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is the Smart Camera from National Instruments
is the Smart Camera from National Instruments
Marco QUAIL
Visit any modern manufacturing facility and you will discover a reality now widespread: the embedded programmable platforms have become widely used for a variety of measures.
These programs are available in embedded devices such as various types of embedded data loggers, SCADA systems, PAC (programmable automation controller) and motor drives intelligent. Just as Ethernet has provided a common hardware interface for connecting these disposiviti, the LabVIEW graphical development environment from National Instruments has provided a common software interface to program them.
In addition to the ever growing list of embedded industrial devices to program with LabVIEW, National Instruments introduces the first family of smart cameras. These smart cameras are ideally suited for machine vision applications such as packaging inspection, assembly and testing of reading 1D and 2D. The National Instruments Smart Cameras use the same driver software and NI-IMAQ Vision Development Module used with PC-based systems, simplifying the transition from planning stages to the final distrubution.
NI Smart Camera
A typical industrial camera captures and transmits images via a standard bus such as Camera Link or IEEE 1394 to a host PC or to a system that processes images to extract relevant information. The Smart Camera from National Instruments simplify this process by analyzing the images directly on the camera, thanks to a PowerPC processor running LabVIEW Real-Time and the entire suite of NI vision algorithms. The first model of the family, the 1722 Smart Camera features a PowerPC 400 MHz, while the second camera, the 1742 Smart House, you have a PowerPC 533-MHz optical sensor inside the two smart camera is a CCD (charge-coupled device) of high quality, capable of capturing monochrome images at VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 60 frames per second. The CCD sensor produces sharp images, improving the accuracy of algorithms such as ones for identifying edges and pattern-matching. The combination of the PowerPC processor with the CCD image sensor, both controlled by LabVIEW, provides an integrated vision system, easily deployable, able to directly transmit the results of inspections instead of raw images.
To communicate the results to other industrial devices, the Smart Camera from National Instruments have I / O integrated digital and are compatible with industrial protocols based on both serial and Ethernet, such as Modbus TCP. The lines of digital I / O present on the NI Smart Cameras are optically isolated to allow direct connectivity to industrial devices such as trigger and actuators. To facilitate communication based on Ethernet, Smart Cameras are equipped with two gigabit Ethernet ports. You can connect a port to an industrial network to make the report of inspection results and put the other port in communication with the CAP devices, such as CompactRIO and Compact FieldPoint to expand the I / O available, or with industrial devices type PLC (programmable logic controller) or interfaces Human machine interface (HMI).
Additional advantages of the NI 1742 Smart Camera
addition to a more powerful processor, the smart camera 1742 includes quadrature encoder support and an integrated drive controller and a strobe to illuminate the LEDs. With quadrature encoder support, the 1742 Smart Camera is able to synchronize inspections with linear and rotary drive systems. This feature simplifies the timing in complex applications where consistency is critical to the success of the system.
To illuminate objects directly under the room, the 1742 Smart Camera also has NI direct drive lighting technology. In most vision systems, lighting is typically controlled by a controller
LED strobe outside. In this scenario, the trigger signals are sent to the controller to communicate to the head light switch on when and how. The strobe controller can be expensive add-ons for machine vision applications. To lower costs and simplify the connections, the 1742 Smart Camera has a built-in lighting controller that allows you to control lights directly from the chamber. The integrated controller is capable of delivering both a DC current of 500 mA constant current and a strobe up to 1 A. The strobe light is designed to increase the intensity up to four times without damaging the head lighting.
unparalleled scalability
All Smart Camera from National Instruments software including the Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI). Vision Builder AI is a development environment for configurable machine vision applications, used to build and deploy complete machine vision applications easily and quickly. Vision Builder AI applications are based on a model state diagrams easy to use. This model allows you to configure sophisticated inspection capabilities, including looping and branching without programming bisongo. Vision Builder AI also includes all the features necessary for developing industrial vision systems Full: advanced triggering, data acquisition devices, communication with HMI and PLC, and control lines of digital I / O.
