Analog Discovery 2 on Raspberry Pi 4 with Windows 11 (ARM64)

[Andras]

I have just installed Windows 11 ARM64 on my Raspberry Pi 4. It works great, but WaveForms seems to be not able to start.

After a successful installation I tried to run WaveForms beta v3.17.17 64-bit, and I got the following error:

"The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem."

Can I do something differently or is ARM64 Windows simply not supported (yet)?

[attila]

Szia @Andras

The software is not available natively for Windows ARM64, only for Windows 32/64bit, Linux 32/64 bit intel/arm (x86, amd64, armhf, arm64) and MacOS 32/64.
It is also working with MacOS M1/ARM seamlessly with emulation. 

As I read, Windows ARM also provides intel emulation:
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2020/12/10/introducing-x64-emulation-in-preview-for-windows-10-on-arm-pcs-to-the-windows-insider-program/

The error is complaining about "Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015".
This is included in the WF installer but WinARM may need a different variant. Please try installing it manually:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/unable-to-install-programs-due-to-vcruntime140dll/3a9cba87-6dfd-4591-94d6-08c347e2db39

[Andras]

Szia @attila,

Thank you for the links, I ended up installing the Visual C++ Redistributable from here: https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.arm64.exe

I could past the error message that I had before, but WaveForms doesn't seems to find my Analog Discovery, I get the "No device detected" error.

I tried different USB ports and I also tried to add extra power to the AD2 with a USB split cable, but it seems to be not the problem.

[attila]

Szia @Andras

It could be the USB is not supported over emulation. I can't find information about this...

[Andras]

Szia @attila

Sorry for the late reply, somehow I didn't get e-mail about your message. I think I found that setting here in the forum now and changed it :)

So, regarding the USB emulation thing, can I do some testing with it to prove or disprove if that's the case?

Other USB devices seem to be working fine, including a boot pen drive and an external USB 3.0 SSD that I use intensively.

As far as I know Bluetooth and wifi are not working on the ARM version of Windows 11, but other basic services should be fine.

 

This is the Device Manager on my x64 Windows 11 (this one is working as expected)

 

And this is the one on ARM Windows 11 (not working properly)

[attila]

Szia @Andras

There is no official FTDI driver for Windows ARM64: https://ftdichip.com/drivers/d2xx-drivers/
Here is some unsigned beta driver mentioned: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/forum/all/surface-pro-x-usb-c-to-rs232-issues/3bc380dc-b018-4ad2-958a-e66c438c6b94?page=3

[Andras]

Excellent, we got a little closer!

After installing the "CDM v2.12.32 Beta for ARM64" FTDI drivers, Device Manager looks much better:

 

Unfortunately though WaveForms still doesn't find my AD2:

[attila]

Szia @Andras

You could try to run the WF SDK/ sample/ py/ Enumerate.py to see if the lower level libs detect the device but I don't see too much chance to make it working soon.

[Andras]

I got this error after running c:\Program Files (x86)\Digilent\WaveFormsSDK\samples\py\Enumerate.py.