The new version 11.18 of Kithara RealTime Suite will be made available in the download section at the beginning of 2025. Among the changes are support for Windows 24H2 as well as the introduction of developer dongles. Read more: Further information ...
Kithara wishes you a very Merry Christmas as well as a fresh start into 2025. Further information ...
Once again, we were exhibitor at the Vision in Stuttgart and were pleased with plenty of visits. Watch our impressions of the trade show here. Further information ...
Kithara has been planning to introduce a developer dongle for some time. This is now expected to be implemented with the release of the upcoming version 11.18. Find out more here: Further information ...
The upcoming Windows 11 Version 24H2 is scheduled to release this fall according to Microsoft. As it has become common practice at Kithara for some time now, we will once again strive to ensure compatibility of Kithara RealTime Suite with the new Windows update as quickly as possible. Read more: Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced participating as exhibitor at this year’s VISION trade fair from October 8 to 10. Read the latest press release here: Further information ...
At the beginning of the year, we announced our plan in the developer blog to no longer support 32-bit Windows with Kithara RealTime Suite in the foreseeable future. Read more: Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced support for 200 Gigabit Ethernet. Read the latest press release here: Further information ...
If you want to efficiently develop advanced real-time capable applications, it is worth monitoring real-time data traffic very closely for analysis and troubleshooting purposes. To do so, virtual Ethernet interfaces can be utilized. Read our latest Product Focus “Real-time data monitoring with PTM” here: Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced its partnership with the company SP Vision Technology Co., Ltd.. Read the latest press release here: Further information ...
The numerous functions of Kithara RealTime Suite are spread over different combinable modules. In order to improve transparency of the product range for customers, starting with version 11.13, the following modules will be merged: Further information ...
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Ground-breaking new approach makes the entry into the real-time world as easy as pie. With the NoTime Module, Kithara creates a completely new procedure that makes all previous RTOS technologies obsolete. Learn more: Further information ...
Kithara has announced the support for the upcoming Windows 11 Version 22H2. Read the latest press release here: Further information ...
The Kithara real-time operating system now also support network card with 100 Gigabit Ethernet. Read the latest press release here: Further information ...
The new version of Kithara RealTime Suite now also supports Halcon versions 10 to 13, 18.11 as well as 20.11 in real time. Also included is an automatic parallelization feature Further information ...
Kithara RealTime Suite now supports OpenCV versions 3.0, 3.4 and 4.1 in real time. If required, OpenCV functions can be automatically parallelized and operators provided by OpenCV can also be used for parallelization. Further information ...
For a few days now, serious warnings about a newly discovered vulnerability have been going through the IT world, which has led to an increasing number of concerned inquiries from customers. Further information ...
EtherCAT PC slave cards by manufacturer ESD can now also be run under Windows 11 with Kithara RealTime Suite and enable a high degree of scalability and flexibility for real-time automation Further information ...
Kithara has successfully finished development of a real-time driver for the frame grabber card PGC-1000 by PLC2 Design, allowing for the CPU to be almost completely relieved during image capturing operations. Further information ...
Kithara Software is exhibitor at this year’s VISION trade fair from October 5 to 7. At booth 8C12 in hall 8, the Berlin software company will showcase the latest technologies for image capturing and processing in real time. Further information ...
Monitoring data communication is indispensable for the development of demanding real-time applications. For this purpose, virtual interfaces can be employed. Further information ...
With PTP (Precision Time Protocol), the devil is in the detail. The punctual synchronization of device clocks within a distributed system can be rather complex. And so one might find that oftentimes synchronization may not entirely mean synchronization. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced support for synchronization of GPS devices as part of the PTP Module. Read the latest press release here. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced support for gPTP (generalized Precision Time Protocol). This streamlined PTP profile can now also be accessed with Kithara RealTime Suite. Read the latest press release here. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced support for real-time data storage via RAID 0. This way, Kithara RealTime Suite allows for multiple linked SSDs to read and write data in real time, while multiplying storage capacity and throughput rate accordingly. Further information ...
Kithara Software now also supports multifunction data acquisition cards by National Instruments. Read the latest press release here. Further information ...
We are happy to welcome a new partner into our distribution network. Roy Chew with MDS Pacific PTE LTD will help us distribute the Kithara real-time software in the Southeast Asian area. We are looking forward to a fruitful cooperation, that allows potential customers in research and industry from this fast-growing region to have easier access to our high-performance products. Further information ...