For more advanced applications, NI Smart Cameras can be used as LabVIEW Real-Time to bring on this new platform is also the power of algorithms and the LabVIEW Vision Development Module. The cameras are compatible with other modules that are supported by LabVIEW Real-Time, as the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module. The range of hardware platforms
NI vision ranges from PC-based systems to systems based on PXI and PCI, up to compact vision systems, which now include the new sensor with the NI Smart Camera. The full range of products is compatible with both LabVIEW Vision Builder AI. This allows you to design and prototype their own machine vision algorithms using a camera connected to a commercial frame grabber NI and deploy the same application on a Smart Camera from National Instruments LabVIEW by making minimal changes to the code or inspection created with Vision Builder AI.
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vision systems normally involve more I / O and allow you to properly manage the data network to exchange data with other industrial devices. Smart Cameras are designed for tight integration with the PAC and HMI devices from National Instruments. This simplifies the expansion applications based on platforms made with NI PAC, with the addition of vision technology. In fact, a single project can contain the LabVIEW VI inspection smart cameras along with the code for motion control, data acquisition and user interface. Every aspect of data exchange can be handled with shared variables, simplifying the task of transferring data between different components of the system.
To complete the range of smart cameras, National Instruments offers a wide selection of accessories for machine vision, to build systems in a simple step instead of building custom components. National Instruments now offers directly lenses, lights, mounting brackets, cables and many other components. This simplifies the search of all the components required in machine vision applications.
Solutions All-in-One
NI Smart Cameras provide an all-in-one for a variety of machine vision applications. By combining an optical quality and a processor 32-bit high-performance NI Smart Cameras are a powerful and innovative solutions for the realization of complete machine vision. With the power of shared variables over Ethernet, the integration of machine vision systems in existing and new has never been so easy.
The combination of the PowerPC processor with the CCD image sensor, both managed by LabVIEW, implements a vision system all-in-one, easily deployable, able to transmit the results of the inspection, instead of raw images.
Marco QUAIL
and Motion Vision System Engineer National Instruments Italy
Visit any modern manufacturing facility and you will discover a reality now widespread: the embedded programmable platforms have become widely used for a variety of measures.
These programs are available in embedded devices such as various types of embedded data loggers, SCADA systems, PAC (programmable automation controller) and motor drives intelligent. Just as Ethernet has provided a common hardware interface for connecting these disposiviti, the LabVIEW graphical development environment from National Instruments has provided a common software interface to program them.
In addition to the ever growing list of embedded industrial devices to program with LabVIEW, National Instruments introduces the first family of smart cameras. These smart cameras are ideally suited for machine vision applications such as packaging inspection, assembly and testing of reading 1D and 2D. The National Instruments Smart Cameras use the same driver software and NI-IMAQ Vision Development Module used with PC-based systems, simplifying the transition from planning stages to the final distrubution.
NI Smart Camera
A typical industrial camera captures and transmits images via a standard bus such as Camera Link or IEEE 1394 to a host PC or to a system that processes images to extract relevant information. The Smart Camera from National Instruments simplify this process by analyzing the images directly on the camera, thanks to a PowerPC processor running LabVIEW Real-Time and the entire suite of NI vision algorithms. The first model of the family, the 1722 Smart Camera features a PowerPC 400 MHz, while the second camera, the 1742 Smart House, you have a PowerPC 533-MHz optical sensor inside the two smart camera is a CCD (charge-coupled device) of high quality, capable of capturing monochrome images at VGA resolution (640 x 480) at 60 frames per second. The CCD sensor produces sharp images, improving the accuracy of algorithms such as ones for identifying edges and pattern-matching. The combination of the PowerPC processor with the CCD image sensor, both controlled by LabVIEW, provides an integrated vision system, easily deployable, able to directly transmit the results of inspections instead of raw images.
