New Distributor for India: Tenet Technetronics
Berlin, November 27th, 2019
New Distributor for India: Tenet Technetronics

Kithara expands into India. With Tenet Technetronics from Bangalore we have an active representation in one of world's largest and fastest growing economies. This way we are able to position our real-time products even better in the Indian market. In this regard we are looking forward to the successful cooperation with Mr Ram Tenet.
Faster: Real Time for 40 Gigabit Ethernet
Berlin, November 7th, 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.
Test Version 10.11 with Dlib Function
Berlin, November 6th, 2019
Test Version 10.11 with Dlib Function

As of today, the new test version 10.11 of Kithara RealTime is now released. This version includes the new Dlib function, which enables the use of the open program library for machine learning within the Kithara real-time system. As usual, the test version is available for free in the download section.
 
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 How Does Real Time Work?
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 on SSDs with several gigabyte per second and 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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