IMAQ FPGA ParticleAnalysisReport VI

This VI has variable latency, which is dependent on the image size.

For the Particle Analysis Report x1 VI instance, use these values to calculate the latency.

• For image widths less than 1081 pixels, the latency is 1160.
• For image widths 1082 pixels or greater, the latency is (Image Width + 80).

For the Particle Analysis Report x8 VI instance, use these values to calculate the latency.

• For image widths less than 1008 pixels, use the formula: Total Latency = (Floor(Image Width/8)) * 5 + 1092.
• For image widths 1008 pixels or greater, the latency is 1708.

For the Particle Analysis Report with Holes x1 VI instance, use this formula to calculate the latency.

• (Ceiling(Image Width/1000*2)/2)*60 + 6221

For the Particle Analysis Report with Holes x8 VI instance, use this formula to calculate the latency.

• ((Ceiling(Image Width/8) – 1) * 15) + 6235

Connectivity 4/8 (8) specifies the type of connectivity used by the algorithm for particle detection. The connectivity mode directly determines whether an adjacent pixel belongs to the same particle or a different particle. The default is 8. The following values are possible:

Pixel Bus In when Input Valid is TRUE, contains one of the following: valid pixel data, an end of line signal, or an end of image signal.

	Pixel Data is the value of the pixel.
	DV Data valid. Determines whether the Pixel Data element should be use (TRUE) or ignored (FALSE).
	EOL End of line. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the line has been reached.
	EOI End of image. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.
	Data Type is used in the block diagram for determining the type of the Pixel Bus. Unused during processing and gets optimized out of the compiled bit stream.

Reject Border specifies if the particles touching the border of the image should be removed from the results.

Retain Overlap should be enabled when you want to retain particle information that is spread across two or more images. The particle spread is considered from top to bottom but not when the particle is spread from left to right. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Reset Overlap should be enabled if Retain Overlap is FALSE for a particular frame. Reset Overlap is recognized only when there is transition from FALSE to TRUE, on its rising edge. If Reset Overlap is asserted at the transition of a frame, it will be considered during the same frame. Reset Overlap resets all internal counters and outputs all particles for the frame during which it is enabled. For this particular frame, Reset Overlap ignores the Retain Overlap functionality. Any particles touching the bottom border are treated as complete particles and the Particle Statistics information will be returned. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Input Valid specifies whether the next data point has arrived for processing. Wire the Output Valid output of an upstream node to this input to transfer data from the upstream node to this node.

Ready For Output specifies whether downstream nodes are ready for this node to return a new value. The default is TRUE. Use a Feedback Node to wire the Ready for Input output of a downstream node to this input of the current node.

Note  If this terminal is FALSE during a given cycle, the output valid terminal returns FALSE during that cycle.

Particle Statistics Out is an array that returns a set of pixel measurements from the detected particles. The internal buffer can hold a maximum of 1022 particles. After the particles are completed, they are removed from the internal buffer to accomodate newer particles.

	First Pixel returns the upper, leftmost pixel in the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Bounding Box is the smallest rectangle with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis that completely encloses the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. Left is the left-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Right is the right-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Top is the top-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Bottom is the bottom-most pixel of the bounding rectangle.
	Center of Mass is the point representing the average position of the total mass of the particle assuming every point in the particle has a constant density. Center of Mass may be located outside the particle if the particle is not convex. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Area is the area of the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent the area of the particle is 32 bits wide.

End Of Image, when TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.

Output Valid returns TRUE if this node has computed a result that downstream nodes can use. Wire this output to the Input Valid input of a downstream node to transfer data from the node to the downstream node.

Ready for Input returns TRUE if this node is ready to accept new input data. Use a Feedback Node to wire this output to the Ready for Output input of an upstream node.

Note  If this terminal returns FALSE during a given cycle, LabVIEW discards any data that other nodes send to this node during the following cycle. LabVIEW discards this data even if the Input Valid terminal is TRUE during the following cycle.

Connectivity 4/8 (8) specifies the type of connectivity used by the algorithm for particle detection. The connectivity mode directly determines whether an adjacent pixel belongs to the same particle or a different particle. The default is 8. The following values are possible:

Pixel Bus In when Input Valid is TRUE, contains one of the following: valid pixel data, an end of line signal, or an end of image signal.

	Pixel Data is the value of the pixel.
	DV Data valid. Determines whether the Pixel Data element should be use (TRUE) or ignored (FALSE).
	EOL End of line. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the line has been reached.
	EOI End of image. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.
	Data Type is used in the block diagram for determining the type of the Pixel Bus. Unused during processing and gets optimized out of the compiled bit stream.

