Kithara RealTime Automotive

Automotive data communication in real-time under Windows

Kithara RealTime Automotive is a modular real-time extension for Windows operating systems, with special focus on real-time data communication with Flexray, CAN, CAN FD, LIN and BroadR-Reach (100BASE-T1, 1000BASE-T1).

32-bit as well as 64-bit applications can be generated from a single uniform code base. Both versions are completely source code compatible—with a specially integrated function (KiK64) even binary compatible. The software offers immediate accessibility with program frameworks for programming languages and compilers listed below. Download the free trial version now!

Supported programming languages

Kithara RealTime Suite supports C, C++, Delphi and C#, among others. In order to gain “hard” real-time capabilities, it is necessary to run hardware-dependent, time-critical application code in the kernel mode of the system. To do so, this code is transferred into a DLL, which is then loaded directly into the real-time context. In general, this requires programming languages that are able to generate native x86 or x64 machine code, such as C, C++ or Delphi. In the use case of C#, the DLL can be programmed, for example, in C++.

Core features

• Highly accurate real-time timers with frequencies over 20 kHz
• Priority-driven preemptive real-time multitasking
• Real-time data communication with FlexRay
• Real-time data communication with CAN/CAN FD
• Real-time data communication with LIN
• Code execution at kernel level with C, C++ and Delphi (native code generation required)
• C# support by transferring code into a C++-DLL
• Support for Windows 10 and 11 (32 bit and 64 bit) as well as Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022.
• License management via online activation or USB dongle

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Modules

Kithara RealTime Automotive is a special selection of modules from Kithara RealTime Suite. A customized combination is also possible.

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Software combination

Kithara RealTime Automotive comes with the following features:

• Kithara RealTime Suite is built modularly and allows for creating an individually customized real-time operating system tailored to your needs.
• The name of development and runtime files can can be chosen freely.
• Solid API, no modifications necessary in case of new versions.
• With the purchase of the module you will automatically receive a developer's license.
• Favourable price scale conditions for runtime licenses.
• Multiple updates provided over a period of 12 months after initial purchase
• Update service extendable by an additional 12 months.
• Extendable with additional modules at any time.
• 10 hours developer support included, beyond that various support support packages are available (20, 50, 100 hours)
• Support is handled in the Kithara ticket system, enables fast and direct contact with developers.

Our qualified Support-Team provides you with the best possible solution for integrating the software into your project and our development support also assists you with questions (even beyond Kithara software).

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Platforms

Real-time capability can only be achieved on the kernel level. For this purpose a programming language is required that is able to generate native machine code, e. g. C, C++ or Delphi and others. Nevertheless Kithara RealTime Suite supports various platforms, for example a .NET environment. The solution is to transfer the time-critical code into a DLL, which will be loaded directly into the real-time context at the kernel level. A number of usable program frameworks for the aforementioned platforms are provided with every software purchase.

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System Requirements

Kithara RealTime Automotive supports a wide range of hardware and software combinations. If you have questions regarding the system support, please contact us!

Operating system

The software supports the following operating systems:

• Windows 10 and 11 (32 bit and 64 bit), dedicated mode
• Windows Server 2016, 2019 and 2022, dedicated mode

Hardware

The software runs on the following hardware:

• CPU: AMD (Athlon) or Intel (Pentium 2), 32 or 64 bit
• Dual- or multi-core; optional hyper-threading with multi-core, currently up to 48 logical CPUs, above on request
• ACPI recommended (Advanced Control and Power Interface)
• the PC must be able to support PAE (Page Address Extension)
• Gigabit-Ethernet up to 200 Gbit/s, almost every controller of Intel and RealTek is supported

Compiler

Immediately usable program frameworks for the following programming languages / compilers are included in the supplied software (other programming languages can be supported on request):

• Visual Studio 20xx C++ with MFC user interface (provided project files: VS 2010/12/13/15/17/19/22)
• C++ Builder (Embarcadero, formerly Borland) VCL user interface
• Delphi (Embarcadero, formerly Borland) VCL user interface
• Visual Studio 20xx C# with WPF user interface (incl. C++ DLL for real-time execution, provided project files: VS 2010/12/13/15/17/19/22)

In order to execute code in a real-time context, any compiler that can generate a DLL with native machine code, is generally usable. Furthermore, the Windows application can also be generated with other programming languages, such as C#.

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