National Instruments PCI-1428 manual

IMAQ ™ IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual High-Quality Camera Link Image Acqui sitio n Device f or PCI IMAQ PCI- 1428 User Manual Januar y 2002 Edi tion Part Numb er 32286 2B-01[...]

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Important Information Warrant y The IMAQ PC I-1428 is war ranted agains t defects in mate rials and workm anship for a period of one ye ar from the date o f shipment, as evidence d by receipts o r other docu mentation. Natio nal Instrume nts will, at it s option, repair or repla ce equipment that proves to be defecti ve during the warranty pe riod.[...]

Compliance FCC/Canad a Radio Freque ncy Interference Complianc e* Determining FCC Class The Fed eral Commu nications Co mmission ( FCC) has ru les to pro tect wire less commun ications f rom interfe rence. Th e FCC places digi tal electronic s into two classes. These classes are known as Class A (for use in indu strial-c ommercial locations onl y) [...]

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Conventions This manual uses the follo wing con ventions: < > Angle brackets that contain numbers separated by an ellipsis represent a range of v alues associated with a bit or signal name—for examp le, DBIO<3..0>. » The » symbol leads yo u through nested menu items and dialog box options to a f inal action. The sequ ence File»Page[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion vii IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual Contents Chapter 1 Introdu ctio n About the IMAQ PCI-1 428 ...... ................ ....................... ................. ................. ............ 1-1 Camera Link ...... ....................... ................ ................. ....................... .................[...]

Contents IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual viii ni.com Start Conditions........ ...................... ................. ................. ....................... ........ 3-5 Acquisition Window Control ..................... ...................... ................. .............. 3-6 Serial Interface ......... ................. ...................... .....[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual 1 Introduction This chapter prov ides an overview of the PCI-1 428 image acquisitio n device, the Camera Link standard, Camer a Link/PCI-14 28 interfacing guidelines , and your so ftware progr amming choices. About the IMAQ PCI-1428 The PCI-142 8 is a highly fl exible IMAQ devic[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 1-2 ni.com Easily synchronizin g sev eral functions to a commo n trigger or timing ev ent is a common challeng e with image acquisition de vices. The PCI -1428 uses the Real-T ime System Inte gration (R TSI) bus to s olve this problem. The R TSI bus uses Nation al Instruments R TSI bus interf ace an[...]

Chap ter 1 Int roduc tion © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-3 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual These v ariable parameters are def ined on a per-camera ba sis in a camera file ( came ra_model.icd ) suppli ed by N ational Instru ments. The NI-IMA Q driver software uses the inf ormation in this camera f ile to program the PCI-1428 to acquire images [...]

Chapter 1 Introduction IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 1-4 ni.com Figur e 1-1. Th e Relation ship bet ween the Pro gramming Environmen t, NI-IMAQ, a nd Hardware Vision Software IMAQ Vision Gauging and Measurement P atter n Matching Blob Analysis Image Analysis Morphology Display and ROI Color Matching and Analysis Filters Application Software Measuremen[...]

Chap ter 1 Int roduc tion © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-5 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual NI-IMAQ Driver Software The NI-IMAQ d river softwa re is included wit h your IMAQ device. NI-IMAQ has an extensive li brary of functions you can call fro m your application prog ramming environment. Th ese functions include rou tines for vi deo c onfi g[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 1-6 ni.com National Instr uments IMAQ Vision IMAQ Vision is an image acquisitio n, processing, and analysis library of more than 20 0 functions for grayscale, co lor, and binary image display, image process ing, pattern matching, shape matching, blo b analysis, gauging , and measurement. For unique [...]

Chap ter 1 Int roduc tion © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 1-7 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual Figu re 1-3. IM AQ Vision Builde r and App lication Develop ment T ools Integ ration w ith DAQ Any platform that supports NI-IMAQ also supports NI-DAQ and a variety of National Instruments DAQ devices, allowing your IMAQ device and NI-IMAQ development t[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual 2 Installation This chapter contains a list of n ecessary and optional items f or getting started acquiring images with your IMAQ device. This chapter also explains how to unpack, configure, and install your IMAQ device. What Y ou Need to Get Started You need the f ollowing item[...]