Reject Border specifies if the particles touching the border of the image should be removed from the results.

Retain Overlap should be enabled when you want to retain particle information that is spread across two or more images. The particle spread is considered from top to bottom but not when the particle is spread from left to right. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Reset Overlap should be enabled if Retain Overlap is FALSE for a particular frame. Reset Overlap is recognized only when there is transition from FALSE to TRUE, on its rising edge. If Reset Overlap is asserted at the transition of a frame, it will be considered during the same frame. Reset Overlap resets all internal counters and outputs all particles for the frame during which it is enabled. For this particular frame, Reset Overlap ignores the Retain Overlap functionality. Any particles touching the bottom border are treated as complete particles and the Particle Statistics information will be returned. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Input Valid specifies whether the next data point has arrived for processing. Wire the Output Valid output of an upstream node to this input to transfer data from the upstream node to this node.

Ready For Output specifies whether downstream nodes are ready for this node to return a new value. The default is TRUE. Use a Feedback Node to wire the Ready for Input output of a downstream node to this input of the current node.

Note  If this terminal is FALSE during a given cycle, the output valid terminal returns FALSE during that cycle.

Particle Statistics Out is an array that returns a set of pixel measurements from the detected particles. The internal buffer can hold a maximum of 1022 particles. After the particles are completed, they are removed from the internal buffer to accomodate newer particles.

	First Pixel returns the upper, leftmost pixel in the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Bounding Box is the smallest rectangle with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis that completely encloses the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. Left is the left-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Right is the right-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Top is the top-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Bottom is the bottom-most pixel of the bounding rectangle.
	Center of Mass is the point representing the average position of the total mass of the particle assuming every point in the particle has a constant density. Center of Mass may be located outside the particle if the particle is not convex. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Area is the area of the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent the area of the particle is 32 bits wide.

End Of Image, when TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.

Output Valid returns TRUE if this node has computed a result that downstream nodes can use. Wire this output to the Input Valid input of a downstream node to transfer data from the node to the downstream node.

Ready for Input returns TRUE if this node is ready to accept new input data. Use a Feedback Node to wire this output to the Ready for Output input of an upstream node.

Note  If this terminal returns FALSE during a given cycle, LabVIEW discards any data that other nodes send to this node during the following cycle. LabVIEW discards this data even if the Input Valid terminal is TRUE during the following cycle.

Connectivity 4/8 (8) specifies the type of connectivity used by the algorithm for particle detection. The connectivity mode directly determines whether an adjacent pixel belongs to the same particle or a different particle. The default is 8. The following values are possible:

Pixel Bus In when Input Valid is TRUE, contains one of the following: valid pixel data, an end of line signal, or an end of image signal.

	Pixel Data is the value of the pixel.
	DV Data valid. Determines whether the Pixel Data element should be use (TRUE) or ignored (FALSE).
	EOL End of line. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the line has been reached.
	EOI End of image. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.
	Data Type is used in the block diagram for determining the type of the Pixel Bus. Unused during processing and gets optimized out of the compiled bit stream.

Reject Border specifies if the particles touching the border of the image should be removed from the results.

Retain Overlap should be enabled when you want to retain particle information that is spread across two or more images. The particle spread is considered from top to bottom but not when the particle is spread from left to right. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Reset Overlap should be enabled if Retain Overlap is FALSE for a particular frame. Reset Overlap is recognized only when there is transition from FALSE to TRUE, on its rising edge. If Reset Overlap is asserted at the transition of a frame, it will be considered during the same frame. Reset Overlap resets all internal counters and outputs all particles for the frame during which it is enabled. For this particular frame, Reset Overlap ignores the Retain Overlap functionality. Any particles touching the bottom border are treated as complete particles and the Particle Statistics information will be returned. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Input Valid specifies whether the next data point has arrived for processing. Wire the Output Valid output of an upstream node to this input to transfer data from the upstream node to this node.

Ready For Output specifies whether downstream nodes are ready for this node to return a new value. The default is TRUE. Use a Feedback Node to wire the Ready for Input output of a downstream node to this input of the current node.

Note  If this terminal is FALSE during a given cycle, the output valid terminal returns FALSE during that cycle.

Particle Statistics is an array that returns a set of pixel measurements from the detected particles. The internal buffer can hold a maximum of 1022 particles and 1023 holes. After the particles and holes are completed, they are removed from the internal buffer to accomodate newer particles and holes.

