedded into EtherCAT topologies)
  • Ethernet communication via native real-time drivers with up to 40 Gbit/s
  • Image capture with GigE Vision and USB3 Vision as well as image processing with Halcon and OpenCV in real-time
  • Real-time data storage via SSD with more than 2 Gbyte/s as well as efficient storage formats MDF and PCAPng
  • Communication in real time with CAN, CAN-FD, FlexRay, LIN, BroadR-Reach
  • Support for A/D D/A and digital IO multifunction cards of varying manufacturers
  • USB and serial communication, digital signal processing
  • Support for all operating systems from Windows 7 to Windows 10 in 32-bit as well as 64-bit. The preemptive multitasking systems is programmable in C/C++ or Delphi. With a DLL, C# can also be used.
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