©NationalInstruments Corporation 1-1 NI-IMAQfor IEEE-1394 Cameras User Manual
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Introduction to NI-IMAQ forIEEE-1394 Cameras
Thischapter descr ibes the NI-IMAQ for IEEE-1394 software and lists the
application development environments compatible with NI-IMAQ,
describest he fundamentals of creating NI-IMAQ applications for
Windows2000 and Windows Me/98, describes the files used t o build these
applications, and tells you where to find sample programs.

About the NI-IMAQ Software

NI-IMAQ for 1394 gives you the ability to use industrial digital video
cameraswith the NI-IMAQ driver software and IMAQ Vision. You can use
cameraswi th the following output formats:
•Monochrome (8 bits/pixel)
•Monochrome (16 bits/pixel)
•RGB(24 bits/pixel)
•YUV 4:1:1 (12 bits/pixel)
•YUV 4:2:2 (16 bits/pixel)
•YUV 4:4:4 (24 bits/pixel)
Thecameras may operate at various resolutions and frame rates, depending
on camera capabilities.
NI-IMAQfor 1394 uses a WDM driver to directly access the 1394
interface,so that NI-IMAQ can control all of the available modes of the
digitalcamera.