Does the NI-DAQmx for Linux support ARM architecture?

Updated Nov 16, 2021

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Driver

  • NI-DAQmx

Operating System

  • Linux

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ARM Architecture 

Issue Details

I want to use my NI data acquisition device on a device with ARM64 and Linux Ubuntu OS.
Does the NI-DAQmx for Linux support ARM architecture?
 

Solution

The answer is No. 
Based on the NI-DAQmx for Linux Readme , NI-DAQmx software for Linux supports only /x86 64-bit architecture. 
 

Additional Information

ARM is a RISC architecture. RISC stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computing, while x86 is a CISC architecture, which stands for Complex Instruction Set Computing.
The ARM architecture is typically used to build CPUs for a mobile device, ARM64 is simply an extension or evolution of the ARM architecture that supports 64-bit processing. Devices built on the ARM64 architecture include desktop PCs, mobile devices, and some IoT Core devices.
Intel processor is based on x86 and x64 architecture.
 

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