LabVIEW for ARM processors

[Tournifreak]

Many new PCs running Windows run on ARM processors (like the Snapdragon), rather than x86 architecture. LabVIEW does not support ARM.

A few years back, my LabVIEW software would work on any Windows PC. That is no longer the case. That is a huge and increasing limitation.

[Tournifreak]

Update for you all: a LabVIEW executable will run on ARM64. My application does a load of file handling, and a bit of email/web stuff. And communicates with the FTDI D2XX DLL. Packaging up the installer took a bit of doing, but that was mostly to do with making sure the DLL was correctly installed. I think the LabVIEW bit of it was pretty straightforward in the end. 

So, yes, you can run LabVIEW on ARM64. If it's an exe, and if you can get the drivers to work for the external hardware.

[NXTenergy]

Related question: If I have built an executable on my workstation running LV and then transfer that to an ARM based system will it run properly? Rather than trying to develop on the ARM system? 
In this case, I would need to communicate with NI compactDAQ or NI-USB hardware.

[jmorris]

I would like to add my support to this request.  My application reads and writes files, communicates on RS-422 COM ports using NI-VISA drivers, and it ran into the "serious issues" mentioned in a previous post when installed.  Like, "couldn't use the laptop afterwards" serious.  Therefore, we've had to tell our customers that ARM computers simply aren't supported.

I very much hope that this changes in the future!  Emulation that is built into every Windows computer would be fine by me. My app doesn't need native processor support or every ounce of speed; it just needs to not kill the computer.

[crossrulz]

This is looking promising: https://community.firstinspires.org/2025-control-system-testing-reminder-for-2027 

The proposed new controller for FIRST is ARM based and the official statement is that NI is looking to support it.