National Instruments PCI-1405 - Manual

© National Instruments Corporation vii NI PCI-1405 User Manual Contents Chapter 1Introduction About the NI 1405 ......................................................................................................... 1-1Software Overview ................................................................

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© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 NI PCI-1405 User Manual 1 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 fr...

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PCI-1405 User Manual 1-2 ni.com 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: • Vis...

Chapter 1 Introduction NI PCI-1405 User Manual 1-4 ni.com 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...

© National Instruments Corporation 2-1 NI PCI-1405 User Manual 2 Hardware Overview This chapter presents an overview of the hardware functions on the NI 1405 and explains the operation of each functional unit making upthe NI 1405. Functional Overview The NI 1405 features a high-speed data path optim...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PCI-1405 User Manual 2-2 ni.com Video Acquisition 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. Video Decoder The NI 1405 supports NTSC and PA...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview © National Instruments Corporation 2-3 NI PCI-1405 User Manual 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 acquisi...

Chapter 2 Hardware Overview NI PCI-1405 User Manual 2-4 ni.com 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 ...

© National Instruments Corporation 3-1 NI PCI-1405 User Manual 3 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 positio...

Chapter 3 Signal Connections NI PCI-1405 User Manual 3-2 ni.com 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) con...

© National Instruments Corporation A-1 NI PCI-1405 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 goes...

Appendix A Introduction to Color NI PCI-1405 User Manual A-2 ni.com 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 lig...

© National Instruments Corporation I-1 NI PCI-1405 User Manual Index A acquisition acquisition and ROI circuitry, 2-3acquisition window control, 2-4start conditions, 2-3 acquisition window, 2-4 B block diagram of NI 1405, 2-1bus master PCI interface, 2-3 C calibration certificate (NI resources), B-2...