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System Requirements for NI LabVIEW Development Systems and LabVIEW Modules

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LabVIEW Development Systems

Refer to the LabVIEW Release Notes for a complete list of system requirements.

Windows    
  Run-Time Engine Development Environment
Processor Pentium III/Celeron 866 MHz or equivalent Pentium 4/M or equivalent
RAM 256 MB 1 GB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating System Windows 7/Vista/ (32- and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Server 2003/XP SP2 (32-bit) Windows 7/Vista/ (32- and 64-bit) Windows Server 2008 (64-bit) Windows Server 2003/XP SP2 (32-bit)
Disk Space 340 MB 3.3 GB (includes default drivers
from NI Device Drivers DVD)
Mac OS X    
  Run-Time Engine Development Environment
Processor Intel-based processor Intel-based processor
RAM 256 MB 1 GB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating System Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6 Mac OS X 10.5.8 or 10.6
Disk Space 563 MB 1.2 GB for the complete installation
Linux    
  Run-Time Engine Development Environment
Processor Pentium III/Celeron 866 MHz or equivalent Pentium 4/M or equivalent
RAM 256 MB 1 GB
Screen Resolution 1024 x 768 pixels 1024 x 768 pixels
Operating System Linux kernel 2.2.x, 2.4.x, or 2.6.x, and GNU C Library (glibc) Version 2.4 or later with a minimum support of RHEL 5 for the Intel x86 architecture Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop + Workstation 5 or later, open SUSE 11.2 or later, or Scientific Linux 6 or later
Disk Space 125 MB 1.2 GB for the complete installation (excluding drivers)
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LabVIEW SignalExpress

  • Windows 7/Vista/XP SP2/Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)/Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • 2 GB of free disk space
  • Pentium 4 processor or equivalent
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LabVIEW Real-Time Module

  • LabVIEW Full or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 200 MB additional available disk space
    • Real-time target hardware and driver software
  • You might need more memory than the recommended minimum for LabVIEW depending on the size of the application you design in LabVIEW on the host computer

 

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LabVIEW Datalogging and Supervisory Control Module

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 800 MB additional available disk space
    • Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 or later
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LabVIEW FPGA Module

  • LabVIEW Full or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • At least 11 GB additional available disk space for a complete installation
    • 1.2 GHz Pentium processor or a compatible processor of equal or higher speed
    • FPGA device
    • Device driver software, such as NI-RIO 4.0 or later
    • Installation of the included Xilinx FPGA Compilation Tools
  • Memory requirements vary by FPGA target; although 2 GB of memory is adequate for typical FPGA VIs, the unique characteristics of each FPGA design can affect the amount of memory needed:
    • Virtex-5 and earlier
      • Recommended: 3 to 4 GB of memory (32-bit OS)
    • Virtex-6 and later
      • Recommended: 4 GB or more of memory (64-bit OS)
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LabVIEW MathScript RT Module

  • LabVIEW Full or Professional development system (32-bit) plus the following:
    • 500 MB additional available disk space

 

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LabVIEW Mobile Module

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 2.5 GB additional available disk space
    • A mobile device running Windows Mobile 5.0 or 6.0 or Pocket PC 2003

 

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LabVIEW Touch Panel Module

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 2.5 GB additional available disk space
    • (Windows CE) Touch panel device, such as the NI TPC-2006, running Windows CE 4.2 or 5.0
    • (XP Embedded) Touch panel device, such as the NI TPC-2512, running Windows XP Embedded
    • Deployment system requires a minimum of Windows CE 4.2, StrongARM/XScale or x86 CPU, and 64 MB Flash, or Windows XP Embedded and 512 MB RAM
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LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module

  • LabVIEW Full or Professional development system (32-bit) plus the following:
    • At least 350 MB additional disk space for LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation support
    • (Optional) LabVIEW MathScript RT Module
    • (Optional) LabVIEW SignalExpress – if you plan to install the LabVIEW Control Design Assistant, you first must install LabVIEW SignalExpress
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Vision Development Module for LabVIEW

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32- and 64-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • Minimum processor: 233 MHz Pentium or equivalent

 

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LabVIEW Statechart Module

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 250 MB additional available disk space
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LabVIEW NI SoftMotion Module

  • LabVIEW Base, Full, or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • 250 MB additional available disk space
    • 2 GB RAM recommended if using NI SoftMotion for SolidWorks
    • (Optional) LabVIEW Real-Time Module required if using a PXI target
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LabVIEW Robotics Module

  • LabVIEW 2011 Full or Professional development system (32-bit) for Windows plus the following:
    • At least 350 MB of disk space
    • One of the following operating systems:
      • Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
      • Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit)
      • Windows XP SP2 or later (32-bit)
      • Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit)
      • Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)