Using pxi with compactpci, Software programming choices – National Instruments PCI-1411 User Manual
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Introduction
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Using PXI with CompactPCI
Using PXI-compatible products with standard CompactPCI products is an
important feature provided by the PXI Specification, Revision 1.0. If you
use a PXI-compatible plug-in device in a standard CompactPCI chassis,
you will be unable to use PXI-specific functions, but you can still use the
basic plug-in device functions.
The CompactPCI specification permits vendors to develop sub-buses that
coexist with the basic PCI interface on the CompactPCI bus. Compatible
operation is not guaranteed between CompactPCI devices with different
sub-buses nor between CompactPCI devices with sub-buses and PXI.
The standard implementation for CompactPCI does not include these
sub-buses. Your PXI-1411 device will work in any standard CompactPCI
chassis adhering to the PICMG 2.0 R2.1 CompactPCI core specification.
Software Programming Choices
Using NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments image acquisition driver
software, you can program your IMAQ board to acquire and save images.
You can use NI-IMAQ with other National Instruments software for a
complete image acquisition and analysis solution, as shown in Figure 1.
NI-IMAQ works with LabVIEW, BridgeVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, as
well as conventional programming languages. National Instruments
IMAQ Vision adds powerful image processing and analysis to these
programming environments. You can also use IMAQ Vision Builder to
quickly and easily prototype your IMAQ image analysis applications.