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NI PCI-1405 User Manual
Single-Channel Color Image Acquisition Device
NI PCI-1405 User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the NI 1405 .........................................................................................................1-1
Software Overview ........................................................................................................1-2
NI-IMAQ Driver Software ..............................................................................1-2
National Instruments Application Software ....................................................1-3
Integration with DAQ and Motion Control ..................................................... 1-4
Chapter 2
Hardware Overview
Functional Overview......................................................................................................2-1
Video Acquisition............................................................................................2-2
Video Decoder.................................................................................................2-2
SDRAM........................................................................................................... 2-2
Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry ..........................................................2-2
Acquisition and ROI Circuitry ........................................................................ 2-3
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers ....................................................................2-3
Bus Master PCI Interface ................................................................................ 2-3
Start Conditions ...............................................................................................2-3
Acquisition Window Control ..........................................................................2-4
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection.........................................1-3
Vision Development Module ............................................................1-3
Chapter 3
Signal Connections
Connectors .....................................................................................................................3-1
Signal Descriptions ........................................................................................................3-2
Appendix A
Introduction to Color
Appendix B
Technical Support and Professional Services
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Glossary
Index
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Introduction
This chapter describes the NI PCI-1405 (NI 1405) and the software
programming choices.
About the NI 1405
The NI 1405 is a PCI monochrome and color image acquisition device that
supports a diverse range of analog cameras from many camera companies.
The NI 1405 acquires images in real time and can store these images in
onboard frame memory or transfer these images directly to system
memory.
The NI 1405 is easy to configure, which allows you to begin acquiring
images quickly. The NI 1405 ships with NI Vision Acquisition Software,
which includes NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments driver software
you can use to directly control the NI 1405 and other National Instruments
image acquisition hardware products. Using NI-IMAQ, you can quickly
and easily start your applications without having to program the device at
the register level.
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The NI 1405 features a precision color analog video decoder ideal
for industrial and scientific environments. The NI 1405 supports
both NTSC and PAL color standards as well as the RS-170 and CCIR
monochrome standards. The NI 1405 also provides one external
input/output (I/O) line that you can use as a trigger or digital I/O line. If you
require more advanced triggering or digital I/O lines, you can use the
NI 1405 and NI-IMAQ with the National Instruments data acquisition
(DAQ) product line.
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Software Overview
Programming the NI 1405 requires the NI-IMAQ driver software for
controlling the hardware. National Instruments also offers the following
application software packages for analyzing and processing your acquired
images:
• Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI)—Allows you to
configure solutions for common inspection tasks.
• Vision Development Module—Provides customized control over
hardware and algorithms.
The following sections provide an overview of the driver software and
application software. For detailed information about individual software
packages, refer to the documentation specific to the package.
NI-IMAQ Driver Software
The NI 1405 ships with NI Vision Acquisition Software, which includes
the NI-IMAQ driver software. NI-IMAQ has an extensive library of
functions—such as routines for video configuration, continuous and
single-shot image acquisition, memory buffer allocation, trigger control,
and device configuration—you can call from your application development
environment (ADE). NI-IMAQ handles many of the complex issues
between the computer and the image acquisition device, such as
programming interrupts and camera control.
NI-IMAQ performs all functions required for acquiring and saving images
but does not perform image analysis. For image analysis functionality, refer
to the National Instruments Application Software section of this chapter.
NI-IMAQ is also the interface path between the NI 1405 and LabVIEW,
LabWindows
NI-IMAQ software kit includes a series of image acquisition libraries
for LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement Studio, which
contains libraries for Microsoft Visual Basic.
NI-IMAQ features both high-level and low-level functions. Examples
of high-level functions include the sequences to acquire images in
multi-buffer, single-shot, or continuous mode. An example of a low-level
function is configuring an image sequence, which requires advanced
understanding of the image acquisition device and image acquisition.
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/CVI™, or a text-based programming environment. The
National Instruments Application Software
This section describes the National Instruments application software
packages you can use to analyze and process the images you acquire
with the NI 1405.
