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NI PCIe-1429 User Manual

Base, medium, and full configuration camera link image acquisition device
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NI PCIe-1429 User Manual
Base, Medium, and Full Configuration Camera Link Image Acquisition Device
NI PCIe-1429 User Manual
July 2006
372015A-01

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  • Page 1 NI Vision NI PCIe-1429 User Manual Base, Medium, and Full Configuration Camera Link Image Acquisition Device NI PCIe-1429 User Manual July 2006 372015A-01...
  • Page 2 Support Worldwide Technical Support and Product Information ni.com National Instruments Corporate Headquarters 11500 North Mopac Expressway Austin, Texas 78759-3504 USA Tel: 512 683 0100 Worldwide Offices Australia 1800 300 800, Austria 43 0 662 45 79 90 0, Belgium 32 0 2 757 00 20, Brazil 55 11 3262 3599,...
  • Page 3 Warranty The NI PCIe-1429 is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation. National Instruments will, at its option, repair or replace equipment that proves to be defective during the warranty period.
  • Page 4 These classes are known as Class A (for use in industrial-commercial locations only) or Class B (for use in residential or commercial locations). All National Instruments (NI) products are FCC Class A products. Depending on where it is operated, this Class A product could be subject to restrictions in the FCC rules. (In Canada, the Department of Communications (DOC), of Industry Canada, regulates wireless interference in much the same way.) Digital...
  • Page 5 Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: » The » symbol leads you through nested menu items and dialog box options to a final action. The sequence File»Page Setup»Options directs you to pull down the File menu, select the Page Setup item, and select Options from the last dialog box.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Vision Development Module ............1-4 Integration with DAQ and Motion Control .............1-5 Chapter 2 Hardware Overview Functional Overview......................2-1 Camera Link and the NI 1429 .................2-2 Hardware Binarization..................2-3 Multiple-Tap Data Formatter ................2-4 Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry ............2-4 Noise Filtering...................2-4 Quadrature Encoder Support ................2-4 Noise Filtering...................2-5...
  • Page 7 Contents Appendix A Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index NI PCIe-1429 User Manual viii ni.com...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    Chapter 2, Hardware Overview. The NI 1429 has one I/O line on its front panel. Additional I/O lines for advanced triggering, pulse-train outputs, and isolated DIO are available with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board. The I/O Extension Board also can be used for interfacing to a quadrature encoder.

  • Page 9: Camera Link

    The RTSI bus uses the National Instrument RTSI bus interface and ribbon cable to route additional timing and trigger signals between the NI 1429 and up to four National Instruments DAQ, Motion Control, or Vision devices. The RTSI bus also can synchronize multiple image acquisition devices to perform simultaneous captures.

  • Page 10: Software Overview

    Chapter 1 Introduction Software Overview Programming the NI 1429 requires the NI-IMAQ driver software to control the hardware. National Instruments also offers the following application software packages for analyzing and processing your acquired images. • NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection—Allows you to configure solutions to common inspection tasks.

  • Page 11: National Instruments Application Software

    As a part of the Vision Development Module, NI 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 image processing functions work.

  • Page 12: Integration With Daq And Motion Control

    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 data acquisition (DAQ) devices. This allows for integration between image acquisition and DAQ devices.

  • Page 13: Hardware Overview

    Hardware Overview This chapter provides an overview of NI 1429 hardware functionality and explains the operations of the functional units on the device. Functional Overview The NI 1429 features a flexible, high-speed data path optimized for receiving and formatting video data from Camera Link cameras.

  • Page 14: Camera Link And The Ni 1429

    ) supplied by National Instruments. NI-IMAQ camera_model.icd uses the information in this camera file to program the NI 1429 to acquire images from a specific camera. Without this camera file, the driver does not have the information necessary to configure the NI 1429 to recognize the image format of the particular camera you are using.

  • Page 15: Hardware Binarization

    Hardware Overview Medium and Full configurations require using both connectors. These configurations allow for more data throughput by offering multiple synchronized data channels between the camera and the NI 1429. Hardware Binarization The NI 1429 supports binarization and inverse binarization. Binarization and inverse binarization segment an image into two regions: a particle region and a background region.

