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Introduction
The NI PXI/PCI-1428 (NI 1428) is an image acquisition device that
supports a diverse range of Camera Link-compatible cameras. The NI 1428
acquires digital images in real time and stores the images in onboard frame
memory or transfers them directly to system memory. Featuring a
high-speed data flow path, the NI 1428 is ideal for both industrial and
scientific environments.
The NI 1428 is easy to install and configure. It ships with NI-IMAQ, the
National Instruments complete image acquisition driver software you can
use to directly control the NI 1428 and other National Instruments image
acquisition hardware products. With NI-IMAQ, you can quickly and easily
start your applications without having to program the device at the register
level.
The NI 1428 supports the Camera Link Base configuration. The VHDCI
68-pin connector provides access to the 8-bit
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4 mode of the Camera Link
Medium configuration. For further configuration information, refer to the
section of Chapter 2,
The VHDCI 68-pin connector has four external input/output (I/O) lines you
can use as triggers or as high-speed digital I/O lines.
For more advanced digital or analog system triggering or digital I/O lines,
you can use the NI 1428 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 1428 uses the
Real-Time System Integration (RTSI) bus to solve this problem.
The RTSI bus uses the National Instruments RTSI bus interface and ribbon
cable to route additional timing and trigger signals between the PCI-1428
and up to four National Instruments DAQ, motion control, or image
acquisition devices. The RTSI bus can also synchronize multiple image
acquisition hardware captures. The RTSI bus is integrated into the PXI
system’s backplane for the NI PXI-1428.
