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3. memory buffer allocation trigger control and device configuration you can call from the application development environment ADE NI IMAQ handles many of the complex issues between the computer and the image acquisition device such as programming interrupts and camera control NI IMAQ performs all functions required for acquiring and saving images but does not perform image analysis Refer to the National Instruments Application Software section for image analysis functionality NI IMAQ also provides the interface between the NI 1429 and LabVIEW LabWindows CVI or a text based programming environment The NI IMAQ software kit includes a series of libraries for image acquisition for LabVIEW LabWindows CVI and Measurement Studio which contains libraries for Microsoft Visual Basic NI IMAQ features both high level and low level functions Examples of high level functions include the sequences to acquire images in multi buffer single shot or continuous mode An example of a low level function is configuring an image sequence since it requires advanced understanding of image acquisition National Instruments Corporation 1 3 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 1 Introduction National Instruments Application Software NI PCle 1429 User Manual This section describes the National Instruments application software packages you
4. 1 or later specification provide a camera control utility which sends the appropriate serial commands for configuring your camera through the NI 1429 serial port Programmatically e LabVIEW Use the serial interface programmatically through calls to the NI IMAQ driver using the IMAQ Serial Write and IMAQ Serial Read VIs Access these files from the lt LabVIEW gt vi lib vision driver imagl1 11b directory e C Use the serial interface programmatically through calls to the NI IMAQ driver using the imgSessionSerialWrite and imgSessionSerialRead functions 3 Note clsercon exe IMAQ Serial Write IMAQ Serial Read imgSessionSerialWrite and imgSessionSerialRead are used for direct manual access of the NI 1429 serial port and are not required for most users National Instruments Corporation 2 7 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 Hardware Overview 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 at www machinevisiononline org NI PCle 1429 User Manual 2 8 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Signal Connections T
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6. basis for the Camera Link standard is the National Semiconductor Channel Link chipset a data transmission method consisting of a general purpose transmitter receiver pair The Channel Link driver takes 28 bits of parallel digital data and a clock and serializes the stream to four LVDS EIA 644 data streams and an LVDS clock providing high speed data transmission across 10 wires and over distances of up to 10 m 1 2 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 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 e NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Allows you to configure solutions to common inspection tasks e NI Vision Development Module Provides customized control over hardware and algorithms The following sections provide an overview of the driver and application software For detailed information about individual software packages refer to the documentation specific to each software package NI IMAQ Driver Software The NI 1429 ships with NI Vision Acquisition Software which includes the NI IMAQ driver software NI IMAQ has an extensive library of functions such as routines for video configuration continuous and single shot image acquisition
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9. 5 MDR 26 pin connector 3 2 multiple tap data formatter 2 4 PCI Express interface 2 6 quadrature encoder support 2 4 serial interface 2 7 signal connections 3 1 SMB connector 3 2 software overview 1 3 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Index software programming choices 1 4 integration with DAQ 1 5 NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection 1 4 NI Vision Development Module 1 4 NI IMAQ driver software 1 3 start conditions 2 6 trigger control and mapping circuitry 2 4 NI support and services A 1 NI Vision Acquisition Software 1 3 NI IMAQ driver software 1 3 P PCI Express interface 2 6 programming examples NI resources A 1 Q quadrature encoder support 2 4 S serial interface 2 7 signal connections 3 1 SMB connector 3 2 NI PCle 1429 User Manual software NI resources A 1 overview 1 3 software programming choices 1 4 integration with DAQ 1 5 NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection 1 4 NI Vision Development Module 1 4 NI IMAQ driver software 1 3 start conditions 2 6 support technical A 1 T technical support A 1 training and certification NI resources A 1 trigger control and mapping circuitry 2 4 troubleshooting NI resources A 1 W Web resources A 1 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com
