National Instruments IMAQ PCI-1409, IMAQ PXI-1409 User Manual
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IMAQ PCI/PXI™-1409 User Manual
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IMAQ PCI/PXI-1409 User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
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
VIDEO0 Input Mode....................................................................................... 2-6
Installation .....................................................................................................................2-7
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
Functional Overview...................................................................................................... 3-1
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
Acquisition Modes.........................................................................................................3-4
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Analog Front End Considerations ................................................................................. 3-5
10-bit/8-bit Mode ............................................................................................ 3-5
Chapter 4
Signal Connections
BNC Connector ............................................................................................................. 4-1
I/O Connector ................................................................................................................4-1
I/O Connector Signal Connection Descriptions.............................................. 4-3
Appendix A
Specifications
Appendix B
Custom Cables
Appendix C
Technical Support Resources
Glossary
Index
Figures
Figure 1-1. The Relationship between the Programming Environment,
Figure 1-2. NI-IMAQ Functions.............................................................................. 1-4
Figure 1-3. IMAQ Vision Builder and Application Development Tools................ 1-5
Figure 2-1. How to Set up Your IMAQ System...................................................... 2-3
Figure 2-2. PCI-1409 Parts Locator Diagram.......................................................... 2-5
Figure 2-3. Configuring VIDEO0 with Jumper W1................................................ 2-6
Figure 3-1. 1409 Device Block Diagram................................................................. 3-2
Figure 3-2. IMAQ PCI/PXI-1409 Analog Front End.............................................. 3-5
Figure 4-1. BNC Connector Pin Assignment .......................................................... 4-1
Figure 4-2. I/O Connector Pin Assignments............................................................ 4-2
NI-IMAQ, and Your Hardware............................................................. 1-3
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Tables
Contents
Table 1-1. Pins Used by the PXI-1409 Device.......................................................1-2
Table 4-1. I/O Connector Signals ...........................................................................4-3
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Introduction
This chapter describes the PCI-1409 and PXI-1409 devices and describes
your software programming choices.
About Your 1409 Device
The PCI-1409 and PXI-1409 devices are high-accuracy, monochrome,
IMAQ boards for PCI, PXI, or CompactPCI chassis that support RS-170,
CCIR, NTSC, and PAL video standards as well as some nonstandard
cameras from any of four input sources. The boards feature a 10-bit
analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts video signals to digital
formats. The PCI-1409 acquires images in real time and can store these
images in onboard frame memory or transfer these images directly to
system memory.
The 1409 device is simple to configure so that you can easily install the
board and begin your image acquisition. The 1409 device ships with
NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments complete image acquisition driver
software you can use to directly control your 1409 device. Using NI-IMAQ,
you can quickly and easily start your application without having to program
the board at the register level.
1
Featuring low cost and high accuracy, the 1409 device is ideal for
both industrial and scientific environments. As a standalone board, the
1409 device supports four general purpose control lines that you can
configure to generate precise timing signals for controlling camera
acquisition. The 1409 device also supports four video sources and four
external I/O lines that you can use as triggers or digital I/O lines. If you
require more advanced triggering or additional I/O lines (either digital or
analog), you can use the 1409 device and NI-IMAQ with the National
Instruments data acquisition (DAQ) product line.
A common problem with many image acquisition boards is that you cannot
easily synchronize several functions to a common trigger or timing event.
The 1409 device uses its Real-Time System Integration (RTSI) bus to solve
this problem. The RTSI bus consists of the National Instruments RTSI bus
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interface and ribbon cable to route additional timing and trigger signals
between the 1409 device and up to four National Instruments DAQ, Motion
Control, or other IMAQ boards in your computer.
Detailed specifications of the PCI-1409 and PXI-1409 are in Appendix A,
Specifications.
Using PXI with CompactPCI
Using PXI-compatible products with standard CompactPCI products is an
important feature provided by the PXI Specification, Revision 1.0. If you
use a PXI-compatible plug-in device in a standard CompactPCI chassis,
you will be unable to use PXI-specific functions, but you can still use the
basic plug-in device functions. For example, the RTSI bus on your
PXI-1409 device is available in a PXI chassis, but not in a CompactPCI
chassis.
