Kithara Software

Kithara Software is a specialist for real-time on Windows operating systems.

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Kithara Software is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Since 1996, the company has been developing high-performance real-time technologies for deterministic, reliable, and high-performance systems.

Read the press release:
https://t.co/4ziXiIxesx

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Kithara Software and InoNet combine expertise to deliver high-performance industrial PCs for real-time applications across multiple performance classes, powered by the Kithara real-time system, targeting validated solutions for machine vision and ADAS:

https://t.co/UqBXp9O7G9

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: #MultiFunction
Enables support for multifunction cards with a vendor-neutral API and functions for A/D-, D/A- and digital I/O for controlling and data acquisition.

https://t.co/C5nDKJLXvc

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Kithara RealTime Suite: Version 11 26Q1 is complete

The new version 11 26Q1 of Kithara RealTime Suite has been completed and will be made available in the download area of the service portal in the next few days.

https://t.co/8JZiQ3vR41

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Improved performance for Kithara RealTime Suite

With the 26Q1 release, a major architectural enhancement has been introduced: a comprehensive optimization of internal data structures tailored to modern CPU architectures. Further information:

https://t.co/cq9Xsyf9ua

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: #USB RealTime
Ensures that all USB-based interfaces and devices, such as cameras, can be used with fast reaction times at the highest possible data rates.

https://t.co/C5nDKJLXvc

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: Library
Enables use of mathematical/trigonometrical and string/memory functions in real time. It is also the basis for real-time Halcon, OpenCV and Dlib.

https://t.co/C5nDKJLXvc

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More compute power does not replace system architecture

Uwe Jesgarz, Managing Director of Kithara, argues: Performance is a resource; architecture is a decision. The real question is not how fast a system runs, but which timing guarantees it must meet.

https://t.co/LR57I4UnIH

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: CAN
Enables real time for the #CANbus with an intuitive API. Includes support for CAN FD (and soon CAN FD light and CAN XL).

https://t.co/C5nDKJLXvc

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Kithara wishes you a very Merry Christmas as well as a fresh start into 2026.

https://t.co/vokYq1pRsI

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KRTS 2026 Preview: What is Next?
Kithara RealTime Suite is currently being supplemented with numerous features and improvements. What has recently been added, and what can you expect soon?

https://t.co/uTOigl21l8

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Kithara RealTime Suite now supports the EtherCAT Modular Device Profile (ETG5001). This specification standard enables efficient handling of EtherCAT slaves that feature configurable physical or logical module slots.

https://t.co/NjrImnG2c9

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KRTS has received a comprehensively revised API for real-time network communication. The newly introduced IP socket API is a completely new set of functions that supports socket communication for UDP, TCP and RAW-IP over IPv4 and now also IPv6.

https://t.co/kjkOiPWpDF

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The new version 11 25Q4 of Kithara RealTime Suite has been completed and will be made available in the download area of the service portal in the next few days.

https://t.co/8JZiQ3woTz

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: Network
This provides native real-time #Ethernet drivers for the supported network controller, for communication via raw ethernet as well as UDP and TCP.
https://t.co/C5nDKJMvkK

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What lasts looooooonger gets better!
The new installer for Kithara RealTime Suite offers clear information and makes it easier to get started quickly with your real-time project.

https://t.co/SyhJGh6V7p

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New in product focus: EtherCAT Master
The Kithara EtherCAT Master offers a powerful key technology for demanding real-time applications in industrial automation. More information:

https://t.co/6NTjNvVeKH

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Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: #IoPort
This provides direct access to the I/O ports of the PC immediately out of a Windows application without stability loss.

https://t.co/C5nDKJMvkK

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The new version 11.21 of Kithara RealTime Suite, including support for Windows 11 25H2, has been completed and will be made available in the download area of the service portal in the next few days.

https://t.co/8JZiQ3woTz

[Kithara Software @KitharaSoftware]

Kithara #RealTime Suite: Combine #Windows with an #RTOS

Spotlight: Network
This provides native real-time #Ethernet drivers for the supported network controller, for communication via raw ethernet as well as UDP and TCP.
https://t.co/C5nDKJMvkK