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12. Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 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 This pulse train is commonly used as a trigger for a line scan camera when performing a web inspection The NI 1429 also supports querying the absolute position counter value Noise Filtering Noise filtering is available for the Phase A and Phase B encoder inputs Refer to the NI IMAQ Function Reference Help for more information about noise filtering High Speed Timing Built from high speed counters the timing circuitry on the NI 1429 can generate precise real time control signals for your camera Map the output of this circuitry to a trigger line to provide accurate pulses and pulse trains Use these control signals to control exposure time and frame rate aye Note The external control for cameras has been preprogrammed into the camera file You can use Measurement amp Automation Explorer MAX to specify the frequency and duration of these signals in easy to use units Acquisition and Region of Interest ROI The acquisition and ROI circuitry monitors incoming video signals and routes the active pixels to the multiple tap data formatter The NI 1429 can perform ROI acquisitions on all v
13. Trigger control You can start an acquisition by enabling external or RTSI bus trigger lines Each of these inputs can start a video acquisition on a rising edge or a falling edge 2 6 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 Hardware Overview Serial Interface The NI 1429 provides serial communication to and from the camera through two LVDS pairs in the Camera Link cable All Camera Link serial communication uses one start bit one stop bit no parity and no hardware handshaking The NI 1429 supports the following baud rates 115200 56000 38400 19200 9600 7200 4800 3600 2400 2000 1800 1200 600 and 300 bps You can use the serial interface interactively with MAX clsercon exe or amanufacturer supplied camera control utility or programmatically with LabVIEW and C Interactively e MAX Use MAX with a camera file containing preprogrammed commands When an acquisition is initiated the commands are sent to the camera e clsercon exe Use the National Instruments terminal emulator for Camera Link clsercon exe if a camera file with preprogrammed serial commands does not exist for your camera With clsercon exe you can still communicate serially with your camera From the lt NI IMAQ gt bin directory access clsercon exe e Manufacturer Supplied Camera Control Utility Camera manufacturers who are compliant with the Camera Link 1
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15. ation If you searched ni com and could not find the answers you need contact your local office or 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 ni com niglobal to access the branch office Web sites which provide up to date contact information support phone numbers email addresses and current events NI PCle 1429 User Manual A 2 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Glossary A acquisition window The image size specific to a video standard or camera resolution active line region The region of lines actively being stored Defined by a line start relative to the vertical synchronization signal and a line count active pixel region The region of pixels actively being stored Defined by a pixel start relative to the horizontal synchronization signal and a pixel count API Application programming interface area A rectangular portion of an acquisition window or frame that is controlled and defined by software buffer Temporary storage for acquired data bus A group of conductors that interconnect individual circuitry in a computer such as the PCI bus typically the expansion vehicle to which I O or other devices are connected C Camera Link Interface standard for digital video data and camera control based on the Channel Link chip
16. ations such as locating alignment markers on semiconductor wafers guiding robotic arms inspecting the quality of manufactured parts and locating cells National Instruments Corporation 1 5 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com 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 The following block diagram illustrates the key functional components of the NI 1429 50 Pin ii 34 Pi I O Extension Ba eni Board Connector Connector Connector Y Acquisition r Ci i amera Control Advanced Region of gt Host Timing Interest and Triggering peu A Y Y i kea pata gt Multiple Tap a i u a Hace Data Formatter Controllers fol Enables Configuration D Receiver Q Pixel 5 Clock 3 z Serial Control Serial Control UART g er _ _p _ Data J Medium 8 Enables Configuration 2 Pixel Reciever Clock fo gt d Q Q 5 Data amp M Full S Enables Configuration Reciever Pixel Clock ki gt National Instru