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI) is configurable machine
vision software that you can use to prototype, benchmark, and deploy
applications for use in LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, and Measurement
Studio. Vision Builder AI does not require programming, but it is scalable
to powerful programming environments.
Vision Builder AI allows you to easily configure and benchmark a
sequence of visual inspection steps, as well as deploy the visual inspection
system for automated inspection. With Vision Builder AI, you can perform
powerful visual inspection tasks and make decisions based on the results of
individual tasks. With Vision Builder AI, you can migrate the configured
inspection to LabVIEW, extending the capabilities of your applications if
necessary.
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Vision Development Module
The Vision Development Module is an image acquisition, processing, and
analysis library of more than 270 functions for common machine vision
tasks, such as:
• Pattern matching
• Particle analysis
•Gauging
• Taking measurements
• Grayscale, color, and binary image display
You can use the Vision Development Module functions individually or in
combination. With the Vision Development Module, you can acquire,
display, and store images, as well as perform image analysis and
processing. Using the Vision Development Module, imaging novices and
experts can program the most basic or complicated image applications
without knowledge of particular algorithm implementations.
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NI Vision Assistant is included with the Vision Development Module.
Vision Assistant is an interactive prototyping tool for machine vision and
scientific imaging developers. With Vision Assistant, you can prototype
vision applications quickly and test how various vision image processing
functions work.
Vision Assistant generates a Builder file, which is a text description
containing a recipe of the machine vision and image processing functions.
This Builder file provides a guide you can use for developing applications
in any ADE, such as LabWindows/CVI or Visual Basic, using the
Vision Assistant machine vision and image processing libraries. Using the
LabVIEW VI creation wizard, Vision Assistant can create LabVIEW VI
block diagrams that perform the prototype you created in Vision Assistant.
You can then use LabVIEW to add functionality to the generated VI.
Integration with DAQ and Motion Control
Platforms that support NI-IMAQ also support NI-DAQ and a variety of
National Instruments DAQ devices. This allows for integration between
image acquisition devices and DAQ devices.
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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Hardware Overview
This chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on the
NI 1405 and explains the operation of each functional unit making up
the NI 1405.
Functional Overview
The NI 1405 features a high-speed data path optimized for the acquisition
and formatting of video data from analog monochrome and color cameras.
The block diagram in Figure 2-1 illustrates the key functional components
of the NI 1405.
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SDRAM
Analog Video
External Trigger
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Video
Decoder
Acquisition,
IMAQ SDRAM
Memory
Interface
ROI, and
Control
Figure 2-1. NI 1405 Block Diagram
PCI Interface and
Scatter-Gather
DMA Controller
PCI Bus
Chapter 2 Hardware Overview
Video Acquisition
Video Decoder
The NI 1405 can acquire analog color video in a variety of modes and then
store the images in the onboard SDRAM memory or transfer the images
directly to PCI system memory.
The NI 1405 supports NTSC and PAL video standards in composite
format. The onboard video decoder converts the incoming video signal to
red, green, and blue (RGB) data.
The video decoder allows you to control numerous parameters to optimize
an acquisition. You can independently adjust parameters, such as analog
input range, brightness, contrast, saturation, or frequency range, which is
controlled by different filters. Refer to the Measurement & Automation
Explorer Help for NI-IMAQ, which is installed with NI-IMAQ, for a
complete description of the NI 1405 video parameters.
The video decoder also strips out all necessary clock and synchronization
signals included in the video signal and controls the acquisition conditions
automatically. High-quality circuitry can generate the synchronization
signals from poor timing signals. This allows you to acquire from, for
example, a video cassette recorder (VCR).
SDRAM
The NI 1405 has 16 MB of onboard high-speed synchronous dynamic
RAM (SDRAM). The NI 1405 can use the onboard RAM as a first-in
first-out (FIFO) buffer, transferring the image data as it is acquired or
acquiring the image data into SDRAM and holding it for later transfer
to main memory.
Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry
The trigger control monitors and drives the external trigger line. You can
configure this line to start an acquisition on a rising or falling edge and
drive the line asserted or unasserted, similar to a digital I/O line. You can
also map many of the NI 1405 status signals to this trigger line and program
the trigger line in polarity and direction.