	First Pixel returns the upper, leftmost pixel in the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Bounding Box is the smallest rectangle with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis that completely encloses the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. Left is the left-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Right is the right-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Top is the top-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Bottom is the bottom-most pixel of the bounding rectangle.
	Center of Mass is the point representing the average position of the total mass of the particle assuming every point in the particle has a constant density. Center of Mass may be located outside the particle if the particle is not convex. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Area is the area of the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent the area of the particle is 32 bits wide.
	Number of Holes is the number of holes within the particle. The hole is defined as contiguous region of zero-valued pixels completely surrounded by pixels with nonzero values.
	Area of Holes is the area of all the holes within the particle.

End Of Image, when TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.

Output Valid returns TRUE if this node has computed a result that downstream nodes can use. Wire this output to the Input Valid input of a downstream node to transfer data from the node to the downstream node.

Ready for Input returns TRUE if this node is ready to accept new input data. Use a Feedback Node to wire this output to the Ready for Output input of an upstream node.

Note  If this terminal returns FALSE during a given cycle, LabVIEW discards any data that other nodes send to this node during the following cycle. LabVIEW discards this data even if the Input Valid terminal is TRUE during the following cycle.

Connectivity 4/8 (8) specifies the type of connectivity used by the algorithm for particle detection. The connectivity mode directly determines whether an adjacent pixel belongs to the same particle or a different particle. The default is 8. The following values are possible:

Pixel Bus In when Input Valid is TRUE, contains one of the following: valid pixel data, an end of line signal, or an end of image signal.

	Pixel Data is the value of the pixel.
	DV Data valid. Determines whether the Pixel Data element should be use (TRUE) or ignored (FALSE).
	EOL End of line. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the line has been reached.
	EOI End of image. When TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.
	Data Type is used in the block diagram for determining the type of the Pixel Bus. Unused during processing and gets optimized out of the compiled bit stream.

Reject Border specifies if the particles touching the border of the image should be removed from the results.

Retain Overlap should be enabled when you want to retain particle information that is spread across two or more images. The particle spread is considered from top to bottom but not when the particle is spread from left to right. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Reset Overlap should be enabled if Retain Overlap is FALSE for a particular frame. Reset Overlap is recognized only when there is transition from FALSE to TRUE, on its rising edge. If Reset Overlap is asserted at the transition of a frame, it will be considered during the same frame. Reset Overlap resets all internal counters and outputs all particles for the frame during which it is enabled. For this particular frame, Reset Overlap ignores the Retain Overlap functionality. Any particles touching the bottom border are treated as complete particles and the Particle Statistics information will be returned. If Reject Border is set to TRUE, the particles touching the left and right border will be omitted.

Input Valid specifies whether the next data point has arrived for processing. Wire the Output Valid output of an upstream node to this input to transfer data from the upstream node to this node.

Ready For Output specifies whether downstream nodes are ready for this node to return a new value. The default is TRUE. Use a Feedback Node to wire the Ready for Input output of a downstream node to this input of the current node.

Note  If this terminal is FALSE during a given cycle, the output valid terminal returns FALSE during that cycle.

Particle Statistics is an array that returns a set of pixel measurements from the detected particles. The internal buffer can hold a maximum of 1022 particles and 1023 holes. After the particles and holes are completed, they are removed from the internal buffer to accomodate newer particles and holes.

	First Pixel returns the upper, leftmost pixel in the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Bounding Box is the smallest rectangle with sides parallel to the x-axis and y-axis that completely encloses the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent each parameter of the Bounding Box and First Pixel is 31 bits. Left is the left-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Right is the right-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Top is the top-most pixel of the bounding rectangle. Bottom is the bottom-most pixel of the bounding rectangle.
	Center of Mass is the point representing the average position of the total mass of the particle assuming every point in the particle has a constant density. Center of Mass may be located outside the particle if the particle is not convex. X is the x-coordinate of the pixel. Y is the y-coordinate of the pixel.
	Area is the area of the particle. The maximum number of bits allocated to represent the area of the particle is 32 bits wide.
	Number of Holes is the number of holes within the particle. The hole is defined as contiguous region of zero-valued pixels completely surrounded by pixels with nonzero values.
	Area of Holes is the area of all the holes within the particle.

End Of Image, when TRUE, indicates that the end of the image has been reached.

Output Valid returns TRUE if this node has computed a result that downstream nodes can use. Wire this output to the Input Valid input of a downstream node to transfer data from the node to the downstream node.

Ready for Input returns TRUE if this node is ready to accept new input data. Use a Feedback Node to wire this output to the Ready for Output input of an upstream node.

Note  If this terminal returns FALSE during a given cycle, LabVIEW discards any data that other nodes send to this node during the following cycle. LabVIEW discards this data even if the Input Valid terminal is TRUE during the following cycle.