17. ber or IEEE 1394 FireWire camera G 2 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com P parity PCI PCIe pixel pixel clock protocol Q quadrature encoder R Glossary Method of error checking Ensures that there is always either an even number or an odd number of asserted bits in a byte character or word according to the logic of the system If a bit should be lost in data transmission its loss can be detected by checking the parity Peripheral Component Interconnect A high performance expansion bus architecture originally developed by Intel to replace ISA and EISA PCI offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 133 Mbytes s PCI express A high performance expansion bus architecture originally developed by Intel to replace PCI PCle offers a theoretical maximum transfer rate that is dependent upon lane width A x1 link theoretically provides 250 MB s in each direction to and from the device Once overhead is accounted for a x1 link can provide up to 200 MB s of input capability and 200 MB s of output capability Increasing the number of lanes in a link increases maximum throughput by approximately the same factor Picture element The smallest division that makes up the video scan line for display on a computer monitor a pixel s optimum dimension is square aspect ratio of 1 1 or the width equal to the height Divides the incoming h
18. can use to analyze and process the images you acquire with the NI 1429 Vision Builder for Automated Inspection NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection Vision Builder AJ is configurable machine vision software that you can use to prototype benchmark and deploy applications Vision Builder AI does not require programming but is scalable to powerful programming environments Vision Builder AI allows you to easily configure and benchmark a sequence of visual inspection steps as well as deploy the visual inspection system for automated inspection With Vision Builder AI you can perform powerful visual inspection tasks and make decisions based on the results of individual tasks You also can migrate the configured inspection to LabVIEW extending the capabilities of the applications if necessary Vision Development Module NI Vision Development Module which consists of NI Vision and NI Vision Assistant is an image acquisition processing and analysis library of more than 270 functions for the following common machine vision tasks e Pattern matching e Particle analysis e Gauging e Taking measurements e Grayscale color and binary image display You can use the Vision Development Module functions individually or in combination With the Vision Development Module you can acquire display and store images as well as perform image analysis and processing Using the Vision Development Module imaging novices and experts can
19. cquisition window A robust serial digital data interchange standard utilizing individual differential signal pairs for data transmission in each direction Depending on data transmission rates RS 422 can be used at distances to 4 000 ft 1 275 m Real Time System Integration Bus The National Instruments timing bus that connects Vision and DAQ devices directly by means of connectors on the devices for precise synchronization of functions A type of DMA that allows the DMA controller to reconfigure on the fly A stream of pixels from a camera Some cameras send multiple streams or taps of data over a cable simultaneously to increase transfer rate 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 Any event that causes or starts some form of data capture G 4 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com trigger control and mapping circuitry TTL V Glossary Circuitry that routes monitors and drives external and RTSI bus trigger lines You can configure each of these lines to start or stop acquisition on a rising or falling edge Transistor transistor logic VI Virtual Instrument 1 A combination of hardware and or software elements typically used with a PC that has the functionality of a classic stand alone ins
20. ction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user is required to correct the interference at their own expense Canadian Department of Communications This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada Compliance with EU Directives Users in the European Union EU should refer to the Declaration of Conformity DoC for information pertaining to the CE marking Refer to the Declaration of Conformity DoC for this product for any additional regulatory compliance information To obtain the DoC for this product visit ni com certification search by model number or product line and click the appropriate link in the Certification column The CE marking Declaration of Conformity contains important supplementary information and instructions for the user or installer Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Conventions 3 bold italic monospace 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 Fil
21. d NI PCTe 1430 for information about installing the NI 1429 Camera files configure the NI 1429 with information about the output format of your camera Camera files validated by National Instruments are installed with the NI IMAQ driver software Additional camera files are available for download from the National Instruments Industrial Camera Advisor Web site at ni com camera The MDR 26 pin connectors on the NI 1429 provide the connection to Camera Link compatible cameras For further configuration information refer to the Camera Link and the NI 1429 section of 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 Refer to the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board User Guide for information about the T O Extension Board For more advanced digital or analog system triggering or digital I O lines you can use the NI 1429 and NI IMAQ with the National Instruments Data Acquisition DAQ or Motion Control product lines Synchronizing several functions to a common trigger or timing event can be a challenge with image acquisition devices The NI 1429 uses the Real Time System Integration RTSD bus to synchronize multiple devices National Instruments Corporation 1 1 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Arti
