NI unveils three new image acquisition boards

National Instruments (NI) announced several new image acquisition boards for machine vision and scientific imaging, including the PCI-1426 low-cost image acquisition board for base-configuration camera link cameras.

The PCI-1426 board features onboard image binarization, 16MB of onboard memory and an optically isolated 15-pin D-sub connector for camera triggering and system synchronization. Delivering an affordable solution for base-configuration camera link cameras, the PCI-1426 completes the suite of NI camera link image acquisition boards. The suite includes the PCI-1428 image acquisition board for medium-configuration Camera Link cameras and the PCIe-1429, touted to be the industry's first PCI Express frame grabber for full-configuration Camera Link cameras. According to the press release, the PCI-1426, PCI-1428 and NI PCIe-1429 boards are ideal for high-speed, industrial inspection applications and high-resolution scientific imaging applications.

NI also released two new analog image acquisition boards—the PCI-1410 and PCI-1405. The monochrome, four-channel PCI-1410 offers support for nonstandard analog cameras and eliminates the need for extra synchronization signals to acquire nonstandard images. Meanwhile, the PCI-1405 is a low-cost, color image acquisition board that is designed for security monitoring applications.