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NI PCIe-1433 User Manual and Specifications
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Introduction
The NI PCIe-1433 (NI 1433) is an image acquisition device that supports
Base, Medium, Full, and Extended Full configuration Camera
Link-compatible cameras. The NI 1433 acquires digital images in real time
and transfers them directly to system memory. Featuring a high-speed data
path, the NI 1433 is ideal for both industrial and scientific environments.
The NI 1433 is easy to install and configure. It ships with NI-IMAQ, the
National Instruments driver software that is used to directly control the
NI 1433 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-1433
for information about installing the NI 1433.
Camera files configure the NI 1433 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 26-pin MDR connectors on the NI 1433 provide the connection to
Camera Link-compatible cameras. For further configuration information,
refer to the
section of Chapter 2,
.
The NI 1433 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 (PCIe). 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 (PCIe) 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 1433 and NI-IMAQ with the National Instruments Data
Acquisition (DAQ) or Motion Control product lines.
Synchronizing several functions to a common trigger or timing event can
be a challenge with image acquisition devices. The NI 1433 uses the
Real-Time System Integration (RTSI) bus to synchronize multiple devices,
