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I'm interested in developing some programs that use OpenCV, but I want them to run on an ARM environment.

Can I virtualize the ARM under a Windows environment with VMWare or VirtualBox or something?

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edsonlp1
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  • You simply can't virtualize an ARM if you're on PC, but you can emulate it :) – Jaffa Sep 03 '12 at 08:52
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    Virtualization is used to run a guest OS under a supervisor or host OS without the guest OS knowing that it doesn't have full control of the computer. The ARM is a processor (hardware), not an OS (software). –  Sep 03 '12 at 08:54

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As pointed Geoffroy, you can't virtualize ARM, but you can emulate it. You can try QEMU - generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.

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I've found this! 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/rpiqemuwindows/files/latest/download

It's an image with Raspberry Pi with QEMU. You only have to double click on run.bat and follow instructions.

Runs perfect.

Thanks for your answers!

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  • as others have said, this is an emulator, not hypervisor – phuclv Mar 21 '17 at 14:15
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    The original asker made it clear in the rest of the q/a that they actually needed emulation on a non-ARM machine, rather than virtualization on an ARM machine, so this answer is rather useful. – Mike 'Pomax' Kamermans Feb 28 '18 at 17:10
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Use this emulator from Microsoft - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5352

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  • Depending on what OP want to do, he may quickly be limited with this emulator, as it is conceived to work with limited functionality. – Jaffa Sep 03 '12 at 09:13
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    This link used to point to "Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0", but it is unavailable since mid-2021. It had this description: *“This is the v3 release of the Device Emulator, that released with Visual Studio 2008. V3 updates the V2 emulator that released with Windows Mobile 6.”* – Denilson Sá Maia Jan 19 '22 at 10:37