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Acquisition and ROI Circuitry
The acquisition and region-of-interest (ROI) circuitry monitors the
incoming video signals and routes the active pixels to the SDRAM
memory. The NI 1405 can perform an ROI acquisition on all video lines
and frames. In an ROI acquisition, you select an area within the acquisition
window to transfer to the PCI bus.
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers
The NI 1405 uses three independent onboard direct memory access (DMA)
controllers. The DMA controllers transfer data between the onboard
SDRAM memory buffers and the PCI bus. Each of these controllers
supports scatter-gather DMA, which allows the DMA controller to
reconfigure on-the-fly. Thus, the NI 1405 can perform continuous image
transfers directly to either contiguous or fragmented memory buffers.
Bus Master PCI Interface
The NI 1405 implements the PCI interface with a National Instruments
custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), the PCI MITE. The
PCI interface can transfer data at a maximum rate of 132 Mbytes/s in
bus master mode. The NI 1405 can generate 8-, 16-, and 32-bit memory
read and write cycles, both single and multiple. The interface logic ensures
that the NI 1405 can meet PCI loading, driving, and timing requirements.
Chapter 2 Hardware Overview
Start Conditions
The NI 1405 can start acquisitions in a variety of conditions:
• Software control—The NI 1405 supports software control of
acquisition start. You can configure the NI 1405 to capture a fixed
number of fields or frames. Use this configuration for capturing a
single frame or a sequence of frames.
• Trigger control—You can start an acquisition by enabling the
external trigger line. This input can start a video acquisition on a
rising or falling edge.
• Frame/field selection—With an interlaced camera and the NI 1405 in
frame mode, you can program the NI 1405 to start an acquisition on
any odd or even field.
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Chapter 2 Hardware Overview
Acquisition Window Control
You can configure numerous parameters on the NI 1405 to control the
video acquisition window. A brief description of each parameter follows:
• Acquisition window—The NI 1405 allows you to specify a particular
region of active pixels and active lines within the incoming video data.
The active pixel region selects the starting pixel and number of pixels
to be acquired relative to the assertion edge of the horizontal (or line)
enable signal from the camera. The active line region selects the
starting line and number of lines to be acquired relative to the assertion
edge of the vertical (or frame) enable signal.
• Region of interest—The NI 1405 uses a second level of active pixel
and active line regions for selecting a region of interest. When you
disable the region-of-interest circuitry, the device stores the entire
acquisition window into onboard or system memory. However, when
you enable the region-of-interest circuitry, the device acquires only a
selected subset of the image frame.
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Signal Connections
This chapter describes cable connections for the NI 1405.
Connectors
The NI 1405 uses two BNC connectors on the front panel to connect
to video data input and the external trigger signal. Figure 3-1 shows the
position of the connectors.
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VIDEO
TRIG
Figure 3-1. NI 1405 Connectors
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Signal Descriptions
Table 3-1 describes the signal connections on the NI 1405 connectors.
Table 3-1. I/O Connector Signals
Signal Name Description
VIDEO Composite Video—This signal allows you to make a referenced
single-ended (RSE) connection to the video channel.
TRIG External trigger—You can use this TTL I/O line to start an acquisition or
to control external events. You can program the triggers to be risingor falling-edge sensitive. You can also program the triggers to be
programmatically asserted or unasserted, similar to the function of a digital
I/O line, or to drive internal status signals by using the onboard events.
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Introduction to Color
Color is the wavelength of the light we receive in our eye when we look at
an object. In theory, the color spectrum is infinite. Humans, however, can
see only a small portion of this spectrum—the portion that goes from the
red edge of infrared light, which is the longest wavelength, to the blue edge
of ultraviolet light, which is the shortest wavelength. This continuous
spectrum is called the visible spectrum, as shown in Figure A-1.
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Figure A-1. White Light and the Visible Spectrum
White light is a combination of all colors at once. The spectrum of white
light is continuous and goes from ultraviolet to infrared in a smooth
transition. You can represent a good approximation of white light by
selecting a few reference colors and weighting them appropriately.
The most common way to represent white light is to use three reference
components, such as red, green, and blue (R, G, and B primaries). You
can simulate most colors of the visible spectrum using these primaries.
