National Instruments NI 1410 manual

NI Vision NI PCI-1410 User Manual High-Quality Mo nochrome Image Acquisition Devi ce NI PCI-1410 User Manual February 2007 373793C-01[...]

Support Worldwide Technical Support and Product Info rmation ni.com National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 11500 North Mopac Expressway Aust in, Texas 78759-3504 USA Tel: 512 683 0100 Worldwide Offices Australia 1800 300 800, Austria 43 662 457990-0, Belgium 32 (0) 2 757 0020, Brazil 55 11 3262 3599, Canada 800 433 3488, China 86 21 6555 7838,[...]

Important Information Warranty The NI PCI-1410 is warranted against defects i n materials and workm anship for a period o f one year from the date of shipment, a s evidenced by receipts or other documentati on. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period. This warrant [...]

Compliance Compliance with FCC/Canada Radio Frequency Interference Regulations Determining FCC Class The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rules to protect wireless co mmunications from inte rference. The FCC places digital electronics into two classes. These classes are known as Class A (for use in industrial-commercial locations onl y) [...]

Conventions The follo wing con ve ntions are used in this manual: < > Angle brackets that cont ain numbers s eparated by an ellipsis represent a range of v alues associated with a bit or signal name—for example, AO < 3 . . 0 > . » The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dial og box options to a final action. The sequenc[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion vii NI PCI-1410 User Manual Contents Chapter 1 Introduction About the NI 1410 Device .......... ................................................................... ............ .... 1-1 Software Overview ......... .............. ............ .............. ........... .............. ............ .............. .[...]

Contents NI PCI-1410 User Manual viii ni.com Appendix A Custom Cables Appendix B Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion 1-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter describes the NI PCI-1410 (NI 1410) d evice and its software programming options. About the NI 1410 Device The NI 1410 is a high-accuracy, mono chrome image acquisition device for PCI that su pports RS-170, CCIR, NTSC, and PAL video standards, as well as no[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PCI-1410 User Manual 1-2 ni.com Refer to Figure 1-1 for the lo cation of the NI 1410 W1 jumper and the connectors discussed in this man ual. Figure 1-1. NI PCI-1410 Parts Locator Diagram Software Over view Programming the NI 1410 requires the NI-IMAQ driver software for controlling the hardware . National Instruments also [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporat ion 1-3 NI PCI-1410 User Manual NI-IMAQ Driver Software The NI 1410 ships with NI Vision Ac quisition Software, whi ch includes the NI-IMAQ driver software. NI-I MAQ has an extensive library of functions—such as routines for video configuration, continuou s and single shot image acquisition,[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PCI-1410 User Manual 1-4 ni.com indi vidual tasks. Y ou also can mi grate the conf igur ed inspection to LabVIEW, extending the capabilities of the applications if necessary . Vision Development Module The Vision Development Module is an image acqu isition, processing, and analysis library of more than 270 functions for th[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporat ion 1-5 NI PCI-1410 User Manual Integration with DA Q and Motion Control Platforms that support NI-IMAQ also support NI-DAQ and a variety of National Instru ments DAQ devices. Th is allows integratio n between image acquisition devices and National Instruments DAQ products. Use National Instru[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion 2-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual 2 Hardware Over view This chapter describes the features of the NI PCI-1410 device and includes information about acquisitio n modes, analog front-end considerations, and clamping. Functional Over view The NI 1410 features a fl exible, high-speed data path optimized for the acquisitio[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PCI-1410 User Manual 2-2 ni.com The block diagram in Figure 2-1 illustrates the key functional units of the NI 1410. Figure 2-1. NI 141 0 Block Diagram Video Multiplexer The video multiplexer routes one of the four AC-coupled vid eo inputs to the 10-bit ADC circuitry. The input impedance is 75 Ω . Programmable Gain a[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-3 NI PCI-1410 User Manual Digital Filter and LUT The digital filter removes chrominan ce from a composite color video signal that conforms to either PAL or NTSC. The output of the digital filter passes through th e 1,024 × 10-bit lookup table (LUT). You can con figure the LUT to im[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PCI-1410 User Manual 2-4 ni.com Acquisition and Region -of-Interest Control The acquisition and region-of-interest (ROI) control circuitry ro utes the active pixels from the 10-bit ADC t o the onboard memory. The NI 1410 can perform ROI and scaling on all video lines. Pixel and line scaling transfers certain multiples[...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview © National Instruments Corporat ion 2-5 NI PCI-1410 User Manual • External HSYNC/VSYNC (HLOCK only) Mode —In extern al HSYNC/VSYNC (HLOCK only) mode, the NI 1410 receiv es the external HSYNC and VSYNC signals and internally generates the PCLK signal. In th is mode, the NI 1410 genlock circuit ry uses only the HSYNC [...]

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PCI-1410 User Manual 2-6 ni.com T o pre vent this problem, open Measurement & Automation Explorer (MAX) and navigate to the Advanced tab of the camera file property page. Use the following guidelines to adju st the Clamp Start and Clamp Stop values until the image is corrected: • Minimum Clamp S tart is 100 • [...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion 3-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual 3 Signal Connections This chapter describes cable conn ections for the NI PCI-1410 d evice. Video Input Channels The video input channels for the NI 1410 support two input modes—referenced single-en ded (RSE) and different ial (DIFF). A channel configured in DIFF mode us es two inpu[...]