22. e menu select the Page Setup item and select Options from the last dialog box This icon denotes a note which alerts you to important information Bold text denotes items that you must select or click in the software such as menu items and dialog box options Bold text also denotes parameter names Italic text denotes variables emphasis a cross reference or an introduction to a key concept Italic text also denotes text that is a placeholder for a word or value that you must supply Text in this font denotes text or characters that you should enter from the keyboard sections of code programming examples and syntax examples This font is also used for the proper names of disk drives paths directories programs subprograms subroutines device names functions operations variables filenames and extensions Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Camera Lame mesire civecassacdeves phe a sctseteessvstus cd eee eveosse E EER N 1 2 QV EL VILE Wises dis eseshs Scie Aig ies saps cscs A ER EE OEE ENT S ERS 1 2 Software OVELVICW lt 2 ssc lt osciscendesscssvetteorsesviezeesavevapsansvesteeutegupee rinse eed es shoes savas saupvea bie sooes 1004 1 3 NIEIMAQ Driver Software scissioni rire r en a ES S 1 3 National Instruments Application Software essesseseseesesesrsesreresreersresrseeses 1 4 Vision Builder for Autom
23. eds 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 Cabling Use a standard Camera Link cable to connect your camera to the MDR 26 pin connector on the NI 1429 device Camera Link cables consist of two MDR 26 male plugs linked with a twin axial shielded cable and are available in two shell configurations 3 Note National Instruments recommends purchasing a Camera Link cable Building your own cable is not recommended due to the high speed signaling on the Camera Link interface Refer to the Specifications of the Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame Grabbers manual for more information about Camera Link cables This manual is available on several Web sites including the Automated Imaging Association Web site at www machinevisiononline org NI PCle 1429 User Manual 3 2 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 3 Signal Connections The following figure illustrates a Camera Link cable O Pa S N man E C 4 b o o o 5 z D q COR b lt 9 va n 1 MDR 26 Pin Male Plug 2 2X Thumbscrews Figure 3 2 Camera Link Cable Ordering Information Two meter Camera Link cables
24. eft and top to bottom or bottom to top 3 Note Data reformatting instructions for cameras have been preprogrammed into the camera files Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry The trigger control and mapping circuitry routes monitors and drives the external and RTSI bus trigger lines You can configure each trigger line to start an acquisition on a rising edge or a falling edge 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 simultaneous use Additional I O is available with the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board Noise Filtering Noise filtering is available for all TTL inputs and RTSI inputs Refer to the NI IMAQ Function Reference Help for more information about noise filtering Quadrature Encoder Support The NI 1429 supports RS 422 and singled ended phase signal decoding from a quadrature encoder The Phase A and Phase B outputs from the quadrature encoder can be interfaced with the NI 1429 through the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board Refer to the Connecting to a Quadrature Encoder section of the NI Camera Link I O Extension Board User Guide for more information on connecting to and using onboard quadrature counters NI PCle 1429 User Manual 2 4 ni com Artisan
25. his 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 CAMERA LINK BASE CAMERA LINK MED FULL paa ol l D tric O 1 Base Camera Link Connector 3 SMB Trigger Connector 2 Medium Full Camera Link Connector Figure 3 1 NI 1429 Connectors National Instruments Corporation 3 1 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 3 Signal Connections MDR 26 Pin Connector The MDR 26 pin connectors provide reliable high frequency transfer rates between the camera and the image acquisition device To access these connectors use one MDR 26 pin Camera Link cable for Base configuration cameras and two MDR 26 pin Camera Link cables of the same length for Medium or Full configuration cameras Refer to the Cabling section for additional information about Camera Link cables including ordering information and cable lengths SMB Connector The SMB connector can be used for front panel trigger connectivity It can be used as a 5V input to trigger acquisitions or as a 5V output to provide status information to your system For further triggering and DIO ne