For example, video projectors use red, green, and blue light generators,
and an RGB camera uses red, green, and blue sensors.
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The perception of a color depends on many factors, such as the following:
• Hue, which is the perceived dominant color. Hue depends directly on
the wavelength of a color.
• Saturation, which is dependent on the amount of white light present in
a color. Pastels typically have a low saturation while very rich colors
have a high saturation. For example, pink typically has a red hue but
has a low saturation.
• Luminance, which is the brightness information in the video picture.
The luminance signal amplitude varies in proportion to the brightness
of the video signal and corresponds exactly to the monochrome
picture.
• Intensity, which is the brightness of a color and is usually expressed as
light or dark. For example, orange and brown may have the same hue
and saturation; however, orange has a greater intensity than brown.
Image Representations
Color images can be represented in several different formats. These formats
can contain all color information from the image or they can consist of only
one aspect of the color information, such as hue or luminance. The
following image representations can be produced using the NI 1405.
RGB
The most common image representation is 32-bit RGB format. In this
representation, the three 8-bit color planes—red, green, and blue—are
packed into an array of 32-bit integers. This representation is useful for
displaying the image on a monitor. The 32-bit integer is organized as
follows:
0 RED GREEN BLUE
where the high-order byte is not used and the low-order byte is blue.
Color Planes
The red, green, or blue planes can be returned individually. Each plane is
extracted from the RGB image and represented as an array of 8-bit integers.
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Hue, Saturation, Luminance, and Intensity Planes
The NI 1405 can return an 8-bit Luminance (L) plane, but not Hue (H) or
Saturation (S) planes. You can use the NI Vision Development Module or
Vision Builder AI to convert the RGB data from the NI 1405 to HSL or
Hue, Saturation, and Intensity (HSI) planes.
Luminance, intensity, hue, and saturation are defined using the red, green,
and blue values in the following formulas:
Luminance = 0.299 × Red + 0.587 × Green + 0.114 × Blue
Intensity = (Red + Green + Blue) / 3
Hue = ATN2 (Y, X)
where
Y = (Green – Blue) / and
X = (2 × Red – Green – Blue) /
Saturation =
⎛⎞
255 1
×
⎝⎠
2
3 Min R G B,,()×
------------------------------------------–
RGB++
32-Bit HSL and HSI
You can also pack the three 8-bit HSL planes or the three HSI planes
in one array of 32-bit integers, which is equivalent to the 32-bit RGB
representation.
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the manufacturer’s declaration of conformity. This system affords
the user protection for electronic compatibility (EMC) and product
safety. You can obtain the DoC for your product by visiting
ni.com/certification.
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you can obtain the calibration certificate for your product at
ni.com/calibration.
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Glossary
A
acquisition window The image size specific to a video standard or camera resolution.
active line region The region of lines actively being stored. Defined by a line start (relative to
the vertical synchronization signal) and a line count.
active pixel region The region of pixels actively being stored. Defined by a pixel start (relative
to the horizontal synchronization signal) and a pixel count.
address Value that identifies a specific location (or series of locations) in memory.
area A rectangular portion of an acquisition window or frame that is controlled
and defined by software.
B
brightness A constant that is added to the red, green, and blue components of a color
pixel during the color decoding process.
buffer Temporary storage for acquired data.
bus A group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer,
such as the PCI bus; typically the expansion vehicle to which I/O or other
devices are connected.
C
CCIR Comite Consultatif International des Radiocommunications. A committee
that developed standards for video signals. Also used to describe signals,
boards, and cameras that adhere to the CCIR standards.
color space The mathematical representation for a color. For example, color can be
described in terms of red, green, and blue; hue, saturation, and luma; or hue,
saturation, and intensity.
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composite video A type of color video transmission where synchronization, luma, and
chroma information are transmitted on one analog signal.
contrast A constant multiplication factor applied to the luma and chroma
components of a color pixel in the color decoding process.