Chapte r 2 Installation IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 2-2 ni.com Optional Equipment National Instrument s offers a variety of p roducts fo r use with the PCI-14 28, including the followi ng: • MDR 26-pi n Camera Link cabl e from 3M for Bas e config uration • IMA Q D6804 breako ut cable (for external triggering only) • R TSI bus cables fo r conne[...]

Chap ter 2 Ins tal latio n © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-3 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual Figur e 2-1. How to Set up Y our IM AQ System Measurement Studio (LabWindows/CVI, Visual C++, Borland C++) LabVIEW What application software are you using? Configure your hardw are using Measurement & Automation Explorer and online help . Read the [...]

Chapte r 2 Installation IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 2-4 ni.com Unpacking The PCI-1428 s hips in an antistatic package to pr event electrostatic dischar ge from damaging bo ard component s. To avoid such damage in handling the b oard, take the following precautions : • Gr ound you rself via a gro undi ng s trap or by hold ing a grou nded obj ect , [...]

Chap ter 2 Ins tal latio n © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-5 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual instructions. All cov ers and filler panels must be installed while operating the device. Do no t operate the de vice in an ex plosi ve atmosphere or where flammabl e gases or fu mes may be present. Operate th e device only at or below th e pollution d[...]

Chapte r 2 Installation IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 2-6 ni.com measurements on househol d appliances, p ortable tools , and other similar equipment. • Installation C ategory I—for measur ements performed on circuits not directly connected to mains 1 . Examples include measurements o n circuits not der ived from mains, and s pecially-protected (i[...]

Chap ter 2 Ins tal latio n © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 2-7 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual 3. Follo w the electro static discharge guidelines in the Unpacking section of this chapter . 4. Remov e the computer co ver . 5. Make sure there are no lit LEDs o n the motherboard. If any are lit, wait until they go out before continuing installation[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual 3 Hardware Over view This chapt er provides an overview of PCI-1428 har dware func tionality and explains the operation s of the device’s functional units. Functional Overview The PCI-1428 featu res a flexible, high-s peed data path optimized for receiving and formatting video[...]

Chapte r 3 Hardwa re Overvi ew IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 3-2 ni.com Figu re 3-1. PCI -1428 Blo ck Diagr am Camera Link and PCI-14 28 The PCI-1428 suppo rts the Camera Link Base configuration, as well as the 8-bit × 4 mod e of t he Cam era Link Medi um con fig urati on. Base Configuration The Camera Link Base configuration places 24 d ata bits and[...]

Chapt er 3 Hard ware O ver view © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-3 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual conf igured in the camera f ile to generate pr ecise timing signals for controlling digital camera acquisitio n. Base configuration includes the following bit allocations: • 8-bit × 1, 2, and 3 taps (cha nnel s) •1 0 - b i t × 1 and 2 taps ?[...]

Chapte r 3 Hardwa re Overvi ew IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 3-4 ni.com Multipl e-T ap D ata Format ter Many digital cameras transfer multiple taps, or channels, of data simultaneously to in crease the frame rate of the camera. However, the data in each tap may not be transferred in the traditional top-left to bottom-righ t direction. Also, the taps m[...]

Chapt er 3 Hard ware O ver view © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-5 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual duration of thes e signals in easy-to-use units. See th e In terfacing with the PCI- 1428 section in Chapter 1, In troduction , for information on camera f iles. Acquisitio n, Scaling, ROI The acquisition, scaling, and region-of-in terest (ROI) ci[...]

Chapte r 3 Hardwa re Overvi ew IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 3-6 ni.com • Delayed acquisition—Use either softw are or triggers to start acquisitions instantaneously or after skippin g a specif ic number of frames. Y ou can u se delayed acquisition for post -trigger applications. Acquisitio n Windo w Contro l You can configure the following paramet[...]

