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Introduction
This chapter describes the IMAQ PCI-1410 device and its software
programming options.
About the IMAQ 1410 Device
The IMAQ 1410 is a high-accuracy, monochrome image acquisition
(IMAQ) device for PCI that supports RS-170, CCIR, NTSC, and PAL
video standards, as well as nonstandard cameras from any of four input
sources. The IMAQ 1410 features a 10-bit analog-to-digital converter
(ADC) that converts video signals to digital formats. The IMAQ 1410
acquires images in real time and stores them in onboard frame memory or
transfers them directly to system memory.
The IMAQ 1410 is easy to install and configure. It ships with NI-IMAQ,
the National Instruments driver software you can use to directly control the
IMAQ 1410 and other National Instruments IMAQ devices. With
NI-IMAQ, you can quickly and easily start the applications without having
to program the device at the register level.
As a stand-alone device, the IMAQ 1410 supports four general-purpose
control lines that are configurable to generate precise timing signals for
controlling camera acquisition. The IMAQ 1410 also supports four video
sources and four external I/O lines to use as triggers or digital I/O lines.
Easily synchronizing several functions to a common trigger or timing event
is a common challenge with image acquisition devices. The IMAQ 1410
uses its 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 IMAQ 1410
and National Instruments DAQ, Motion Control, or other IMAQ devices.
The RTSI bus can even synchronize multiple IMAQ hardware captures.
For detailed IMAQ 1410 specifications, refer to Appendix A,
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Refer to Figure 1-1 for the location of the IMAQ 1410 W1 jumper and the
connectors discussed in this manual.
