About the NI Platform on Linux Desktop
- Updated2024-09-20
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About the NI Platform on Linux Desktop
The NI Platform on Linux Desktop is a set of hardware, software, and drivers designed for users creating test and measurement applications with Linux.
You can integrate NI instruments into systems running on Linux and program NI instruments using LabVIEW, Python, C, and other programming languages. NI Platform on Linux Desktop allows you to develop and execute code on the same machine running a desktop OS. NI also offers NI Linux Real-Time, a Linux distribution with industrial-grade, real-time capabilities. You can use NI Linux RT on embedded systems that are programmed and maintained remotely from another system running a desktop OS.
NI Platform on Linux Desktop Key
Features
- Support for most NI PXI and desktop hardware
- Support for third-party instruments through NI-VISA and the Hardware Configuration Utility, and the Instrument Driver Network (IDNet)
- Use of the stable, secure Linux operating system
- Option to program using LabVIEW, Python, C, and other programming languages
- Support for various Linux distributions:
- Ubuntu
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- OpenSUSE
- DKMS technology in NI drivers allows users to build kernel driver support into non-supported Linux distributions
Who needs the NI Platform on Linux
Desktop?
Support for Linux Desktop allows users who prefer the Linux operating system to use it for their test and measurement applications involving NI hardware.