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NI PCI-1405 User Manual

Single-Channel Color Image Acquisition Device

NI PCI-1405 User Manual

February 2007
373687B-01

Summary of Contents for PCI-1405

Page 1: ...NI Vision NI PCI 1405 User Manual Single Channel Color Image Acquisition Device NI PCI 1405 User Manual February 2007 373687B 01...

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Page 3: ...ding photocopying recording storing in an information retrieval system or translating in whole or in part without the prior written consent of National Instruments Corporation National Instruments res...

Page 4: ...t of Communications DOC Changes or modifications not expressly approved by NI could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules Class A Federal Communications Commission Thi...

Page 5: ...on about precautions to take bold Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software such as menu items and dialog box options Bold text also denotes parameter names italic Italic t...

Page 6: ...gration with DAQ and Motion Control 1 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Overview Functional Overview 2 1 Video Acquisition 2 2 Video Decoder 2 2 SDRAM 2 2 Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry 2 2 Acquisition and...

Page 7: ...Contents NI PCI 1405 User Manual viii ni com Glossary Index...

Page 8: ...oftware which includes NI IMAQ the National Instruments driver software you can use to directly control the NI 1405 and other National Instruments image acquisition hardware products Using NI IMAQ you...

Page 9: ...on memory buffer allocation trigger control and device configuration you can call from your application development environment ADE NI IMAQ handles many of the complex issues between the computer and...

Page 10: ...stem for automated inspection With Vision Builder AI you can perform powerful visual inspection tasks and make decisions based on the results of individual tasks With Vision Builder AI you can migrate...

Page 11: ...ual Basic using the Vision Assistant machine vision and image processing libraries Using the LabVIEW VI creation wizard Vision Assistant can create LabVIEW VI block diagrams that perform the prototype...

Page 12: ...l Overview The NI 1405 features a high speed data path optimized for the acquisition and formatting of video data from analog monochrome and color cameras The block diagram in Figure 2 1 illustrates t...

Page 13: ...deo parameters The video decoder also strips out all necessary clock and synchronization signals included in the video signal and controls the acquisition conditions automatically High quality circuit...

Page 14: ...Bus Master PCI Interface The NI 1405 implements the PCI interface with a National Instruments custom application specific integrated circuit ASIC the PCI MITE The PCI interface can transfer data at a...

Page 15: ...xels to be acquired relative to the assertion edge of the horizontal or line enable signal from the camera The active line region selects the starting line and number of lines to be acquired relative...

Page 16: ...ons This chapter describes cable connections for the NI 1405 Connectors The NI 1405 uses two BNC connectors on the front panel to connect to video data input and the external trigger signal Figure 3 1...

Page 17: ...llows you to make a referenced single ended RSE connection to the video channel TRIG External trigger You can use this TTL I O line to start an acquisition or to control external events You can progra...

Page 18: ...spectrum as shown in Figure A 1 Figure A 1 White Light and the Visible Spectrum White light is a combination of all colors at once The spectrum of white light is continuous and goes from ultraviolet...

Page 19: ...For example orange and brown may have the same hue and saturation however orange has a greater intensity than brown Image Representations Color images can be represented in several different formats...

Page 20: ...from the NI 1405 to HSL or Hue Saturation and Intensity HSI planes Luminance intensity hue and saturation are defined using the red green and blue values in the following formulas Luminance 0 299 Red...

Page 21: ...ed users receive free Basic Service which includes access to hundreds of Application Engineers worldwide in the NI Discussion Forums at ni com forums National Instruments Application Engineers make su...

Page 22: ...by visiting ni com certification Calibration Certificate If your product supports calibration you can obtain the calibration certificate for your product at ni com calibration If you searched ni com a...

Page 23: ...ion window or frame that is controlled and defined by software B brightness A constant that is added to the red green and blue components of a color pixel during the color decoding process buffer Temp...

Page 24: ...or DIO boards plugged into a computer and possibly generating control signals with D A and or DIO boards in the same computer DMA Direct memory access A method by which data can be transferred to and...

Page 25: ...aturation and 8 bits for intensity HSL Color encoding scheme using Hue Saturation and Luma information where each pixel in the image is encoded using 32 bits 8 bits for hue 8 bits for saturation 8 bit...

Page 26: ...ware NTSC National Television Standards Committee The committee that developed the color video standard used primarily in North America which uses 525 lines per frame See also PAL NVRAM Nonvolatile RA...

Page 27: ...oded using 32 bits 8 bits for red 8 bits for green 8 bits for blue and 8 bits for the alpha value unused ROI Region of interest A hardware programmable rectangular portion of the acquisition window RS...

Page 28: ...his line 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 typically used with a PC...

Page 29: ...2 4 connector for NI 1405 figure 3 1 conventions used in the manual v D Declaration of Conformity NI resources B 2 diagnostic tools NI resources B 1 DMA controllers scatter gather 2 3 documentation c...

Page 30: ...services B 1 NI 1405 overview 1 1 software programming choices 1 2 NI support and services B 1 NTSC video standard 2 2 P PAL video standard 2 2 post decoding coring 2 2 programming examples NI resourc...

Page 31: ...technical support B 1 training and certification NI resources B 1 TRIG signal table 3 2 trigger control and mapping circuitry 2 2 troubleshooting NI resources B 1 V video acquisition 2 2 video decode...

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