26. ideo lines and frames In an ROI acquisition select an area within the acquisition window to transfer across the host bus to system memory If the area of the image you need is smaller than the camera output that appears in the acquisition window selecting an ROI speeds up the transfer and processing times for the image ay Note You can use MAX to set the acquisition and ROI parameters Acquisition Window Control You can configure the following parameters on the NI 1429 to control the video acquisition window e Acquisition window The NI 1429 allows you to specify a particular region of active pixels and active lines within the incoming video data The active pixel region selects the starting pixel and number of pixels to be acquired relative to the assertion edge of the horizontal or line National Instruments Corporation 2 5 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 Hardware Overview DMA Controllers PCle Interface Start Conditions NI PCle 1429 User Manual enable signal from the camera The active line region selects the starting line and number of lines to be acquired relative to the assertion edge of the vertical or frame enable signal e Region of interest The NI 1429 uses a second level of active pixel and active line regions for selecting a region of interest Using the region of interest circuitry the device ac
27. lar camera you are using The three Camera Link configurations have the following bit allocations and number of taps Table 2 1 Camera Link Bit Allocations and Taps Base Medium Full Configuration Configuration Configuration Bit Allocation and Taps 8 bit x 1 2 or 3 taps pixels 10 bit x 1 or 2 taps 12 bit x 1 or 2 taps 8 bit x 4 taps 10 bit x 3 or 4 taps 12 bit x 3 or 4 taps 8 bit x 8 taps 30 bit RGB 14 bit x 1 tap 36 bit RGB 16 bit x 1 tap 24 bit RGB NI PCle 1429 User Manual 2 2 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 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 Use binarization and inverse binarization to isolate objects of interest in an image To separate objects under consideration from the background select a pixel value range This pixel value range is known as the gray level interval or the threshold interval Binarization works by setting all image pixels that fall within the threshold interval to the image white value and
28. ments Corporation Figure 2 1 NI 1429 Block Diagram NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 Hardware Overview Camera Link and the NI 1429 The NI 1429 supports Camera Link Base Medium and Full configurations The Camera Link specifications include up to 64 data bits enable signals and asynchronous serial transmission as well as four digital camera control lines for controlling exposure time frame rates and other camera control signals The four control lines are configured in the camera file to generate precise timing signals for controlling digital camera acquisition The Camera Link standard defines physical connections between image acquisition devices and Camera Link cameras and it allows for flexibility of image format and data transfer protocols The camera manufacturer defines image parameters such as image resolution and the number of bits per pixel and camera control parameters such as frame on demand and exposure control signals These variable parameters are defined on a per camera basis in a camera file camera_model icd supplied by National Instruments NI IMAQ 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 particu
29. orizontal video line into pixels The exact sequence of bits characters and control codes used to transfer data between computers and peripherals through a communications channel A device that converts angular rotation into two pulse trains A and B The phase difference between A and B transmits information about the direction of rotation and the number of transitions indicates the amount of rotation real time 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 G 3 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Glossary resolution RGB ROI RS 422 RTSI bus S scatter gather DMA T tap transfer rate trigger NI PCle 1429 User Manual The smallest signal increment that can be detected by a measurement system Resolution can be expressed in bits in proportions or in percent of full scale For example a system has 12 bit resolution one part in 4 096 resolution and 0 0244 percent of full scale Color encoding scheme using red green and blue RGB color information where each pixel in the color image is encoded using 32 bits eight bits for red eight bits for green eight bits for blue and eight bits for the alpha value unused Region of interest A hardware programmable rectangular portion of the a