Chapt er 3 Hard ware O ver view © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 3-7 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual Interactively: • MAX—Use MAX with a camera f ile containing preprogr ammed commands. When an acqu isition is initiated, the commands are sent to the camera. • clsercon.exe —Use National Instruments terminal emulator for Camera Link, cls er[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 4-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual 4 Signal Connections This chapter descr ibes the MDR 26-pin connector and the 68-pin VHDCI connector on the PCI-14 28 device. Connectors Figure 4-1 shows the connectors on the PCI-142 8 device. Figu re 4-1. PCI-1428 C onnecto rs 1 MDR 26- Pin Connector 2 68-Pin VHDC I Connector [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connect ions IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 4-2 ni.com MDR 26-Pi n Connector The MDR 26-pi n connector pr ovides reliab le high-freq uency transfer ra tes between the camera and the acquisition device. To access this connector, use a 3M Camera Link cable. For additional information on Camera Link cables, including ordering information [...]

Chapter 4 Signal Conne ctions © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion 4-3 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual Figu re 4-3. 68-Pin V HDCI Conne ctor Pin Assignme nts Connector Signal Connection Descript ions Table 4-1 des cribes the MDR-26 and 68-pin VHDC I signal connection s. Tabl e 4-1. I/O Connect or Si gnals Signal Name Description TTL_TRIG TTL external[...]

Chapter 4 Signal Connect ions IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manual 4-4 ni.com Y<3..0>± L VDS Medium configuration data and enable signals from the acquisition device to the camera XCL K± T ransmission clock on the Bas e confi guration chip fo r Camera Link communication between the acquisition de vice and the camera YCL K± T ransmission clock on the[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion A-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual A Specifications This appendix lists the specif ications of the PCI-1428. These specif ications are typical at 25 °C, unless other wise stated. External Co nnect ions Trigger sense ...................... .................... TTL Trigger level ............ ................. ....[...]

Appendix A Spec ifications IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual A-2 ni.com Target decode speed .................... ...........Medium (1 clock) Target fast back-to-back cap ability .. ...... Supported PCI master per formance Ideal ..................... ................. ...........133 MB/s Sustained........ ................. .................100 MB/s Power Re[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion B-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual B Cabling This append ix contains cabl ing requirements for the PCI-14 28, including Camera Lin k cable ordering information. 68-Pin VHDCI Cable Specification National Instrume nts off ers cables and acces sories for connecting to video sourc es, tr igge r sour ces, or synch ron[...]

Appendix B Cabling IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual B-2 ni.com Figure B-1 illust rates the Camera Link cable. Figure B -1. Came ra Link C able Orde ring Info rmation Camera Link cables are manuf actured by 3M corpo ration and are av ailable from bot h National Ins truments and 3M. T wo-me ter Camera Link cables (par t number 187676 -02) are a vailabl e fr[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion C-1 IMAQ PCI -1428 Use r Manual C T echnical Support Resources W eb Support National Instrumen ts W eb supp ort is your f irst stop for h elp in so lving install ation, conf iguration, and applicati on problem s and questions . Online problem -solving and diagnostic r esources includ e frequently as ked questi[...]

Appendix C T echnical Supp ort Resources IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual C-2 ni.com W orldwide Support National Instruments h as of fices located around t he world to help address your suppo rt needs. Y ou can acces s our branch o ff ice W eb sites fro m the W orldwide Of fices s ection of ni.com . Branch of fice W eb sites provide up-to- date contact in[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-1 IMA Q PCI-1428 Us er Manual Glossar y Pref ix Meaning V alue k- kilo- 10 3 M- meg a- 10 6 Numbers/Sy mbols % Perce nt. + Positive of, or pl us. /P e r . Ω Ohm. ± Plus or minus. – Nega tive of, o r minus . A A Amperes. AC Alternating current. ac qu i si ti o n w in do w The image size specif ic to a vi[...]

