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KINGSTAR announces release of KINGSTAR 3.8

By: KINGSTAR
31 March, 2020
KINGSTAR announces release of KINGSTAR 3.8
KINGSTAR announces release of KINGSTAR 3.8
Built on the EtherCAT standard and supported by a real-time 64-bit Windows operating-system (RTOS) from IntervalZero, KINGSTAR empowers engineers to design, develop and deploy one or more machine control applications on a single Industrial PC.

March 31, 2020 – KINGSTAR, which offers open Machine Automation Software for building smart machine controllers, announced the general availability launch of KINGSTAR 3.8 , which works to improve motion control functionality. KINGSTAR Machine Automation Software replaces proprietary hardware-based machine controllers with a software-only machine control platform that executes on a standard Industrial PC (IPC). The software-only approach delivers on the promise of Industry 4.0 by offering the combined features of machine automation, system-wide controller integration tools, information sharing & intelligence (AI) consuming, and smart edge IoT enablement.

Being open means the KINGSTAR is committed to supporting open standards (Windows, EtherCAT, IEC61131-3, OPC-UA, TSN and more) which protects customers investment best. The KINGSTAR Machine Automation Software is a solution that supports Plug-n-Play EtherCAT – a feature which truly enables the customer to optimize their machine controller for any smart factory setting and frees the machine builder from vendor lock-in. Additionally, KINGSTAR allows third party IoT software to run on the same PC to transform the controller into a smart IoT controller. Built on the EtherCAT standard and supported by a real-time 64-bit Windows operating-system (RTOS) from IntervalZero, KINGSTAR empowers engineers to design, develop and deploy one or more machine control applications on a single Industrial PC.

Key industrial machine components include software-based motion control, machine vision, programmable logic controller (PLC) and EtherCAT master that auto-discovers any vendor’s EtherCAT drive, IO or device and auto-configures the EtherCAT environment at startup. The key features of the KINGSTAR 3.8 release includes:

  • KINGSTAR Motion provides velocity and path blending support
  • KINGSTAR Motion adds the ability to set the EtherCAT cycle time in KINGSTAR LogicLab PLC
  • Expands list of qualified, out-of-the-box support for additional servo drives, stepper drives and EtherCAT I/O modules.
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KINGSTAR is a software platform that creates PC-based machine controllers with premium precision & performance. Built on the EtherCAT standard and enhanced by a real-time operating system (RTOS) for Windows, you can design, develop and integrate applications with KINGSTAR’s soft motion, machine vision and PLC or 3rd-party software. Using a single PC, you can replace all hardware DSP & FPGA boards with software-only motion control and machine vision positioning systems, quickly & cost effectively

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