30. part number 187676 02 are available from the National Instruments Web site at ni com products Camera Link cables also are available in 1 to 10 m lengths from the 3M Web site at www 3m com Refer to the following figure for 3M part number information 14X26 SZLB XXX OLC Shell Retention Options Length B Thumbscrew shell kit 100 1 meter 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 3 3 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Technical Support and Professional Services Visit the following sections of the National Instruments Web site at ni com for technical support and professional services National Instruments Corporation Support Online technical support resources at ni com support include the following Self Help Resources For answers and solutions visit the award winning National Instruments Web site for software drivers and updates a searchable KnowledgeBase product manuals step by step troubleshooting wizards thousands of example programs tutorials application notes instrument drivers and so on Free Technical Support All registered users receive free Basic Service which includes access to hundreds of Application
31. program the most basic or complicated image applications without knowledge of particular algorithm implementations 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 1 4 ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 1 Introduction Vision Assistant generates a Builder file which is a text description containing a recipe of the machine vision and image processing functions This Builder file provides a guide you can use for developing applications in any ADE such as LabWindows CVI or Visual Basic using the Vision Assistant machine vision and image processing libraries Using the LabVIEW VI creation wizard Vision Assistant can create LabVIEW VIs that perform the prototype you created in Vision Assistant You can then use 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 Use National Instruments high performance stepper and servo motion control products with pattern matching software in inspection and guidance applic
32. quires only a selected subset of the acquisition window The NI 1429 uses onboard direct memory access DMA controllers to transfer data between the device and host memory Each of these controllers supports scatter gather DMA which allows the DMA controller to reconfigure at runtime The NI 1429 can perform continuous image transfers directly to either contiguous or fragmented memory buffers The NI IMAQ driver software efficiently programs the DMA engines while providing an easy to use high level interface 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 PCle slot Using a smaller width device in a larger width slot is called up plugging When up plugging some motherboards only support plug in devices at the x1 data rate If you plan to use the NI 1429 in an up plugging configuration with a camera that produces data faster than 200 MB s verify with your computer manufacturer that your motherboard supports a x4 plug in device at a x4 data rate in the PC expansion slot you plan to use The NI 1429 can start acquisitions in the following ways Software control The NI 1429 supports software control of acquisition start You can configure the NI 1429 to capture a fixed number of frames Use this configuration for capturing a single frame or a sequence of frames
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34. s wireless interference in much the same way Digital electronics emit weak signals during normal operation that can affect radio television or other wireless products All Class A products display a simple warning statement of one paragraph in length regarding interference and undesired operation The FCC rules have restrictions regarding the locations where FCC Class A products can be operated Consult the FCC Web site at www fcc gov for more information FCC DOC Warnings This equipment generates and uses radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in strict accordance with the instructions in this manual and the CE marking Declaration of Conformity may cause interference to radio and television reception Classification requirements are the same for the Federal Communications Commission FCC and the Canadian Department of Communications DOC Changes or modifications not expressly approved by NI could void the user s authority to operate the equipment under the FCC Rules Class A Federal Communications Commission This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instru
35. san Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 1 Introduction Camera Link such as data acquisition and motion control devices 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 Refer to the Specifications section of Getting Started with the NI PCle 1429 and NI PClTe 1430 for detailed specifications of the NI 1429 Overview NI PCle 1429 User Manual This section provides a brief overview of the Camera Link standard Refer to the Specifications of the Camera Link Interface Standard for Digital Cameras and Frame Grabbers manual for more detailed information about Camera Link specifications This manual is available on several Web sites including the Automated Imaging Association site at www machinevisiononline org Developed by a consortium of camera and image acquisition device manufacturers Camera Link is a standard for interfacing digital cameras with image acquisition devices Camera Link simplifies connectivity between the image acquisition device and the camera by defining a single standard connector for both This standard ensures physical compatibility of devices bearing the Camera Link logo The
