© National Instruments Corporation vii IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the PCI-1428 .......................................................................................................1-1
About Camera Link .......................................................................................................1-2
Software Programming Choices ....................................................................................1-2
NI-IMAQ Driver Software..............................................................................1-3
National Instruments IMAQ Vision ................................................................1-5
IMAQ Vision Builder......................................................................................1-5
Integration with DAQ......................................................................................1-6
Vision and Motion...........................................................................................1-6
Chapter 2
Installation
What You Need to Get Started ......................................................................................2-1
Optional Equipment.......................................................................................................2-2
How to Set up Your IMAQ System...............................................................................2-2
Unpacking......................................................................................................................2-4
Installation .....................................................................................................................2-4
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
Functional Overview......................................................................................................3-1
LUTs................................................................................................................3-2
Multiple-Tap Data Formatter ..........................................................................3-3
SDRAM...........................................................................................................3-3
Serial Interface.................................................................................................3-3
Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry ..........................................................3-3
High-Speed Timing .........................................................................................3-3
Acquisition, Scaling, ROI................................................................................3-4
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers ....................................................................3-4
Bus Master PCI Interface ................................................................................3-4
Board Configuration NVRAM........................................................................3-4
Video Acquisition............................................................................................3-4
Start Conditions...............................................................................................3-5
Acquisition Window Control ..........................................................................3-5
