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66AK2H14: Keystone II (66AK2H14) running LabView and/or C++

Zohar Barak
Prodigy 20 points
Part Number: 66AK2H14

Hi,

We have just started using Keystone II and I have several clarification questions that may help me deciding if and how we can extend our development.

1- Can LabView run on 66AK2H14 (C66x and/or ARM-A15)?

2- Considering putting OS on ARM, I saw there are several options for that, SYS/BIOS, RT-Linux, VxWorks and Integrity. Can you please help me deciding which is better and easier, and why, for LabView (and C++) developers that currently developing on PC/windows?

3 - Is it possible to turn 66AK2H14 (probably the ARM-A15 which is part of it) to be something like a whole computer by itself. Meaning, put OS (and which?), connecting monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. so one can work and program directly on it?

Thank you in advance,

Zohar

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    TI__Guru**** 161600 points
    Hi Zohar,

    Regarding 1) and 2):
    You can run linux on 66AK2H14 devices. Specifically the TI Linux SDK (which is Arago-Project/Yocto distribution):
    www.ti.com/.../processor-sdk-k2h
    You should be able to compile C++ code on this distribution (there is an embedded toolchain (gcc)). I am not sure about LabView. I am not familiar with it.

    You should note that the SYS/BIOS os is actually the TI RTOS. VxWorks & Integrity are third party products and are NOT supported by TI. So this leaves you with Linux :)

    3 - Is it possible to turn 66AK2H14 (probably the ARM-A15 which is part of it) to be something like a whole computer by itself. Meaning, put OS (and which?), connecting monitor, keyboard, mouse etc. so one can work and program directly on it?


    You can connect mouse or keyboard, but there is no display controller on the 66AK2H14 devices, so you can't connect an LCD/Monitor on it. You can connect to the board via ethernet cable, type the board IP address in a browse and you should see the matrix gui.

    Best Regards,
    Yordan
  • 0 in reply to Yordan Kovachev
    Prodigy 20 points

    Thank you very much for your quick and thorough response!

    However, I still have a follow up question. You have mention ‘Arago-Project/Yocto distribution’ as the RT-Linux for 66AK2H14, which is pointed also from the link you have added, but you were definite about the question, whether we can run LabVIEW on 66AK2H14 devices or not. Checking NI’s site I saw ‘NI Linux Real-Time’ can run LabVIEW. So, having this input my question is, can we install and run ‘NI Linux Real-Time’ on 66AK2H14?

  • 0 in reply to Zohar Barak
    TI__Guru**** 161600 points
    Hi,

    NI Linux Real-Time is a third party OS, which was not verified with TI 66AK2H devices, so TI DOES NOT support it. It should be possible to get it working, but you should spend some time porting it on the K2H EVM.

    Best Regards,
    Yordan