To communicate the results to other industrial devices, the Smart Camera from National Instruments have I / O integrated digital and are compatible with industrial protocols based on both serial and Ethernet, such as Modbus TCP. The lines of digital I / O present on the NI Smart Cameras are optically isolated to allow direct connectivity to industrial devices such as trigger and actuators. To facilitate communication based on Ethernet, Smart Cameras are equipped with two gigabit Ethernet ports. You can connect a port to an industrial network to make the report of inspection results and put the other port in communication with the CAP devices, such as CompactRIO and Compact FieldPoint to expand the I / O available, or with industrial devices type PLC (programmable logic controller) or interfaces Human machine interface (HMI).
Additional advantages of the NI 1742 Smart Camera
addition to a more powerful processor, the smart camera 1742 includes quadrature encoder support and an integrated drive controller and a strobe to illuminate the LEDs. With quadrature encoder support, the 1742 Smart Camera is able to synchronize inspections with linear and rotary drive systems. This feature simplifies the timing in complex applications where consistency is critical to the success of the system.
To illuminate objects directly under the room, the 1742 Smart Camera also has NI direct drive lighting technology. In most vision systems, lighting is typically controlled by a controller
LED strobe outside. In this scenario, the trigger signals are sent to the controller to communicate to the head light switch on when and how. The strobe controller can be expensive add-ons for machine vision applications. To lower costs and simplify the connections, the 1742 Smart Camera has a built-in lighting controller that allows you to control lights directly from the chamber. The integrated controller is capable of delivering both a DC current of 500 mA constant current and a strobe up to 1 A. The strobe light is designed to increase the intensity up to four times without damaging the head lighting.
unparalleled scalability
All Smart Camera from National Instruments software including the Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI). Vision Builder AI is a development environment for configurable machine vision applications, used to build and deploy complete machine vision applications easily and quickly. Vision Builder AI applications are based on a model state diagrams easy to use. This model allows you to configure sophisticated inspection capabilities, including looping and branching without programming bisongo. Vision Builder AI also includes all the features necessary for developing industrial vision systems Full: advanced triggering, data acquisition devices, communication with HMI and PLC, and control lines of digital I / O.
For more advanced applications, NI Smart Cameras can be used as LabVIEW Real-Time to bring on this new platform is also the power of algorithms and the LabVIEW Vision Development Module. The cameras are compatible with other modules that are supported by LabVIEW Real-Time, as the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module. The range of hardware platforms
NI vision ranges from PC-based systems to systems based on PXI and PCI, up to compact vision systems, which now include the new sensor with the NI Smart Camera. The full range of products is compatible with both LabVIEW Vision Builder AI. This allows you to design and prototype their own machine vision algorithms using a camera connected to a commercial frame grabber NI and deploy the same application on a Smart Camera from National Instruments LabVIEW by making minimal changes to the code or inspection created with Vision Builder AI.
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vision systems normally involve more I / O and allow you to properly manage the data network to exchange data with other industrial devices. Smart Cameras are designed for tight integration with the PAC and HMI devices from National Instruments. This simplifies the expansion applications based on platforms made with NI PAC, with the addition of vision technology. In fact, a single project can contain the LabVIEW VI inspection smart cameras along with the code for motion control, data acquisition and user interface. Every aspect of data exchange can be handled with shared variables, simplifying the task of transferring data between different components of the system.
To complete the range of smart cameras, National Instruments offers a wide selection of accessories for machine vision, to build systems in a simple step instead of building custom components. National Instruments now offers directly lenses, lights, mounting brackets, cables and many other components. This simplifies the search of all the components required in machine vision applications.
Solutions All-in-One
NI Smart Cameras provide an all-in-one for a variety of machine vision applications. By combining an optical quality and a processor 32-bit high-performance NI Smart Cameras are a powerful and innovative solutions for the realization of complete machine vision. With the power of shared variables over Ethernet, the integration of machine vision systems in existing and new has never been so easy.
The combination of the PowerPC processor with the CCD image sensor, both managed by LabVIEW, implements a vision system all-in-one, easily deployable, able to transmit the results of the inspection, instead of raw images.
Marco QUAIL
and Motion Vision System Engineer National Instruments Italy
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