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. Further information ...
Kithara reveals real-time support for machine learning. Read the latest press release here. Further information ...
New milestone at Kithara for real-time Ethernet: The 40 gigabit mark has been reached. Read the latest press release now. Further information ...
Our library has been rearranged: The Runtime Library, which provides mathematical, trigonometrical as well as string and memory functions in real time, is renamed as Library Module. This now also includes extensions for the real-time implementation of external libraries such as Halcon, OpenCV or the new Dlib function. Further information ...
The exponentially increasing data volumes in measurement data acquisition pose major challenges for many fields. Dedicated file formats are crucial tools for such tasks in order to efficiently storage data sets and—in conjunction with hard real-time capabilities—get maximum value out of measurement solutions. Read more in our latest bulletin. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced the support for the communication interface Thunderbolt. In conjunction with Kithara RealTime Suite, this way, all devices in a system connected via Thunderbolt can be registered and controlled in real time. Read the press release here. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced the implementation of the standard for measurement data MDF into Kithara RealTime Suite. The integration of the data format into the real-time system allows for deterministic storing of measurement data, especially for the development of automotive systems. Read the press release here. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced the support for PCAPng within Kithara RealTime Suite. This will allow for any measurement data to be written and read in real time and in a Wireshark-compatible format. Further information ...
Kithara Software has announced support for the PCAN-USB FD adapter by Peak Systems with the real-time environment RealTime Suite. In doing so, Kithara expands its long-standing cooperation with the Darmstadt-based company. Further information ...
It is ironic how we complained about too much rain just last summer (see: blog entry from July 2017) whereas now man and machine are melting away. Learn more in our new blog entry. Further information ...
The recently announced redevelopment of KiK64 will be released with the upcoming Kithara RealTime Suite version 10.05. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, this method, which enables 32-bit real-time code to be executed on 64-bit systems, has been reworked comprehensively and thus significantly improved. Learn more about the details here. Further information ...
Advancements in hardware and operating systems as well as the release of updates concerning the hardware bugs "Meltdown" and "Spectre" by Intel an Microsoft, have made a number of adjustments for existing installations necessary. This white paper explains how users of Kithara RealTime Suite can act in order to prepare their real-time applications for the future. Further information ...
Two of the most basic modules of Kithara RealTime Suite become one and also get an addition. "Base Module" and "Kernel Module" are merged together and become "Base/Kernel Module". Additionally, this new module will also by default include the re-developed KiK64 function for running 32-bit real-time code on 64-bit systems. Learn more here: Further information ...
The revelations about the recent processor bugs have shaken the IT world. Learn more about how they impact our real-time environment. Further information ...
Kithara has announced support for BroadR-Reach within Kithara RealTime Suite. With real-time capabilities for the BroadR-Reach standard, automobile developers are able to directly control and test physical Ethernet networks for vehicles. Further information ...
Kithara Software, specialist for industrial real time, has announced the support for the Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588 v2). With PTP, multiple network participants in a distributed system can be precisely synchronized and triggered in real time with Kithara RealTime Suite. Further information ...
Did you know about our EtherCAT PC Slave Module? This function of our EtherCAT Master allows for regular PCs to be used as slaves within EtherCAT topologies, for example, for transferring processing power or hierarchical topology grading. Check out our Bulletin for EtherCAT PC Slave now. Further information ...
Due to numerous driver optimizations, the performance of the Storage Module has been further increased. This now enables solid-state drives to run with write and read speeds of several GByte/s. Further information ...
Kithara Performance Analyzer allows for a highly detailled insight into system resources as well as data throughput of interfaces and protocols. Look forward to a powerful diagnosis tool as part of the upcoming Version 10.02 of Kithara RealTime Suite. Further information ...
The CAN extension for flexible data rates (CAN FD) is now supported within Kithara RealTime Suite. This allows for the implementation of guaranteed reaction times for CAN FD applications, for example in order to achieve accurate measurement results or precise control commands. This represents an integral part in the development of modern automotive networking, where CAN FD is increasingly applied. Further information ...
Founded by German premium automobile manufacturers, the Association for Standardization of Automation and Measuring Systems (ASAM) welcomes its newest member. This move will enable Kithara to expand its collaboration potential in the field of automotive testing. Further information ...
