Answers: <p>In case anyone else would like to benefit from my experience, the answer is "kind of".</p>
  
  <p>Without a Greengrass kernel, you will not get many of the core features and benefits, but you can use JS/Node SDK to start migrating to AWS IoT.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js</a> </p>
  
  <p>For me, the problem was that my ARM device has an armv61, and Greengrass requires a minimum armv71, which is frustrating for an ecosystem designed for very low power devices.</p>
  
  <p>But, at least I can base some of my back-end on the presumption that we will eventually move to updated hardware.</p>
  
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Body: <p>Before I dig in too far, is there any way I can use any of the AWS IoT core functions on non-supported hardware? </p>
  
  <p>I can use the AWS Node.js libraries that are available (for my hardware), but I don't think this is getting me into the core services.</p>
  
  <p>My alternative is just to build my own ecosystem on existing services like IAM/S3/SNS/EC2.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any help!</p>
  
Tags: <amazon-web-services><linux><node.js>
Title: Utilise AWS IoT on non-supported hardware
UserDisplayName: Steve
ThreadText: # Utilise AWS IoT on non-supported hardware
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-02-25)
  
  Before I dig in too far, is there any way I can use any of the AWS IoT core functions on non-supported hardware?
  
  I can use the AWS Node.js libraries that are available (for my hardware), but I don't think this is getting me into the core services.
  
  My alternative is just to build my own ecosystem on existing services like IAM/S3/SNS/EC2.
  
  Thanks for any help!
  
  **Tags:** amazon-web-services, linux, node.js
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2019-02-26. Score: 1
  
  In case anyone else would like to benefit from my experience, the answer is "kind of".
  
  Without a Greengrass kernel, you will not get many of the core features and benefits, but you can use JS/Node SDK to start migrating to AWS IoT.
  
  <https://github.com/aws/aws-iot-device-sdk-js>
  
  For me, the problem was that my ARM device has an armv61, and Greengrass requires a minimum armv71, which is frustrating for an ecosystem designed for very low power devices.
  
  But, at least I can base some of my back-end on the presumption that we will eventually move to updated hardware.
  
  
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