NI Vision Hardware

Image Acquisition Hardware

Camera Link | IEEE 1394 and GigE | Compact Vision System | Analog | Parallel Digital

Camera Link

	PCI-1426	PCIe-1427	NI 1428	NI PCIe-1429	NI PCIe-1430
Description	Base Camera Link	Base Camera Link	Base and Medium Camera Link	Base, Medium, and Full Camera Link	Dual Base Camera Link
Bus	PCI	x1 PCI Express	PCI or PXI	x4 PCI Express	x4 PCI Express
Video inputs	1	1	1	1	2
Lookup table	Binarization only	Binarization only	Yes	Binarization only	Binarization only
Programmable functions	Partial image acquisition, full camera control	Partial image acquisition, full camera control	Partial image acquisition, full camera control	Partial image acquisition, full camera control	Partial image acquisition, full camera control
Memory	16/32 MB	None Needed	16 MB	None Needed	None Needed
Digital I/O	4	4, expandable with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board"	4	1, expandable with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board	1, expandable with the NI Camera Link I/O Extension Board
RTSI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

IEEE 1394 and Gigabit Ethernet

	NI 8252	PCI-8254R	PCIe-8255R	PCIe-8231
Description	FireWire interface device	FireWire interface device with built-in digital I/O.	FireWire interface device with built-in digital I/O.	GigE Vision interface device
Bus	PCI and PXI	PCI	x1 PCI Express	x1 PCI Express
Supported Cameras	Any DCAM-compliant FireWire camera	Any DCAM-compliant FireWire camera	Any DCAM-compliant FireWire camera	Any GigE Vision Compatible Camera
Camera Inputs	3 direct, 16 with a hub	2 direct, 16 with a hub	2 direct, 16 with a hub	1 direct, many with a hub
Digital I/O	No	29 TTL and isolated DIO lines. 15 input, 14 output	29 TTL and isolated DIO lines. 15 input, 14 output	No
RTSI	No	Yes	Yes	No

*If you would like to acquire images through a 3rd party IEEE 1394 or Gigabit Ethernet interface device, you will need to purchase NI Vision Acquisition Software.

Compact Vision System

	NI CVS-1454	NI CVS-1455	NI CVS-1456
Configurable software	Vision Builder for Automated Inspection	Vision Builder for Automated Inspection	Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
Programmable software	LabVIEW and the Vision Development Module	LabVIEW and the Vision Development Module	LabVIEW and the Vision Development Module
Typical processor performance	833 MIPS1	1,436 MIPS1	1,623 MIPS1
Digital I/O lines	29	29	29
Cameras	Up to 16	Up to 16	Up to 16
Resolution	Up to 2,000 by 2,000	Up to 2,000 by 2,000	Up to 2,000 by 2,000
Frame rate	Up to 100 f/s	Up to 100 f/s	Up to 100 f/s
Nonvolatile storage	32 MB	128 MB	256 MB

Analog

	NI PCI-1405	PCI-1410/PXI-1409	NI 1411
Description	Color or monochrome	Monochrome	Color or monochrome
Bus	PCI only	PCI or PXI	PCI or PXI
Video inputs	1	4	1
Pixel depth	8-bit	8 or 10-bit	8-bit
Standard video	RS170, CCIR, NTSC, PAL	RS170, CCIR, progressive scan	RS170, CCIR, NTSC, PAL, S-Video
Nonstandard video	No	Yes	No
Lookup table	No	Yes	Yes
Programmable functions	Partial image acquisition, gain, white reference, offset	Partial image acquisition, gain, black and white reference, offset, antichrominance filter, lowpass filter	Partial image acquisition, gain, white reference, offset, HSL conversion
Memory	16 MB	16 MB	16 MB
Digital I/O	1	4	1
RTSI	No	Yes	No

Parallel Digital

	NI 1422	PCI-1424
Description	Digital area, line scan	Digital area, line scan
Bus	PCI or PXI	PCI
Video inputs	1	1
Pixel depth	8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 16-bit	8-, 10-, 12-, 14-, 16-, 24-, 32-bit
Standard video	RS422 or LVDS	RS422, TTL, or LVDS
Pixel clock rate	Up to 40 MHz	Up to 50 MHz
Lookup table	1 by 16-bit or 2 by 8-bit	2 by 16-bit or 4 by 8-bit
Programmable functions	Partial image acquisition	Partial image acquisition
Memory	32 MB	16 to 80 MB
Digital I/O	4	4
RTSI	Yes	Yes