The CompactPCI specification permits vendors to develop sub-buses that
coexist with the basic PCI interface on the CompactPCI bus. Compatible
operation is not guaranteed between CompactPCI devices with different
sub-buses nor between CompactPCI devices with sub-buses and PXI.
The standard implementation for CompactPCI does not include these
sub-buses. Your PXI-1409 device will work in any standard CompactPCI
chassis adhering to the PICMG 2.0 R2.1 CompactPCI core specification
using the 64-bit definition for J2.
PXI specific features are implemented on the J2 connector of the
CompactPCI bus. Table 1-1 lists the J2 pins your PXI-1409 device uses.
Your PXI device is compatible with any CompactPCI chassis with a
sub-bus that does not drive these lines. Even if the sub-bus is capable of
driving these lines, the PXI device is still compatible as long as those pins
on the sub-bus are disabled by default and not ever enabled. Damage may
result if these lines are driven by the sub-bus.
Table 1-1. Pins Used by the PXI-1409 Device
PXI-1409 Signal PXI Pin Name PXI J2 Pin Number
RTSI Trigger <0..6> PXI Trigger <0..6> B16, A16, A17, A18,
B18, C18, E18
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Software Programming Choices
Using NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments image acquisition driver
software, you can program your IMAQ board to acquire and save images.
You can use NI-IMAQ with other National Instruments software for a
complete image acquisition and analysis solution, as shown in Figure 1-1.
NI-IMAQ works with LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI, as well
as conventional programming languages. National Instruments
IMAQ Vision adds powerful image processing and analysis to these
programming environments. You can also use IMAQ Vision Builder to
quickly and easily prototype your IMAQ image analysis applications.
Vision Software
IMAQ Vision
Chapter 1 Introduction
Image
Analysis
LabVIEW
Filters
Blob
Analysis
Color Matching
and Analysis
Application Software
Figure 1-1.
Pattern
Matching
(LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++, Visual Basic)
Driver Software
Hardware
DAQIMAQ
Gauging and
Measurement
Display
and ROI
Measurement Studio
NI-MotionNI-DAQNI-IMAQ
ValueMotion/
FlexMotion
Morphology
The Relationship between the Programming Environment,
NI-IMAQ, and Your Hardware
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NI-IMAQ Driver Software
The NI-IMAQ driver software is included with your IMAQ device.
NI-IMAQ has an extensive library of functions that you can call from your
application programming environment. These functions include routines
for video configuration, image acquisition (continuous and single-shot),
memory buffer allocation, trigger control, and board configuration, as
shown in Figure 1-2.
NI-IMAQ
Acquisition
Triggering
and Timing
DAQ
Synchronization
Buffer ControlImage
Figure 1-2. NI-IMAQ Functions
Camera Control Lookup Table
The NI-IMAQ driver software performs all of the functions required for
acquiring and saving images. The NI-IMAQ software does not perform any
image analysis. For image analysis functionality, refer to the National
Instruments IMAQ Vision section in this chapter.
NI-IMAQ has both high-level and low-level functions for maximum
flexibility and performance. Examples of high-level functions include the
functions to acquire images in single-shot or continuous mode. An example
of a low-level function is configuring an image sequence, since it requires
advanced understanding of your IMAQ device and image acquisition.
NI-IMAQ internally resolves many of the complex issues between the
computer and your IMAQ device, such as programming interrupts and
DMA controllers.
NI-IMAQ is also the interface path between LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI,
or a conventional programming environment and your IMAQ device. The
NI-IMAQ software kit includes a series of libraries for image acquisition
for LabVIEW and Measurement Studio, which contains libraries for
LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++, and Visual Basic. These libraries are
functionally equivalent to the NI-IMAQ software.
Control
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National Instruments IMAQ Vision
IMAQ Vision is an image acquisition, processing, and analysis library of
more than 200 functions for grayscale, color, and binary image display,
image processing, pattern matching, shape matching, blob analysis,
gauging, and measurement.