D
DAQ Data acquisition. (1) Collecting and measuring electrical signals from
sensors, transducers, and test probes or fixtures and inputting them to a
computer for processing. (2) Collecting and measuring the same kinds of
electrical signals with A/D or DIO boards plugged into a computer and
possibly generating control signals with D/A and/or DIO boards in the
same computer.
DMA Direct memory access. A method by which data can be transferred to
and from computer memory from and to a device or memory on the bus
while the processor does something else; DMA is the fastest method of
transferring data to/from computer memory.
driver Software that controls a specific hardware device, such as an image
acquisition device.
dynamic range The ratio of the largest signal level a circuit can handle to the smallest
signal level it can handle (usually taken to be the noise level), normally
expressed in decibels.
E
external trigger A voltage pulse from an external source that triggers an event, such as
A/D conversion.
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F
field For an interlaced video signal, a field is half the number of horizontal
lines needed to represent a frame of video. The first field of a frame
contains all the odd-numbered lines, the second field contains all of
the even-numbered lines.
FIFO First-in first-out memory buffer. The first data stored is the first data sent
to the acceptor; FIFOs are used on devices to temporarily store incoming
data until that data can be retrieved.
frame A complete image. In interlaced formats, a frame is composed of two fields.
H
HSI Color encoding scheme using Hue, Saturation, and Intensity information,
where each pixel in the image is encoded using 8 bits for hue, 8 bits for
saturation, and 8 bits for intensity.
HSL Color encoding scheme using Hue, Saturation, and Luma information
where each pixel in the image is encoded using 32 bits: 8 bits for hue, 8 bits
for saturation, 8 bits for luma, and 8 unused bits.
hue Represents the dominant color of a pixel. The hue function is a continuous
function that covers all the possible colors generated using the R, G, and
Bprimaries. See also RGB.
I
I/O Input/output. The transfer of data to/from a computer system involving
communications channels, operator interface devices, and/or data
acquisition and control interfaces.
instrument driver A set of high-level software functions, such as NI-IMAQ, that control
specific plug-in computer boards. Instrument drivers are available in
several forms, ranging from a function callable from a programming
language to a virtual instrument (VI) in LabVIEW.
intensity The sum of the red, green, and blue primaries divided by three:
(red + green + blue)/3.
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interlaced A video frame composed of two interleaved fields. The number of lines in
a field are half the number of lines in an interlaced frame.
interrupt A computer signal indicating that the CPU should suspend its current task
to service a designated activity.
L
luma The brightness information in the video picture. The luma signal amplitude
varies in proportion to the brightness of the video signal and corresponds
exactly to the monochrome picture.
M
MTBF Mean time between failure.
N
NI-IMAQ Driver software for National Instruments hardware.
NTSC National Television Standards Committee. The committee that developed
the color video standard used primarily in North America, which uses
525 lines per frame. See also PAL.
NVRAM Nonvolatile RAM. RAM that is not erased when a device loses power or is
turned off.
P
PAL Phase Alternation Line. One of the European video color standards; uses
625 lines per frame. See also NTSC.
PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect. A high-performance expansion bus
architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA. PCI
offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 132 Mbytes/s.
pixel Picture element. The smallest division that makes up the video scan line;
for display on a computer monitor, a pixel’s optimum dimension is square
(aspect ratio of 1:1, or the width equal to the height).
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pixel count The total number of pixels between two horizontal synchronization signals.
The pixel count determines the frequency of the pixel clock.
R
real time A property of an event or system in which data is processed as it is acquired
instead of being accumulated and processed at a later time.
resolution The smallest signal increment that can be detected by a measurement
system. Resolution can be expressed in bits, in proportions, or in percent of
full scale. For example, a system has 12-bit resolution, one part in 4,096
resolution, and 0.0244 percent of full scale.
RGB Color encoding scheme using red, green, and blue (RGB) color information
where each pixel in the color image is encoded using 32 bits: 8 bits for red,
8 bits for green, 8 bits for blue, and 8 bits for the alpha value (unused).
ROI Region of interest. A hardware-programmable rectangular portion of the
acquisition window.
RS-170 The U.S. standard used for black-and-white television.
RSE Referenced single-ended. All measurements are made with respect to
a common reference measurement system or a ground. Also called a
grounded measurement system.
