National Instruments NI 1450 Series - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 1 NI 1450 Overview
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National Instruments Application Software
Vision Builder for Automated Inspection
National Instruments Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI) is
configurable machine vision software that you can use to prototype,
benchmark, and deploy applications. NI Vision Builder AI does not require
programming, but is scalable to LabVIEW RT.
Vision Builder AI allows you to easily configure and benchmark a
sequence of visual inspection steps, as well as deploy the visual inspection
system for automated inspection. With Vision Builder AI, you can perform
powerful visual inspection tasks and make decisions based on the results of
individual tasks. Additionally, you can communicate with external devices
using an Ethernet connection, serial lines, and digital I/Os. With Vision
Builder AI, you can migrate your configured inspection to LabVIEW,
extending the capabilities of your applications if necessary.
LabVIEW RT with the Vision Development Module
The LabVIEW Real-Time Module and the RT Series hardware, such as the
NI 1450, extend the capabilities of LabVIEW to address the need for
deterministic real-time performance.
The Real-Time Module combines LabVIEW graphical programming with
the power of RT Series hardware, enabling you to build deterministic
real-time systems. You develop VIs in LabVIEW and embed the VIs on
RT targets. The RT target runs VIs without a user interface and offers a
stable platform for real-time VIs.
For more information about LabVIEW RT, refer to the LabVIEW
Real-Time Module User Manual.
The Vision Development Module is an image acquisition, processing, and
analysis library of more than 270 functions for grayscale, color, and binary
image display, image processing, pattern matching, particle analysis,
gauging, and measurement.
For unique image processing, you can use the Vision Development Module
functions individually or in combination. The Vision Development Module
allows you to acquire, display, manipulate, and store images as well as
perform image analysis, processing, and interpretation. Using the Vision
Development Module, imaging novices and experts can program the most
basic or complicated image applications without knowledge of particular
algorithm implementations.