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© National Instruments Corporation vii NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual Contents Chapter 1Introduction About the NI 1411 ......................................................................................................... 1-1Using PXI with CompactPCI ....................................................

Contents NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual viii ni.com Appendix BTechnical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index

© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 1 Introduction This chapter describes the NI PXI/PCI-1411 (NI 1411) and describes your software programming choices. About the NI 1411 The NI 1411 is a monochrome and color image acquisition device for PXI, PCI, or CompactPCI chassis...

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 1-2 ni.com 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 chassi...

Chapter 1 Introduction © National Instruments Corporation 1-3 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 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 t...

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 1-4 ni.com Vision Development Module The Vision Development Module is an image acquisition, processing, and analysis library of more than 270 functions for the following common machine vision tasks: • Pattern matching • Particle analysis • Gauging •...

© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 2 Hardware Overview This chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on the NI 1411 and explains the operation of each functional unit making up the NI 1411. Functional Overview The NI 1411 features a flexible, high-speed ...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 2-2 ni.com Video Decoder The NI 1411 supports NTSC and PAL video standards in either composite or S-Video format. The onboard video decoder converts the incoming video signal to Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) data and passes this data to the color-...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual The color-space processor can export the video data in 32-bit RGB or HSL formats or in individual 8-bit hue, saturation, or luminance planes. For more information on these image types, see the Image Repres...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 2-4 ni.com read and write cycles, both single and multiple. In slave mode, the NI 1411 is a medium-speed decoder that accepts both memory and configuration cycles. The interface logic ensures that the NI 1411 can meet PCI loading, driving, and ...

© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 3 Signal Connections This chapter describes cable connections for the NI 1411. I/O Connector The NI 1411 uses one S-Video and two BNC connectors on the front panel to connect to video data inputs and the external trigger signal. Figu...

Chapter 3 Signal Connections NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual 3-2 ni.com Signal Description Table 3-1 describes each signal connection on the NI 1411 device connectors: Custom Cables If you plan to make your own cables, refer to Figure 3-2 for the pin-out of the S-Video connector, as seen from the front ...

© National Instruments Corporation A-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual A 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 ...

Appendix A Introduction to Color NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual A-2 ni.com The perception of a color depends on many factors, such as: • 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...

© National Instruments Corporation G-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual Glossary Symbol Prefix Value p pico 10 – 12 n nano 10 – 9 μ micro 10 – 6 m milli 10 – 3 k kilo 10 3 M mega 10 6 G giga 10 9 T tera 10 12 Symbols + Positive of, or plus. / Per. Ω Ohm. ± Plus or minus. – Negative of, or minus. A A Ampe...

© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI PXI/PCI-1411 User Manual Index A acquisition acquisition window control, 2-4acquisition, scaling, and ROI circuitry, 2-3 start conditions, 2-4 acquisition window, 2-4application software Vision Builder AI, 1-3Vision Development Module, 1-3 B block diagram of...