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Introduction
About the NI 1424
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Early versions of the NI 1424 may not support acquisitions at 50 MHz. For the exact maximum acquisition clock rate of your
NI 1424, refer to the Maximum Clock Rate indicator in Measurement & Automation Explorer.
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This chapter describes the NI PCI-1424 (NI 1424) image acquisition device
and describes your software programming choices.
The NI 1424 is a monochrome and color, PCI-based image acquisition
device that supports a diverse range of digital cameras from many camera
companies. The NI 1424 acquires digital images in real time and can store
these images in onboard frame memory, or transfer these images directly to
system memory. The device can capture up to 32 bits of data at a time at
clock speeds up to 50 MHz.
The NI 1424 is simple to configure so that you can easily install the
device and begin acquiring images. The NI 1424 ships with NI Vision
Acquisition Software, which includes NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments
driver software you can use to directly control the NI 1424 and other
National Instruments image acquisition devices. Using NI-IMAQ, you can
quickly and easily start your applications without having to program the
device at the register level.
Featuring a high-speed data flow path, the NI 1424 is ideal for both
industrial and scientific environments. As a standalone device, the NI 1424
supports up to 32 bits of differential or TTL level video data, four general
purpose control lines that can be configured to generate precise timing
signals to control digital camera acquisition, and four external input/output
(I/O) lines that you can use as triggers or as high-speed digital I/O lines. If
you require more advanced triggering or digital I/O lines (either digital or
analog), you can use the NI 1424 and NI-IMAQ with the National
Instruments data acquisition (DAQ) product line.
Refer to Getting Started with the NI PCI-1424 for detailed specifications of
the NI 1424.
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