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Real-Time Control

Windows alone is not enough

Applications that need sub-millisecond response times, predictable execution of control processes, require extremely accurate time control based on a constant time sampling. Windows is not deterministic and has not been designed to fulfill the needs of real-time control.

Then to impose accurate, time critical processing requirements, a hard real-time operating system is required in order to enable Windows environment to control tasks. INtime is the only RTOS designed to run side-by-side to Windows.

KAS real-time computation

The real-time kernel being part of KAS contains inter-process communication and synchronization mechanisms to guarantee a real-time control of your automation system.

Real-time computations can be said to have failed if they are not completed before their deadline, where their deadline is relative to an event. A real-time deadline must be met, regardless of system load.

For the KAS Simulator, KAS relies on Windows capabilities.

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