KingStar is committed to open standards (Windows, RTX64 RTOS, EtherCAT, IEC61131-3, OPC-UA) which protects our customers investment and to capitalizing on those standards to free machine builders from dependence on any hardware vendor through features like Plug- n-Play EtherCAT which enables the customer to optimize their machine controller for any smart factory setting. Using a single industrial PC, you can replace multiple hardware controllers with software-only motion controllers and machine vision quickly and cost effectively.