  • Page 16: Multiple-Tap Data Formatter

    You also can drive each line asserted or unasserted as a digital I/O line. You can map pulses from the high-speed timing circuitry or the NI 1429 status signals to these trigger lines. Seven RTSI bus triggers and one external trigger—all of which are programmable for polarity and direction—are available for...

  • Page 17: Noise Filtering

    Chapter 2 Hardware Overview The NI 1429 provides a 64-bit counter to maintain a precise record of an absolute position determined by the encoder inputs. To generate a pulse train that is based on positional ticks, you can set a unique divide down factor.

  • Page 18: Dma Controllers

    The NI 1429 is compliant with PCI Express 1.0a specifications. The NI 1429 is intended for a x4 PCIe slot. It does not fit properly into a x1 PCIe slot. However, the NI 1429 does fit into, and can be used in, a x8 or x16 PCIe slot.

  • Page 19: Serial Interface

    , IMAQ Serial Write, IMAQ Serial Read, Note clsercon.exe , and are used for direct manual imgSessionSerialWrite imgSessionSerialRead access of the NI 1429 serial port and are not required for most users. © National Instruments Corporation NI PCIe-1429 User Manual...
  • Page 20 National Instruments also fully supports the recommended serial API described in the Specifications of the Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame Grabbers manual. This manual is available on several Web sites, including the Automated Imaging Association Web site www.machinevisiononline.org NI PCIe-1429 User Manual ni.com...

  • Page 21: Signal Connections

    Signal Connections This chapter describes connecting signals to the MDR 26-pin connectors and the SMB trigger connector on the NI 1429. This chapter also describes considerations for using the NI 1429 with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board. Connectors The following figure shows the connectors on the NI 1429 device.

  • Page 22: Mdr 26-Pin Connector

    5V input to trigger acquisitions or as a 5V output to provide status information to your system. For further triggering and DIO needs, use the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board. The I/O Extension Board provides three differential isolated inputs, three isolated outputs, eight TTL inputs/outputs, and quadrature encoder inputs.

  • Page 23: Ordering Information

    T = Thumbscrew overmold shell 200 = 2 meters 300 = 3 meters 450 = 4.5 meters 500 = 5 meters 700 = 7 meters A00 = 10 meters Figure 3-3. Camera Link Cable Ordering Information © National Instruments Corporation NI PCIe-1429 User Manual...
  • Page 24 – Free Technical Support—All registered users receive free Basic Service, which includes access to hundreds of Application Engineers worldwide in the NI Developer Exchange at . National Instruments Application Engineers ni.com/exchange make sure every question receives an answer.
  • Page 25 NI corporate headquarters. Phone numbers for our worldwide offices are listed at the front of this manual. You also can visit the Worldwide Offices section of to access the branch ni.com/niglobal...
  • Page 26 Interface standard for digital video data and camera control based on the Channel Link chipset. Channel Link National Semiconductor chipset for high-speed data serialization and deserialization for transmission across cables up to 10 m. © National Instruments Corporation NI PCIe-1429 User Manual...
  • Page 27 Driver software for National Instruments frame grabbers. NI Vision A collection of driver software and utilities that acquire, display, save, and ® Acquisition Software monitor images from any NI frame grabber or IEEE 1394 (FireWire camera. NI PCIe-1429 User Manual ni.com...
  • Page 28 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. © National Instruments Corporation NI PCIe-1429 User Manual...
  • Page 29 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. NI PCIe-1429 User Manual ni.com...
  • Page 30 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. © National Instruments Corporation NI PCIe-1429 User Manual...
  • Page 31 National Instruments support and services, A-1 NI 1429 acquisition and region of interest, 2-5 Declaration of Conformity (NI resources), A-1 acquisition window control, 2-5 diagnostic tools (NI resources), A-1 Camera Link, 1-2 DMA controllers, 2-6...
  • Page 32 NI-IMAQ driver software, 1-3 support, technical, A-1 PCI Express interface, 2-6 technical support, A-1 programming examples (NI resources), A-1 training and certification (NI resources), A-1 trigger control and mapping circuitry, 2-4 troubleshooting (NI resources), A-1 quadrature encoder support, 2-4 Web resources, A-1...

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