With FlexRay, the fast bus system for the car of the future, Kithara RealTime Suite will soon have covered the support of all the relevant bus systems in the automotive field. This enables automobile manufacturers and suppliers as well as test system engineers to employ PC-based real-time communication for the monitoring and testing of components and systems. Further information ...
The properties of the multitasking real-time system of Kithara RealTime Suite have been greatly improved with Version 9.61. On several systems and configurations, jitter has been decreased by up to 80%. Additionally, network interrupts, CAN interrupts as well as UART interrupts now run completely within the task context. Test the new Version now! Further information ...
Kithara Software has successfully finished the connection of the open-source image processing library OpenCV to the company’s own real-time extension. Run Machine Vision in real-time on Windows platforms! Further information ...
As last year, Kithara is among the 111 most innovative, excellent and trendsetting products of 2014. The real-time USB3 extension of Kithara RealTime Suite took place 3 in the category “Development Software”, voted by the readership of the journal Elektronik. Further information ...
Following the real-time support of USB 3.0, Kithara now also provides real-time for the machine vision standard USB3 Vision. Further information ...
Kithara Software has finished the redevelopment of the compatibility tool Kithara DOS Enabler, which allows for DOS applications to run on modern systems with stable performance. Further information ...
Kithara, has successfully finished the real-time support of USB 3.0, which allows for all USB-based interfaces and devices to be used with guaranteed reaction times. Further information ...
Kithara, in cooperation with US-based company VMEK, has developed a machine solution for the optical quality control of bulk material. Further information ...
Kithara has completed the support of PCIe EtherCAT slave cards as a complement to the popular Kithara EtherCAT Master functionality. Further information ...
Kithara has successfully completed the development of a software solution for 10 Gbit Ethernet cameras. Further information ...
Kithara has announced the real-time support for the Local Interconnect Network—a serial network protocol commonly used in automotive engineering for the implementation of cost-efficient car networking. Further information ...
Kithara has announced a cooperation agreement with a Chinese distributor to expand its presence in the Asian region. Further information ...
The German company A-solution GmbH successfully introduced their new product DIAdem EtherCAT Driver to the public at the Technology and User Conference VIP 2013 this year. Further information ...
Kithara now supports the EtherCAT Automation Protocol - an official extension of the EtherCAT standard for inter-process communication (ETG1005). Further information ...
For the filtering of digital signals or process control within real-time applications a new function library is now available. Further information ...
Kithara recently added support for the PCAN-USB Pro device by the company Peak-System, which allows for the linking of PCs to CAN networks, whereas two CAN adapter cables can be linked. Further information ...
The real-time Ethernet drivers can now be used with a data rate of 10 Gbit/s. This especially allows for implementing high-speed machine vision. Further information ...
With the new PLC Module of Kithara RealTime Suite, users are able to develop soft PLC implementations according to IEC 61131-3 and embed them into their own applications. Further information ...
Real-time image capture with the Camera Module as well as real-time image processing with the brand new Vision Module allow for the development of efficient camera-based industrial applications. Further information ...
Once again, the readers of the magazine Eletronik have voted for the 111 most innovative and trendsetting products of the Year 2013 in the category "Embedded Design", including a number of modules of Kithara RealTime Suite. Further information ...
The new "Dedicated Module" greatly improves the real-time characteristics of the MultiTasking Module by providing extraordinary real-time capabilities on exclusively used CPU cores. Further information ...
The real-time EtherCAT Master from Kithara now also supports the Safety-over-EtherCAT protocol, which allows for the implementation of safety-critical solutions up to SIL3. Further information ...
The new Camera Module of Kithara RealTime Suite allows for real-time image capture with GigE Vision® cameras. Further information ...
Kithara has finished the new Kithara PCI Toolkit, which provides all necessery mechanisms for the fast development of hardware drivers, especially for PCI/PCIe boards. Further information ...
The EtherCat Master now also supports ServoDrive-over-EtherCAT for the real-time control of devices such as servo inverters. Further information ...
Kithara USB Toolkit provides all the necessary functions for the efficient development of Windows drivers for USB devices. Further information ...
With the help of an extension for the Packet Module it is now possible to create a variety of network connections between Windows and the Kithara real-time system. Further information ...
All major function modules of the real-time extension Kithara RealTime Suite are now available as a 64 bit version as well. Further information ...
The new Serial Module of Kithara Windows-extension now also allows for real-time communication over UART ports. Further information ...