National Instruments IMAQ PCI-1411, User Manual

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© National Instruments Corporation vii IMAQ PCI/PXI-1411 User Manual
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the PCI/PXI-1411 .................................................................................................1-1
Using PXI with CompactPCI...........................................................................................1-2
Software Programming Choices ......................................................................................1-2
NI-IMAQ Driver Software ................................................................................1-3
National Instruments IMAQ Vision ..................................................................1-5
IMAQ Vision Builder........................................................................................1-5
Integration with DAQ........................................................................................1-6
Vision and Motion .............................................................................................1-6
Chapter 2
Installation
What You Need to Get Started ........................................................................................2-1
Optional Equipment .........................................................................................................2-2
How to Set up Your IMAQ System.................................................................................2-2
Unpacking ........................................................................................................................2-4
Installation .......................................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
Functional Overview........................................................................................................3-1
Video Acquisition..............................................................................................3-1
Video Decoder...................................................................................................3-2
Color-Space Processor and LUTs .....................................................................3-2
SDRAM .............................................................................................................3-3
Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry ............................................................3-3
Acquisition, Scaling, ROI..................................................................................3-3
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers ......................................................................3-3
Bus Master PCI Interface ..................................................................................3-4
Board Configuration NVRAM ..........................................................................3-4
Start Conditions .................................................................................................3-4
Acquisition Window Control ............................................................................3-4