National Instruments' NI Series Smart Cameras

National Instruments’ have added three cameras to its line of smart cameras for embedded machine vision. Powered by a 533 MHz PowerPC, NI 1744 smart camera has a high-resolution image sensor that acquires images up to 1.3 megapixels (1280 x 1024) for inspecting objects for smaller defects. For engineers needing high performance pattern matching, optical character recognition and code reading, National instruments claim the NI 1762 smart camera offers a 720 MHz Texas Instrument DSP coprocessor alongside the 533 MHz PowerPC. NI 1764 smart camera offers has a 1.3 megapixel image sensor and the 720 MHZ Texas Instruments DSP coprocessor for high-speed manufacturing line applications that are inspecting large objects or locating and identifying small codes or features.