Smart Cameras for Embedded Machine Vision
Software – Configure or Program
Vision Builder for
Automated Inspection
Vision Builder (AI) is a configurable
machine vision development environment
that requires no programming. With the
Vision Builder AI, you can:
Build, benchmark, and deploy complete machine vision applications
without programming
Configure more than 40 powerful machine vision tools including
pattern matching, OCR, and particle analysis
Create custom user interfaces for display and control purposes
Host user interfaces on a built-in Web server
Communicate with industrial protocols over serial and Ethernet
LabVIEW Real-Time Vision
Development Bundle
The NI LabVIEW Real-Time Vision
Development Bundle includes all the
software you need to program a
real-time machine vision application
with LabVIEW. You must purchase LabVIEW separately.
The bundle includes:
• LabVIEW Real-Time Module
• LabVIEW Application Builder
• NI Vision Development Module
The Vision Development Module, a library of image processing and
machine vision functions, includes the Vision Assistant, an interactive
prototyping environment that generates ready-to-run code. The Vision
Development Module delivers:
• Hundreds of image processing functions including pattern and
geometric matching, OCR, bar code readers, object classification,
and particle analysis
• Tools to enhance images, check for presence, locate features,
identify objects, and gauge parts
• Fast application prototyping and code generation with the
Vision Assistant
• Subpixel accuracy down to 1/10 of a pixel and 1/10 of a degree
Software
Unmatched Scalability
All NI Smart Cameras include the NI Vision Builder for Automated
Inspection (AI) configurable vision application development environment
so you can build and deploy complete machine vision applications quickly
and easily. Vision Builder AI applications are based on an easy-to-use
state diagram model. With this model, you can configure sophisticated
inspections that include loops and branches without programming.
Vision Builder AI also features all of the steps you need to develop
complete machine vision systems, including advanced triggering,
acquisition from data acquisition devices, communication with HMIs
and PLCs, and control of digital I/O lines.
For more advanced applications, NI Smart Cameras are also full-
featured NI LabVIEW Real-Time targets. This adds the power of LabVIEW
and the world-class algorithms in the NI Vision Development Module to
this new platform. Other modules supported in LabVIEW Real-Time, such
as the LabVIEW Control Design and Simulation Module, also work with
NI Smart Cameras.
NI vision software makes it easy to move between a configurable
environment and a programming environment. With Vision Builder AI, you
can create an inspection and easily convert it to LabVIEW code. If you
want to use Vision Builder AI but need a bit more flexibility than it offers,
you can also create custom steps for Vision Builder AI using LabVIEW.
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Hardware Scalability
The NI vision hardware platform ranges from PCI- and PXI-based systems
to compact vision systems to the sensor itself with NI Smart Cameras. This
entire range of hardware works with both LabVIEW and Vision Builder AI.
This means you can design and prototype your machine vision algorithms
using an off-the-shelf machine vision camera connected to an NI frame
grabber and deploy that same application to an NI Smart Camera with
minimal changes to your LabVIEW code or Vision Builder AI inspection.
Figure 1. With the scalability of NI vision software, you can develop your code on a PC,
prototype on an NI Compact Vision System, and deploy to an NI Smart Camera without
ever changing your application development environment.
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