The NI 1764 Smart Camera, powered by a 533 MHz PowerPC processor and a 720 MHz Texas Instruments DSP coprocessor, is a real-time target for machine vision. The high-quality Sony CCD image sensor acquires monochrome SXGA (1280 x 1024) resolution images. This camera has four times the resolution of the NI 1722 and 1742 Smart Cameras.
The DSP coprocessor offers improved performance (up to four times) for optical character recognition, pattern matching, code reading, operators, morphology, Nth order filters, and thresholding.
You can configure the NI Smart Camera with NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection (AI), an easy-to-use stand-alone programming environment for creating full visual inspection applications. The NI Smart Camera includes a license for Vision Builder AI software that you can use to access the full list of functions to program any NI Smart Camera and emulate NI embedded vision hardware (NI Smart Cameras, NI Compact Vision Systems, and NI Embedded Vision Systems).
If you prefer more customization, you can program the NI Smart Camera with NI LabVIEW software and the NI Real-Time Vision Development Bundle that includes all of the modules needed for programming LabVIEW vision applications on real-time targets.
