What Is Eclipse 4diac™?

Eclipse 4diac™ Provides an Open Source Infrastructure for
distributed Industrial Process Measurement and Control Systems
based on the IEC 61499 Standard.

design once use everywhere

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Eclipse 4diac provides

IEC 61499 Engineering Tool 4diac IDE Real-time Capable IEC 61499 Execution Environment 4diac FORTE Easy to use Build Environment for 4diac FORTE 4diac FBE IEC 61499 Function Block Library 4diac LIB IEC 61499 example systems 4diac SYS

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Eclipse 4diac Weekly #91

19 June, 2026

Update on what development happened across the Eclipse 4diac project in the week from June 12 to June 19, 2026.

This week’s work strengthens the foundations of 4diac IDE with improved refactoring workflows, enhanced bulk editing capabilities, and more robust library and type management.

Eclipse 4diac Weekly #90

12 June, 2026

Update on what development happened across the Eclipse 4diac project in the week from June 5 to June 12, 2026.

Following the Eclipse 4diac 3.2 release on June 10, this week focused on improved ECC and replay debugging in 4diac IDE, including graphical outlines, breakpoints, event comparison, and timeline annotations, while 4diac FORTE received a broad set of reliability fixes across OPC UA, memory management, and protocol handling.

Eclipse 4diac 3.2 Released!

7 June, 2026

We are excited to announce the official release of Eclipse 4diac 3.2, arriving right on schedule as the third release under our new 3-month release cadence.