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© National Instruments Corporation 1-1 NI-IMAQ for IEEE-1394 Cameras User Manual
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Introduction to NI-IMAQ for
IEEE-1394 Cameras
This chapter describes the NI-IMAQ for IEEE-1394 software and lists the
application development environments compatible with NI-IMAQ,
describes the fundamentals of creating NI-IMAQ applications for
Windows 2000 and Windows Me/98, describes the files used to build these
applications, and tells you where to find sample programs.
About the NI-IMAQ Software
NI-IMAQ for 1394 gives you the ability to use industrial digital video
cameras withthe NI-IMAQ driversoftware andIMAQ Vision.You can use
cameras with the following output formats:
• Monochrome (8 bits/pixel)
• Monochrome (16 bits/pixel)
• RGB (24 bits/pixel)
• YUV 4:1:1 (12 bits/pixel)
• YUV 4:2:2 (16 bits/pixel)
• YUV 4:4:4 (24 bits/pixel)
The cameras may operate at various resolutions and frame rates, depending
on camera capabilities.
NI-IMAQ for 1394 uses a WDM driver to directly access the 1394
interface, so that NI-IMAQ can control all of the available modes of the
digital camera.