Gloss ar y IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual G-2 ni.com AP I Application progr amming interface. ar ea A rectangul ar portion o f an acquisition wi ndow or frame that is controlled and def ined b y software. ar ra y Ordered, inde xed set of data elements of the same type. AS I C Application-Specif ic Integrated Circuit. A proprietary semicond uctor compone[...]

Glossary © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-3 IMA Q PCI-1428 Us er Manual D DA Q Data acquisition. (1) Collecting an d measuring electrical signals fr om sensors, tran sducers, and test pro bes or fixt ures and inputting them to a computer for processing. (2) Co llecting and measuring the same kinds of electrical s ignals with A/D or DIO boar[...]

Gloss ar y IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual G-4 ni.com F FIFO First-in first-out memory bu ffer . The first data stored is the first data sent to the acceptor; FIFOs are us ed on IMA Q devices to tempor arily store incoming data until that data can be retriev ed. ft Feet. H hH o u r . Hz Hertz. Fr equency i n units of one cycle p er second. I I/ O Input/o[...]

Glossary © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-5 IMA Q PCI-1428 Us er Manual K k Kilo. The standard metric prefix for 1,000, or 10 3 , used with units of measure such as volts, h ertz, and meters. K Kilo. The pr efix fo r 1,024, or 2 10 , used with B in quantifyin g data or computer memory . kb y t es /s A unit for data transfer that means 1,000[...]

Gloss ar y IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual G-6 ni.com MS B M ost significant bit. MT B F Mean time between f ailure. mu x Multiplexer . A switching d evice with multiple inputs that selectiv ely connects one of its inputs to its output. N NI -I MA Q Dri v er software for National In struments IMA Q hardware . NV R AM Non volatile RAM. RAM that is not era[...]

Glossary © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion G-7 IMA Q PCI-1428 Us er Manual R RAM Random-access memor y . re al t im e A property of an event o r system in which data is processed as it is acquired instead of b eing accumulated and proces sed at a later time. re l at iv e a c cu ra cy A measure in LSB of the accurac y of an ADC; it includes all[...]

Gloss ar y IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual G-8 ni.com SRAM St a tic RA M. sy nc T ells the display where to pu t a video picture. The horizontal sync ind icates the picture’ s left-to-right placement an d the vertical sync indicates top-to-bottom placement. sy st e m RA M RAM installed on a personal comp uter and used b y the operating system, as contr[...]

© Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion I-1 IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manu al Index Numbers 68-pin VHDCI connector, 4 -2 to 4-3 cable specifications, B-1 over view , 4- 2 pin assi gnments (fig ure), 4-3 A acquisition, scaling, and region-of -interest (ROI) circ uitry , 3-5 acquisition start conditions, 3-6 acquisition window control, 3-6 active pixel regi[...]

Index IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual I-2 ni.com H hardware overview, 3- 1 to 3-7 acquisition, scaling, ROI, 3-5 acquisition window control, 3-6 bloc k dia gr am ( figur e), 3-2 bus master PCI interface, 3-5 Camer a Link , 3-2 to 3-3 Base c onfiguration , 3-2 to 3-3 Medium confi guration, 3-3 da ta tran smis sion , 3-3 high -spe ed tim ing , 3-4 to 3-5 L[...]

Index © Nationa l Instrume nts Corpora tion I-3 IMAQ PCI-1428 Us er Manu al O optional equipment, 2- 2 P PCI interface specifications , A-1 to A-2 physical specifications, A-2 power r equirements, A-2 R region of in terest, in acquisit ion window control, 3-6 region- of-interest (ROI) circuitry , 3-5 requirem ents for getting starte d, 2-1 to 2 -2[...]

Index IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual I-4 ni.com W Web supp ort from N ational Instru ments, C-1 Worldwide technical supp ort, C-2 X X<3..0> ± signal (table), 4-3 XCLK ± <1..0> ± sign al (table), 4-4 Y Y<3..0> ± signal (table), 4-4 YCLK ± <1..0> ± signal (table) , 4-4[...]