ProConOS® Win CE allows usage of operating and display devices under Windows® CE for control purposes. ProConOS® Win CE and Windows® CE go together perfectly!
Windows® CE in automation
Windows® CE has become one of the leading real-time operating systems in the embedded industry in recent years. Microsoft® lists the following properties as real-time characteristics of its embedded operating system Windows® CE .NET among others:
Guaranteed deterministic real-time capability, improved timer precision, cascading interrupts are supported unlimitedly, improved response times through blocking of treads of low priority, improved system stability through protection of critical services, semaphore support.
Your advantage through ProConOS® Win CE: Simple handling!
In comparison to many other real-time operating systems, Windows® CE offers the advantage to develop and operate software for different processors with the usual development tools and user interfaces. This concept is supplemented perfectly by ProConOS®. ProConOS® can be executed under Windows® CE .NET systems.
As standard products, KW-Software provides the following CPU/operating system combinations:
ProConOS® Windows CE/Intel
ProConOS® Windows CE/StrongARM/XScale
Application
The following illustration shows a possible ProConOS® Win CE application: A desktop PC as programming tool and any CE device with integrated field bus interface as PLC.
The Desktop PC is used for developing the PLC program and for designing the visualization project. The PLC is a CE device (for example based on an INTEL Strong ARM processor) working as PLC under ProConOS® Win CE, with bus interface (e.g. Hilscher CIF board or INTERBUS G4 Master) and display (e.g. touch screen). Both components are connected via TCP/IP and ActiveSync.