Chapter 3 Signal Connections NI PCI-1410 User Manual 3-2 ni.com Figure 3-1. NI PCI-1410 Parts Locator Diagram Figure 3-2 shows the BNC connector pin assignments. Figure 3-2. BNC Connecto r Pin Assignment Digital I/O Connector The 68-pin VHDCI connector connects to all video signals (VIDEO0, VIDEO1, VIDEO2, and VIDEO3), the exte rnal digital I/O lin[...]

Chapter 3 Signal Connections © National Instruments Corporat ion 3-3 NI PCI-1410 User Manual Figure 3-3 shows the pinout of the 68-pin VHDCI con nector . Figure 3-3. I/O Connector Pin Assignments 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 51 50 49 [...]

Chapter 3 Signal Connections NI PCI-1410 User Manual 3-4 ni.com Digital I/O Connector Sign al Connection Descriptions Table 3-1 describes each signal connection on the 68-pin VHDCI connector. Table 3-1. I/O Connector Signals Signal Name Description VIDEO0 ± VIDEO0 ± allo ws for a DIFF or RSE connection. T o o pe r a te i n R S E m o d e, you must[...]

Chapter 3 Signal Connections © National Instruments Corporat ion 3-5 NI PCI-1410 User Manual TRIG<3..0> T riggers<3..0> are TTL I/O lines used to start or stop an acquisition or outpu t an acquisition status. Y ou can program the triggers to be rising- or falling -edge sensitiv e. Y ou also can program the tr iggers to be programmatica[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion A-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual A Custom Cables This appendix lists specifications for b uilding custom cables to use with the NI PCI-1410 device. Cable Specification National Instruments of fers cabl es and accessories for you to connect to video sources, trigger sources, or sy nchronization sources. Use the follow[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion B-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual B T echnical Support and Professional Ser vices Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni.com for technical support an d professional services: • Support —Online technical support resources at ni.com/support include the following: – Self-Help Resour[...]

Appendix B T echnical Support and Professional Services NI PCI-1410 User Manual B-2 ni.com • Calibration Certificate —If your product supports calibration, you can obtain the calibration certificate for your product at ni.com/calibration . If you searched ni.com and could not find the answers you need, contact your local off ice or NI corporate[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion G-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual Glossar y A A/D Analog-to-digital. ADC Analog-to-digital con v erter . An elect ro nic device, often an inte grated circuit, that con verts an an alog v oltage to a digital value. address V alue that identifies a specifi c lo cation (or series of locations) in memory . antichrominance[...]

Glossary NI PCI-1410 User Manual G- 2 ni.com D D A Q Data acquisition. (1) Collecting an d measuring electri cal 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 possibl[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporat ion G-3 NI PCI-1410 User Manual H HSYNC Horizontal synchronization signal. The synchroni zation pulse signal produced at the beginning of each video scan lin e that keeps a video monitor’ s horizontal scan rate in step with the transmission of each new line. I instrument driv er A set of high-lev el softw[...]

Glossary NI PCI-1410 User Manual G-4 ni.co m N NI-IMA Q Driv er software for National Instruments image acquisition hardware. NTSC National T elevision Standards Committee. The co mmittee that developed the color video standard used primarily in North America, whi ch uses 525 lines per frame. See also PAL . P P AL Phase Alternation Line. One of the[...]

Glossary © National Instruments Corporat ion G-5 NI PCI-1410 User Manual RSE Referenced single-ended. All measur ements are made with respect to a common reference measurement syst em or a ground. Also called a grounded measurement system. R TSI bus Real-T ime System Integration Bus. The National In struments timing bus that connects image acqui s[...]

© National Instruments Corporat ion I-1 NI PCI-1410 User Manual Index Numerics 10-bit ADC, 2-2 10-bit LUT, 2-3 A acquisition and region-of-in terest control, 2-4 ADC, 10-bit, 2-2 analog bandwidth control circuitry, 2-2 analog front end considerations, 2-5 antichrominance filter, 2-3 application software Vision Dev elopment Modu le, 1-4 B BNC conne[...]

Index NI PCI-1410 User Manual I-2 ni.com functional overview, 2-1 genlock and synchronization circuitry, 2-3 PCI Interface, 2-3 PCLK, HSYNC, VSYNC mux, 2-3 programmable gain and offset, 2-2 RTSI bus, 2-4 scatter-gather DMA controllers, 2-3 video mux, 2-2 help, technical support, B-1 HSYNC genlock and synchronization circuitry, 2-3 PCLK, HSYNC, VSYN[...]

Index © National Instruments Corporat ion I-3 NI PCI-1410 User Manual S scatter-gather DMA controllers, 2-3 signal connections BNC connector, 3-1 I/O connector, 3-2 pin assignme nts (figure), 3-3 signal descri ptions (tab le), 3-4 software NI resources, B-1 Vision Dev elopment Modu le, 1-4 software programming choices NI Vision, 1-3 NI-IMAQ driver[...]