TwinCAT CP

PC hardware: standard PC/IPC hardware, no extras Operating system: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows CE Real-time: Beckhoff real-time kernel as a component of TwinCAT User program: User program running in user mode which can, for instance, run cyclically as a multimedia task (“soft” real-time). Access to the I/O process image is provided via cyclical calls of DLL functions. Memory: only limited by the size of the computer’s RAM Programming: application program in any high-level language, e.g. C++, Delphi Debugging: via the standard debugging tools of the high-level language used I/O system: keys, LEDs and UPS functionality of the Beckhoff CP6xxx, CP7xxx Control Panels together with the Beckhoff CP9030/CP9035 plug-in card Connectivity: OPC, Beckhoff ADS OCX/DLL (Automation Device Specification)