Comprehensive machine vision software suite released

22 February 2006 Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services

NI Vision 8 Development Module adds new utilities for enhanced quality inspections.

National Instruments' Vision 8 Development Module is a comprehensive suite of vision software tools that engineers, integrators and machine builders can use to improve system efficiency by increasing quality control in the manufacturing process.

The new module combines an extensive collection of vision libraries with acquisition software for thousands of cameras - including those based on the IEEE 1394 (FireWire) connection standard - all optimised for common programming environments like NI LabVIEW and Microsoft C++, Visual Basic and .NET. In addition, the Vision 8 Development Module includes new algorithms for golden template comparison, optical character verification (OCV) and Data Matrix grading that are designed to help engineers identify packaging and assembly errors earlier in production.

Along with the hundreds of image processing and machine vision functions in the Vision 8 Development Module, engineers can take advantage of additional included software such as NI Vision Assistant and NI Vision Acquisition software. NI Vision Assistant is an image processing and application prototyping environment that automatically generates ready-to-run LabVIEW diagrams or LabWindows/CVI, C/C++ or Visual Basic code. NI Vision Acquisition software offers a set of drivers and utilities for acquiring, displaying and saving images from any NI frame grabber or camera based on the FireWire connection standard.

For more information contact NI South Africa, 0800 203 199.

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