NI Vision
NI PCIe-1430 User Manual
Dual-Channel, Base Configuration Camera Link Image Acquisition Device
July 2006372016A-01
Page 1: ...NI Vision NI PCIe 1430 User Manual Dual Channel Base Configuration Camera Link Image Acquisition Device NI PCIe 1430 User Manual July 2006 372016A 01...
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Page 5: ...in the software such as menu items and dialog box options Bold text also denotes parameter names italic Italic text denotes variables emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept It...
Page 6: ...Hardware Overview Functional Overview 2 1 Camera Link and the NI 1430 2 2 Hardware Binarization 2 2 Multiple Tap Data Formatter 2 3 Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry 2 4 Noise Filtering 2 4 Quadr...
Page 7: ...Contents NI PCIe 1430 User Manual viii ni com Appendix A Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index...
Page 8: ...files configure the NI 1430 with information about the output format of your camera Camera files validated by National Instruments are installed with the NI IMAQ driver software Additional camera fil...
Page 9: ...the Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame Grabbers manual for more detailed information about Camera Link specifications This manual is available on several Web sites including...
Page 10: ...s and single shot image acquisition memory buffer allocation trigger control and device configuration you can call from the application development environment ADE NI IMAQ handles many of the complex...
Page 11: ...figured inspection to LabVIEW extending the capabilities of the applications if necessary Vision Development Module NI Vision Development Module which consists of NI Vision and NI Vision Assistant is...
Page 12: ...nt can create LabVIEW VIs that perform the prototype you created in Vision Assistant You can then use LabVIEW to add functionality to the generated VI Integration with DAQ and Motion Control Platforms...
Page 13: ...1430 Figure 2 1 NI 1430 Block Diagram Host Bus UART Serial Control Serial Control Enables Pixel Clock Enables Pixel Clock Base Configuration Receiver Camera Control Acquisition Region of Interest and...
Page 14: ...ta transfer protocols The camera manufacturer defines image parameters such as image resolution and the number of bits per pixel and camera control parameters such as frame on demand and exposure cont...
Page 15: ...on are set to 0 and all pixels outside the threshold interval or the background region are set to the image white value The following figure illustrates binarization and inverse binarization Figure 2...
Page 16: ...to it regardless of the port making the assignment Additional I O is available with the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board Noise Filtering Noise filtering is available for all TTL inputs and RTSI inp...
Page 17: ...to the multiple tap data formatter The NI 1430 can perform ROI acquisitions on all video lines and frames In an ROI acquisition select an area within the acquisition window to transfer across the host...
Page 18: ...n a larger width slot is called up plugging When up plugging some motherboards only support plug in devices at the x1 data rate If you plan to use the NI 1430 in an up plugging configuration with a ca...
Page 19: ...e compliant with the Camera Link 1 1 or later specification provide a camera control utility which sends the appropriate serial commands for configuring your camera through the NI 1430 serial port Pro...
Page 20: ...ger connector on the NI 1430 This chapter also describes considerations for using the NI 1430 with the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board Connectors The following figure shows the connectors on the NI...
Page 21: ...a Link I O Extension Board The I O Extension Board provides three differential isolated inputs three isolated outputs eight TTL inputs outputs and quadrature encoder inputs Cabling Use a standard Came...
Page 22: ...truments Web site at ni com products Camera Link cables also are available in 1 to 10 m lengths from the 3M Web site at www 3m com Refer to the following figure for 3M part number information Figure 3...
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Page 25: ...n signal and a pixel count API Application programming interface area A rectangular portion of an acquisition window or frame that is controlled and defined by software B buffer Temporary storage for...
Page 26: ...transferred to and from computer memory from and to a device or memory on the bus while the processor does something else DMA is the fastest method of transferring data to from computer memory F frame...
Page 27: ...ead is accounted for a x1 link can provide up to 200 MB s of input capability and 200 MB s of output capability Increasing the number of lanes in a link increases maximum throughput by approximately t...
Page 28: ...ge standard utilizing individual differential signal pairs for data transmission in each direction Depending on data transmission rates RS 422 can be used at distances to 4 000 ft 1 275 m RTSI bus Rea...
Page 29: ...an configure each of these lines to start or stop acquisition on a rising or falling edge TTL Transistor transistor logic V VI Virtual Instrument 1 A combination of hardware and or software elements t...
Page 30: ...rdware binarization 2 2 overview 2 1 help technical support A 1 high speed timing 2 5 I instrument drivers NI resources A 1 integration with DAQ and motion control 1 5 K KnowledgeBase A 1 M MDR 26 pin...
Page 31: ...Express interface 2 6 programming examples NI resources A 1 Q quadrature encoder support 2 4 S serial interface 2 6 signal connections 3 1 SMB connector 3 2 software NI resources A 1 overview 1 3 soft...