S
saturation
scatter-gather DMA A type of DMA that allows the DMA controller to reconfigure on-the-fly.
SDRAM Synchronous dynamic RAM.
The amount of color pigment present. The lower the saturation, the more
white is present in the color. Pink is a red with low saturation.
T
transfer rate The rate, measured in bytes/s, at which data is moved from source
to destination after software initialization and set up operations.
The maximum rate at which the hardware can operate.
trigger Any event that causes or starts some form of data capture.
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trigger control and
mapping circuitry
TTL Transistor-transistor logic.
Circuitry that routes, monitors, and drives the external trigger line. You can
configure this line to start or stop acquisition on a rising or falling edge.
V
VI Virtual Instrument. (1) A combination of hardware and/or software
elements, typically used with a PC, that has the functionality of a classic
stand-alone instrument (2) A LabVIEW software module (VI), which
consists of a front panel user interface and a block diagram program.
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A
acquisition
acquisition and ROI circuitry, 2-3
acquisition window control, 2-4
start conditions, 2-3
acquisition window, 2-4
B
block diagram of NI 1405, 2-1
bus master PCI interface, 2-3
C
calibration certificate (NI resources), B-2
color overview
definition of color, A-1
image representations
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-3
color planes, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and
intensity planes, A-3
RGB, A-2
perception of color, A-2
visible spectrum (figure), A-1
color planes, A-2
configuration, acquisition window control, 2-4
connector for NI 1405 (figure), 3-1
conventions used in the manual, v
D
Declaration of Conformity (NI resources), B-2
diagnostic tools (NI resources), B-1
DMA controllers, scatter-gather, 2-3
documentation
conventions used in the manual, v
NI resources, B-1
drivers (NI resources), B-1
E
examples (NI resources), B-1
F
functional overview, 2-1
H
hardware overview
acquisition and ROI circuitry, 2-3
acquisition window control, 2-4
block diagram of NI 1405, 2-1
bus master PCI interface, 2-3
functional overview, 2-1
scatter-gather DMA controllers, 2-3
SDRAM, 2-2
start conditions, 2-3
trigger control and mapping circuitry, 2-2
video acquisition, 2-2
video decoder, 2-2
help
technical support, B-1
hue
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-3
definition, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and intensity
planes, A-3
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I
I/O connector (figure), 3-1
image representations
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-2
color planes, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and intensity
planes, A-3
RGB, A-2
instrument drivers (NI resources), B-1
integration with DAQ and motion control, 1-4
intensity
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-3
definition, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and intensity
planes, A-3
K
KnowledgeBase, B-1
L
LabVIEW, Vision Builder AI, 1-3
luminance
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-3
definition, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and intensity
planes, A-3
M
mapping circuitry and trigger control, 2-2
memory, SDRAM, 2-2
N
National Instruments support
and services, B-1
NI 1405
overview, 1-1
software programming choices, 1-2
NI support and services, B-1
NTSC video standard, 2-2
P
PAL video standard, 2-2
post-decoding coring, 2-2
programming examples (NI resources), B-1
R
RAM, SDRAM, 2-2
region of interest
acquisition and ROI circuitry, 2-3
configuring, 2-4
RGB image representation, A-2
S
saturation
32-bit HSL and HSI, A-3
definition, A-2
hue, saturation, luminance, and intensity
planes, A-3
scatter-gather DMA controllers, 2-3
SDRAM, 2-2
signal connections
I/O connector (figure), 3-1
signal description (table), 3-2
software
NI-IMAQ driver software, 1-2
Vision Builder for Automated
Inspection, 1-3
Vision Development Module, 1-3
software
NI resources, B-1
software programming choices
National Instruments NI Vision, 1-3
NI-IMAQ driver software, 1-2
start conditions, 2-3
support, technical, B-1
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T
technical support, B-1
training and certification (NI resources), B-1
TRIG signal (table), 3-2
trigger control and mapping circuitry, 2-2
troubleshooting (NI resources), B-1
V
video acquisition, 2-2
video decoder, 2-2
VIDEO signal (table), 3-2
video standards, 2-2
W
Web resources, B-1
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