36. set Channel Link National Semiconductor chipset for high speed data serialization and deserialization for transmission across cables up to 10 m National Instruments Corporation G 1 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Glossary DAQ DMA F frame grabber H handshaking LVDS NLIMAQ NI Vision Acquisition Software NI PCle 1429 User Manual Data acquisition 1 Collecting and measuring electrical 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 possibly generating control signals with D A and or DIO boards in the same computer Direct memory access A method by which data can be transferred to and from computer memory from and to a device or memory on the bus while the processor does something else DMA is the fastest method of transferring data to from computer memory A device that digitizes an image and stores it in a computer s memory A type of protocol that makes it possible for two devices to synchronize operations Low Voltage Differential Signaling EIA 644 Driver software for National Instruments frame grabbers A collection of driver software and utilities that acquire display save and monitor images from any NI frame grab
37. setting all other image pixels to 0 Pixels inside the threshold interval are considered part of the particle region Pixels outside the threshold interval are considered part of the background region Inverse binarization flips the assigned bit numbers of the particle region and the background region Thus all pixels that belong in the threshold interval or the particle region are set to 0 and all pixels outside the threshold interval or the background region are set to the image white value The following figure illustrates binarization and inverse binarization NORMAL INVERSE of o 3 3 a F ne ne g Lg 2 2 DO _ YM _ Sampled Data Sampled Data Figure 2 2 Binarization and Inverse Binarization National Instruments Corporation 2 3 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Chapter 2 Hardware Overview Multiple Tap Data Formatter Many digital cameras transfer multiple taps or pixels of data simultaneously to increase the frame rate of the camera However the data in each tap may not be transferred in the traditional top left to bottom right direction Also the taps may not transfer data in the same direction The multiple tap data formatting circuitry on the NI 1429 can reorder the data from multiple taps The data from each tap can be independently scanned either from left to right or right to l
38. sigs 55555 E E EE N AE E E T 3 1 MDR 26 Pin Connector cccccccccccssssccccceessssceccecsssceececeesseeecesessssseeeeeeesneeeees 3 2 SMB ConneGtors esnie an a OEE TE ERE i n e aeons 3 2 CADIIT Sa sszedssesscnce cdevsessucegies inseccsueveenvacssecosctesacvevvotex gesuee EAT tress E EEE ES 3 2 Ordering Information saen sait 3 3 National Instruments Corporation vij NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Contents Appendix A Technical Support and Professional Services Glossary Index NI PCle 1429 User Manual viii ni com Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Introduction The NI PCle 1429 is a highly flexible image acquisition device that supports Base Medium and Full configuration Camera Link compatible cameras The NI 1429 acquires digital images in real time and transfers them directly to system memory Featuring a high speed data path the NI 1429 is ideal for both industrial and scientific environments The NI 1429 is easy to install and configure It ships with NI IMAQ the National Instruments driver software that is used to directly control the NI 1429 and other National Instruments image acquisition devices With NI IMAQ you can start your applications without having to program the device at the register level Refer to Getting Started with the NI PCIe 1429 an
39. trument 2 A LabVIEW software module VI which consists of a front panel user interface and a block diagram program National Instruments Corporation G 5 NI PCle 1429 User Manual Artisan Technology Group Quality Instrumentation Guaranteed 888 88 SOURCE www artisantg com Index A acquisition and region of interest 2 5 acquisition window control 2 5 C calibration certificate NI resources A 2 Camera Link bit allocations table 2 2 cabling description 3 2 ordering information 3 3 overview 1 2 connectors 3 1 conventions used in the manual v D Declaration of Conformity NI resources A 1 diagnostic tools NI resources A 1 DMA controllers 2 6 documentation conventions used in the manual v NI resources A 1 drivers NI resources A 1 E examples NI resources A 1 H hardware binarization 2 3 overview 2 1 help technical support A 1 high speed timing 2 5 National Instruments Corporation instrument drivers NI resources A 1 integration with DAQ and motion control 1 5 K KnowledgeBase A 1 MDR 26 pin connector 3 2 multiple tap data formatter 2 4 National Instruments support and services A 1 NI 1429 acquisition and region of interest 2 5 acquisition window control 2 5 Camera Link 1 2 Camera Link configuration 2 2 connectors 3 1 DMA controllers 2 6 functional overview 2 1 hardware binarization 2 3 hardware overview 2 1 high speed timing 2
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