Components of a System with Linux Desktop Support

You can use the NI Platform on Linux Desktop to create a test system that requires hardware, drivers, and software. Use the following list of typical components as a starting point for building your test system.

• Application Software – Allows users to develop code using the driver APIs.
• Desktop with Linux OS – Provides the operating system functionality that other software is built on.
• Driver APIs – Allows users to develop test and measurement code that performs I/O on NI hardware.
• Linux Kernel – The basis of any Linux distribution. It includes support for some PC hardware and can load modules that provide support for additional hardware.
• NI Driver – Provides support for hardware. This includes configuration utilities and API libraries that build on the Linux desktop environment and libraries, as well as kernel modules that plug into the Linux kernel.
• NI Hardware – Equipment, such as PXIs, that Linux desktop interacts with through drivers.