CVI Linux Raspbian Raspberry

[OZI]

Hi

I am currently working for a project which will run on a Raspberry PI with an arm processor. It is under Linux and I shall create the code with the CodeBlocks IDE.

I am now wondering if it is possible to create the software under CVI and run it under Debian Linux? If yes, is it possible to run it on a Raspberry that I can use CVI for this project? Raspberry PI runs under Raspbian which is a Debian Distribution of Linux.

So the question is, does CVI run under Debian Linux?

thx

Oliver

[mkossmann]

No, because the RPI is based on an ARM CPU, but CVI runs on and creates code only for  Intel/AMD compatible CPUs.

[SteveD123]

Yes, but since CVI was moved to the CLANG compiler, there is no reason that it could not cross-compile to ARM. See http://clang.llvm.org/docs/CrossCompilation.html for example. Similarly, CLANG is a C++ compiler.

All features that NI choose not to enable in LabWindows,  probably simply because of support cost considerations.

[gdargaud]

Sure, your prog will probably compile fine, but linking with CVI libraries won't work since you only have the binaries from the installer (no source), and those won't work on ARM.

[OZI]

Hello,

thanks a lot for these informations

OK, then I  have, unfortunately, to find an other solution.

thx

Oliver

[gdargaud]

I do a lot of ARM programming as well as CVI programming. My solution is to run the CVI code on an RPM-based linux system (I use Scientific Linux) with a user interface that is used to control low-level C programs running on the ARM-based systems. I've never used the Pi, but several Xilinx systems as well as Beagle board and others. They communicate via TCP. A bunch of script allows for compiling, cross-compiling, updating the whole thing. So it goes like:

• Develop in Windows (in a VM actually)
• Compile and test in Windows thanks to simulated programs (the prog for the ARM, compiled with different #defines, running locally and generating random data)
• scp the code to a Linux PC, compile the CVI part (*)
• cross-compile the ARM-part, scp it to the device
• launch both sides and test

(*) You can also compile and run the ARM part locally on the Linux PC, generating random data, allowing for easier testing/debugging