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Kithara Software GmbH

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Kithara is a specialist for real-time solutions, especially for the Windows operating systems family. The real-time extension Kithara RealTime Suite is a comprehensive system library for hardware dependent programming, communication, automation and image processing in real-time. The software is an easy-to-use and powerful technical basis for advanced applications in robotics, image processing, measurement and control engineering as well as automation. It is the key element in machine building, for testing rigs and other specialized applications. Kithara has several branch offices and representations worldwide and supports globally operating companies with the implementation of groundbreaking projects.

ASAM related products

Real-Time Automation

Type

EtherCAT Master

Functionalities

Powerful EtherCAT Master / I/O reaction times in microsecond range, cycle frequency < 20 kHz possible / Real-time PDO data exchange / SDO and mailbox communication: CoE, FoE, EoE, SoE / Distributed Clocks, Hot Plug, Cable Redundancy / Safety over EtherCAT up to SIL3 / EtherCAT PC Slaves / EtherCAT Automation Protocol

Supported ASAM Standards

ASAM ACI , ASAM ASAP 3 , ASAM ATX , ASAM CC , ASAM CDF , ASAM CEA , ASAM CPX , ASAM GDI , ASAM ISSUE , ASAM LXF , ASAM MBFS , ASAM MCD-1 CCP , ASAM MCD-1 POD , ASAM MCD-1 XCP , ASAM MCD-2 D , ASAM MCD-2 MC , ASAM MCD-2 NET , ASAM MCD-3 D , ASAM MCD-3 MC , ASAM MDF , ASAM MDX , ASAM ODS , ASAM OTX Extensions , ASAM XIL , ASAM XIL-MA

Kithara RealTime Automotive

Type

Automotive real-time management software

Functionalities

Real-time software tools for measurement, storage and simulation / Can be used for data acquisition and hardware-in-the-loop / Direct real-time connection between Windows-PC and automotive bus / Support of FlexRay, CAN, CAN FD and LIN in real-time / For measurement systems, testing rigs

Supported ASAM Standards

ASAM MDF

Kithara RealTime Vision

Type

Image capture and processing software

Functionalities

Image capture with GigE Vision (incl. 10 Gbit/s) and USB3 Vision / Multi-camera support, Hot Connect / GenICam access and configuration / Image processing with Halcon and OpenCV / Immediate control reaction to processed images in real-time

Kithara RealTime Suite

Type

Modular real-time extension for Windows

Functionalities

Hard real-time capabilities with priority-based preemptive real-time multi-tasking / High-precision timers and clock mechanisms / “Dedicated” real-time on exclusively used CPU cores / Event-triggered Ethernet communication (TCP/UDP, raw) / Hardware-dependent programming: I/O ports, phys. memory, interrupts

Keywords

real time operating system; rtos; automation; automotive; bus monitoring; CAN; CAN FD; communication; data aquisition (DAQ); FlexRay; LIN; BroadR-Reach; software; test automation