National Instruments PCIe-1427 Frame Grabber

The PCIe‑1427 (Part number: 779706-01, 192823-01) is a high-resolution Frame Grabber Device by National Instruments. This model is available at a low price with a high speed capability for base configuration camera links. The NI PCIe‑1427 is an acquisition device developed for applications such as scientific imaging. It is also applicable to machine vision applications that need digital imaging with the help of simple cabling. The NI PCIe‑1427 Frame Grabber is viable with any base configuration Camera link camera. This model is structured with a programmable region of interest and can operate the image binarization.

This model has 4 external triggers with ISO/TTL compatibility. The PCIe‑1427 NI also has a quadrature encoder. In addition, it is equipped with I/O with an NI Camera Link Extension Board. This Frame Grabber is also capable of RTSI Bus Synchronization with CAN, Motion, and Data Acquisition. This model provides a bandwidth range up to 225 MB/s. It has onboard digital I/O, which includes isolation for industrial communication and encoder inputs for matching motion by vision acquisition driver software. Camera Link cameras are preferred for applications that need a huge volume of data throughput, including color imaging and line-scan applications. The NI Vision Acquisition software is a single interface for receiving and saving data, as well as presenting images from industrial cameras. The NI device has a power requirement of 1.5 A at +3.3 V, and 250 mA at +12 V.

The PCIe 1427 is run using the NI Vision Acquisition software which contains the NI-MAQ driver software, and is compatible with software packages like LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection, NI vision Development Module, or Microsoft Visual Basic. Part number 192823-01 is the Board Only version of the PCIE-1427.

The National Instruments PCIe‑1427 can be operated with Windows Vista/XP/2000. This device helps stream data to PC memory. This model can direct the digital timing lines like frame start across the RTSI bus or acquisition in progress. It helps control the timing of the machine vision applications. The NI PCIe‑1427 has a tiny 15-pin DSUB connector with visual isolation and a MDR 26-pin connector.   

The NI device weighs 4.9 oz, and measures 4.4 x 6.6 in. in physical dimensions. It has a recommended operating temperature range of 0 °C to 55 °C.