National Instruments PCI-1428 user manual Contents

© National Instruments Corporation vii IMAQ PCI-1428 User Manual
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the IMAQ PCI-1428...........................................................................................1-1
Camera Link..................................................................................................................1-2
Overview.........................................................................................................1-2
Interfacing with the PCI-1428.......................................................................................1-2
Software Programming Choices....................................................................................1-3
NI-IMAQ Driver Software..............................................................................1-5
National Instruments IMAQ Vision................................................................1-6
IMAQ Vision Builder......................................................................................1-6
Integration with DAQ......................................................................................1-7
Vision and Motion...........................................................................................1-7
Chapter 2
Installation
What You Need to Get Started......................................................................................2-1
Optional Equipment.......................................................................................................2-2
Setting up Your IMAQ System.....................................................................................2-2
Unpacking......................................................................................................................2-4
Safety Information.........................................................................................................2-4
Installation.....................................................................................................................2-6
Configuring the PCI-1428.............................................................................................2-7
Chapter 3
Hardware Overview
Functional Overview......................................................................................................3-1
Camera Link and PCI-1428.............................................................................3-2
Base Configuration...........................................................................3-2
Medium Configuration......................................................................3-3
Data Transmission...........................................................................................3-3
LUTs................................................................................................................3-3
Multiple-Tap Data Formatter..........................................................................3-4
SDRAM...........................................................................................................3-4
Trigger Control and Mapping Circuitry..........................................................3-4
High-Speed Timing.........................................................................................3-4
Acquisition, Scaling, ROI................................................................................3-5
Scatter-Gather DMA Controllers....................................................................3-5
Bus Master PCI Interface................................................................................3-5