You can use IMAQ Vision functions directly or in combination for unique
image processing. With IMAQ Vision you can acquire, display, manipulate,
and store images as well as perform image analysis, processing, and
interpretation. Using IMAQ Vision, an imaging novice or expert can
perform graphical programming of the most basic or complicated image
applications without knowledge of any algorithm implementations.
IMAQ Vision is available for LabVIEW and Measurement Studio, which
includes support for LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++, and Visual Basic.
IMAQ Vision Builder
IMAQ Vision Builder is an interactive prototyping tool for machine vision
and scientific imaging developers. With IMAQ Vision Builder, you can
prototype vision software quickly or test how various vision image
processing functions work.
Chapter 1 Introduction
As shown in Figure 1-3, IMAQ Vision Builder generates a Builder file,
which is a text description that contains a recipe of the machine vision and
image processing functions. This Builder file provides a guide you can use
for developing applications with IMAQ Vision in LabVIEW or
Measurement Studio.
IMAQ
Vision Builder
Prototype
Builder File
Vision Application
Development
IMAQ
Vision
Figure 1-3. IMAQ Vision Builder and Application Development Tools
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and
Application
Software
Chapter 1 Introduction
Integration with DAQ
Any platform that supports NI-IMAQ also supports NI-DAQ and a variety
of National Instruments DAQ boards, allowing your IMAQ device and
NI-IMAQ development to integrate with National Instruments DAQ
products.
Vision and Motion
With National Instruments IMAQ hardware and IMAQ Vision pattern
matching software you can quickly and accurately locate objects in
instances where objects vary in size, orientation, focus, and even when the
part is poorly illuminated. Use National Instruments high-performance
stepper and servo motion control products with pattern matching software
in inspection and guidance applications such as locating alignment markers
on semiconductor wafers, guiding robotic arms, inspecting the quality of
manufactured parts, and locating cells.
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Configuration and Installation
This chapter lists what you need to get started acquiring images with your
IMAQ device; describes optional equipment and custom cables; and
explains how to unpack, configure, and install your IMAQ device.
What You Need to Get Started
To set up and use your 1409 device, you will need the following:
❑
One of the following 1409 devices:
– PCI-1409
– PXI-1409
Getting Started with Your IMAQ System
❑
❑
NI-IMAQ release notes
IMAQ PCI/PXI-1409 User Manual
❑
2
❑
NI-IMAQ for Windows 2000/NT/Me/9x and online documentation
❑
Optional software packages and documentation:
– IMAQ Vision for LabVIEW or Measurement Studio
(LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++, Visual Basic)
– IMAQ Vision Builder
– LabVIEW
– Measurement Studio (LabWindows/CVI, Tools for Visual Basic)
❑
IMAQ BNC-1 shielded, 75 Ω BNC cable for VIDEO0 (included with
the 1409 device)
❑
BNC-to-RCA adapter (included with your 1409 device)
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❑
Your Pentium-based PCI, PXI, or CompactPCI computer running
Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows Me, Windows 98, or
Windows 95
❑
A video camera or other video source
Note
The IMAQ PCI-1409 and PXI-1409 devices rely on your computer’s PCI interface
chipset for the highest throughput to system memory. For the best results, your computer
should have a Pentium or better processor and an Intel 430 or 440 series or compatible PCI
interface chipset.
Optional Equipment
National Instruments offers a variety of products for use with your
PCI/PXI-1409 board, including the following cables and other National
Instruments products:
• IMAQ 6822 BNC breakout box and cable for trigger and additional
camera support
• RTSI bus cables for connecting the 1409 device to other IMAQ or DAQ
hardware
• Other National Instruments DAQ devices for enhanced triggering,
timing, or input/output
For more specific information about these products, refer to your National
Instruments catalog or Web site, or call the office nearest you.
How to Set up Your IMAQ System
Use Figure 2-1 as a guide while you install your software and hardware,
configure your hardware, and begin using NI-IMAQ in your application
programs.
Follow the instructions in the Getting Started with Your IMAQ System
document to install your NI-IMAQ software and IMAQ hardware.
If you will be accessing the NI-IMAQ device drivers through LabVIEW,
you should read the NI-IMAQ release notes and the NI-IMAQ User Manual
to help you get started.
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