# ARM Newbie Q's

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634>\
**Category:** Raspberry Pi\
**Created:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634 "2020-10-05T01:57:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Garth\_Hjelte](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/garth_hjelte/32/705_2.png) [@Garth\_Hjelte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Garth_Hjelte)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634/1 "2020-10-05T01:57:58Z")

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I have a client that I’m writing code for, for Pi. I am not conversant in Pi and ARM but I’m learning. You can help. =)

Two Q’s:

1. When I compile for ARM 32-bit in Xojo, is that compiling for armhf? My client says armhf works for him.
2. We would rather have my code work on the Odroid, and that’s 64-bit. What is the schedule/timeframe for compiling to ARM64?

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**Author:** ![Eugene\_Dakin](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/eugene_dakin/32/178_2.png) [@Eugene\_Dakin](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Eugene_Dakin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634/2 "2020-10-05T04:12:17Z")

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> [@Garth\_Hjelte](#):
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> When I compile for ARM 32-bit in Xojo, is that compiling for armhf? My client says armhf works for him.

The short answer is Xojo is compiling for armhf.

Raspbian build a single image for all of the Raspberry Pi familes, which will be a armhf 32-bit build. The acronym armhf means “arm hard float” for arm processors (arm 7+) that have hardware floating point support, which means Xojo compiles for armhf.

Send the client a ‘hello world’ example to make them feel comfortable that it is compliant 🙂

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**Author:** ![Garth\_Hjelte](https://forum.xojo.com/user_avatar/forum.xojo.com/garth_hjelte/32/705_2.png) [@Garth\_Hjelte](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Garth_Hjelte)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634/3 "2020-10-06T14:42:52Z")

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Thanks Eugene; we’ve got that far. We are still ahving issues - see my new topic, but at least the binary runs. Thanks for your answer.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/arm-newbie-qs/57634/4 "2021-04-29T16:44:10Z")

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