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Contents
About Your 1409 Device ...............................................................................................1-1
Using PXI with CompactPCI.........................................................................................1-2
Software Programming Choices ....................................................................................1-3
NI-IMAQ Driver Software ..............................................................................1-4
National Instruments IMAQ Vision ................................................................1-5
IMAQ Vision Builder......................................................................................1-5
Integration with DAQ......................................................................................1-6
Vision and Motion...........................................................................................1-6
Chapter 2
Configuration and Installation
What You Need to Get Started ......................................................................................2-1
Optional Equipment .......................................................................................................2-2
How to Set up Your IMAQ System...............................................................................2-2
Unpacking ......................................................................................................................2-4
Board Configuration ......................................................................................................2-4
Video Mux.......................................................................................................3-2
Programmable Gain and Offset .......................................................................3-2
Analog Bandwidth Control Circuitry ..............................................................3-2
10-Bit ADC .....................................................................................................3-2
Digital Filter and LUT.....................................................................................3-3
Onboard Memory ............................................................................................3-3
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers ....................................................................3-3
PCI Interface....................................................................................................3-3
Genlock Circuit and SYNC Mux ....................................................................3-3
Acquisition and Region-of-Interest (ROI) Control .........................................3-4
RTSI Bus .........................................................................................................3-4
Digital Input/Output Circuitry.........................................................................3-4