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Introduction
The NI PCIe-1430 is a highly flexible image acquisition device capable
of performing simultaneous and asynchronous acquisitions from up to
two Base configuration Camera Link-compatible cameras. The NI 1430
acquires digital images in real time and transfers them directly to system
memory. Featuring a high-speed data path, the NI 1430 is ideal for both
industrial and scientific environments.
The NI 1430 is easy to install and configure. It ships with NI-IMAQ, the
National Instruments driver software that is used to directly control the
NI 1430 and other National Instruments image acquisition devices. With
NI-IMAQ, you can start your applications without having to program the
device at the register level. Refer to
Getting Started with the NI PCIe-1429
and NI PCIe-1430
for information about installing the NI 1430.
Camera 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 files are
available for download from the National Instruments Industrial Camera
Advisor Web site at
ni.com/camera
.
The MDR 26-pin connectors on the NI 1430 provide the connection to
Camera Link-compatible cameras. For further configuration information,
refer to the
.
The NI 1430 has one I/O line on its front panel. Additional I/O lines for
advanced triggering, pulse-train outputs, and isolated DIO are available
with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board. The I/O Extension Board
also can be used for interfacing to a quadrature encoder. Refer to the
NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board User Guide
for information about the
I/O Extension Board.
For more advanced digital or analog system triggering or digital I/O lines,
you can use the NI 1430 and NI-IMAQ with the National Instruments Data
Acquisition (DAQ) or Motion Control product lines.
