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Introduction
This chapter describes the PCI/PXI-1411 and describes your software
programming choices.
About the PCI/PXI-1411
The PCI/PXI-1411 is a highly flexible monochrome and color IMAQ board
for PCI, PXI, or CompactPCI chassis that supports a diverse range of
analog cameras from many camera companies. The PCI/PXI-1411 acquires
images in real time and can store these images in onboard frame memory,
or transfer these images directly to system memory.
The PCI/PXI-1411 is simple to configure so that you can easily install
the board and begin acquiring images. The PCI/PXI-1411 ships with
NI-IMAQ, the National Instruments complete IMAQ driver software
you can use to directly control the PCI/PXI-1411 and other National
Instruments IMAQ hardware products. Using NI-IMAQ, you can quickly
and easily start your applications without having to program the board at
the register level.
The PCI/PXI-1411 features a precision color analog video decoder ideal
for both industrial and scientific environments. The 1411 device supports
both NTSC and PAL color standards as well as the RS-170 and CCIR
monochrome standards. The 1411 also provides one external I/O line
that you can use as a trigger or as a digital input/output (I/O) line. If you
require more advanced triggering or digital I/O lines, you can use the
PCI/PXI-1411 and NI-IMAQ with the National Instruments data
acquisition (DAQ) product line.
Detailed specifications of the PCI/PXI-1411 are in Appendix A,
.