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Demo: Sensors to Servers in Robotics
Hard Real-Time Stick Demo
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Plant operators are immediately productive because they already know Windows inside and out.
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One Platform, One Development Environment
With a single platform, one development environment, and real-time everywhere, Windows Embedded offers a reliable, flexible, connected, and cost-efficient foundation for industrial automation. Standards-based Windows on the shop floor helps increase reliability and durability and can ease integration with manufacturers' enterprise IT systems and reduce operating costs.
The industrial automation and manufacturing industries are trending toward ‘smarter’ hardware on the plant floor, with a projected growth rate of 11.85% in 32 and 64 bit processors 1 as a base for industrial devices and systems. Windows Embedded operating systems have the capabilities to make the most of your increasingly powerful hardware investments.
Four flexible products-all on the Windows platform and developed with familiar
.NET tools-make Windows Embedded an efficient OS for industrial automation, from sensors to servers.
You don't have to do it alone.
Windows Embedded Gold Partners Adeneo Embedded, with years of system integration expertise, and IntervalZero, with industry leading real-time offerings, together offer end-to-end solutions for your advanced industrial devices with hard real-time performance and reliability requirements.
You might be wondering....
Is Windows Embedded CE reliable enough for device lifetimes of 10+ years?
Yes. Windows Embedded CE and Windows Embedded Standard have proven track records in industrial automation controllers and HMI devices, and Microsoft offers 10 years of support for Windows Embedded products.
Does Windows Embedded support hard real-time capabilities for applications and networking?
Yes. Windows Embedded has supported hard real-time capabilities for over 10 years. A recent, independent study validates Windows Embedded CE support of hard real-time.
How do I know that my Windows Embedded OS-powering my devices-will continue to be available after a new release?
Device manufacturers and plant operators can depend on Microsoft OS support and long life span for the embedded product family, including 15 year availability and backwards compatibility for new releases.
1Source: Annual Percentage Growth Rate (APGR) in units from 2010 to 2012 “Embedded Processing Database - Release June-06,” IMS Research, 02/200
Industry trends toward standards-based systems, shop floor/enterprise IT integration, multi-core processing, increased speed and reliability, and devices that can do more with less-from a PLC to a PAC-are driving customer expectations higher. The Windows Embedded family of products can help you:
- Build with confidence and ensure reliability using proven technology and long-term availability with our hard real-time operating system (OS); an OEM-defined, componentized OS image; and secure transactional file systems.
- Speed your time to market with the flexibility of granular componentization; the familiar Windows user interface; and efficient shared source access.
- Pursue new opportunities with connectivity between devices and with third-party applications; robust and secure networking; built-in support for standard protocols; and a broad availability of applications and drivers.
- Capitalize on cost-efficiencies and reduced development risk via low, upfront toolkit costs; standards-based Windows, easing integration of the shop floor and a manufacturers' enterprise IT; exceptional support and product availability policies; and code re-use via the .NET/Compact Framework.
Which Windows Embedded Product is Right for You?
- Windows Embedded CE is a componentized, real-time OS for a wide range of small footprint or rugged devices including actuators, Smart IO, local HMI, and PLCs.
- Windows Embedded Standard-which includes componentized versions of Windows XP and Windows 7-for advanced devices such as PAC, PC-based controls, IP, and industrial Ethernet devices, equipped to run thousands of existing Windows applications and drivers.
- Windows Embedded Enterprise and Windows Embedded Server are fully functional versions of the Microsoft desktop and server OS, respectively, for use in an embedded solution with purpose-built hardware and application software. Applications in manufacturing Examples include HMI/SCADA systems, PLM/MES, or, in the case of Windows Embedded Server, ERP.
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The Windows Embedded partner eco-system ensures access to a community of support and expertise in embedded industrial solutions.
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Adeneo Embedded helps industrial device manufacturers develop industrial supervision systems, industrial controllers, and ruggedized data acquisition terminals. Expertise in critical real-time implementation and optimization, reliability, and robustness is combined with many years of experience in the architecture, design, and implementation of embedded industrial solutions.
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IntervalZero continues a 27-year tradition of developing and delivering innovative software solutions for embedded computing markets. Today, some of the world’s most demanding high-speed control and automation applications are running on standard Windows PCs using IntervalZero’s Embedded software solutions.
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Windows Embedded partners worldwide
Find a systems integrator that fits your needs, anywhere in the world, on our Partner Listing.
The world’s top device and system manufacturers and operators rely on Windows Embedded and Microsoft for reliable, flexible manufacturing solutions. We’ll let them tell the story.
Hans Beckhoff, Managing Director, Beckhoff Automation, talks about Windows Embedded, Scientific Automation, and reaching a 100 microsecond barrier.
Featured Case Study: KUKA and Windows Embedded
KUKA Roboter, one of the world’s largest robotics manufacturers, uses Windows Embedded technology to control robots in a digital factory with the familiar Windows graphical user interface, increasing productivity and reducing costs.
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Get the facts about hard real-time in Windows Embedded CE
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White Paper: A Simple Path to True Real-Time: CE 6.0 and Atom in Industrial Controls
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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 and Intel Atom processor demonstrate that standards-based devices shorten development time and lower costs.
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Independent Real-Time Analysis of Windows Embedded CE 6.0
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Findings included:
- “RT-VALIDATED”, CE 6.0 R2 passed all tests without problems.
- All protection primitives use priority inheritance
- Interrupt latencies improved compared with CE 5.0
- Easy to install and set-up a target from templates
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Technical Video: Building Real-Time Systems with Windows CE
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Hour-long technical video led by Windows Embedded’s Kurt Kennett, outlining capabilities and considerations for hard real-time in Windows Embedded CE.
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Demo: Beckhoff and Windows Embedded Hard Real-time Stick
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Beckhoff/Windows Embedded hard real-time demo; an inverse pendulum with a twist.
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Meet the team: Windows Embedded Bloggers
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