Multicore real-time platform for Windows

Multicore real-time extension for Windows

Build deterministic real-time applications using the KUKA/acontis multi-core real-time platform. First introduced in 1995 on Windows 95 this reliable and proven software was continously further developed until today for Windows 7 64-Bit. Multiple CPU cores can be used for the real-time part (SMP: Symmetric Multiprocessing)!

More and more applications, especially in the Industrial Automation, Medical and Data Acquisition and Measurement Market require deterministic real-time behavior.
There are several different technical approaches how to extend the Windows operating system to accomplish these requirements.

	simple real-time extensions based on a Windows Kernel Mode Driver. Disadvantages: proprietary development environment, uncommon debug environment, proprietary and restricted API, small amount of users
	proprietary real-time extensions with Win32 API. Disadvantages: proprietary development environment, uncommon debug environment, restricted Win32 API, small amount of users
	real-time extensions based on operating systems that are only used in conjunction with Windows real-time extensions. Disadvantages: proprietary development environment, uncommon debug environment, proprietary API, small amount of users
	real-time extensions based on standard COTS Win32 based operating systems (e.g. CeWin, RTOS32Win)

Benefits when using a standard industrial real-time operating system as a Windows real-time extension:

	Deterministic hard real-time behavior and full independence from Windows
	Optimized utilization of multi core systems (scalable from one to multiple CPU cores for the real-time part)
	Rich amount of drivers, e.g. for fieldbuses (Profinet, EtherCAT, CAN), TCP/IP, USB, ...
	Rich and Win32 compatible API
	Support of the Microsoft Development Tools
	Very comfortable Debugging environment for the real-time part using the Microsoft tools
	Field proven operating system, used in many embedded real-time applications

Products

CeWin real-time platform based on the Windows CE real-time operating system
EC-Win Powerful open real-time EtherCAT programming platform for Windows. Using EC-Win it is possible to build deterministic real-time EtherCAT solutions for Windows.

RTOS32Win real-time platform based on the On Time RTOS-32 real-time operating system

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