IMAQ Driver Matrix

[bmann2000]

can someone please advise on the drivers required to use a 3rd Party USB camera.  I want to write an app to move a stage around while viewing the work area with a Dinolite AM4515ZT USB microscope.

I'm using LabVIEW 2013.   I've already installed NI-IMAQ 4.7.3 and NI-IMAQdx 4.2.

My understanding is the USB Camera is Direct Show compatible.

Once I get setup, should I be looking the ActiveX examples?

and, are there easier to integrate NI cameras that have microscope levels of magnification, x200?

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan · Accepted solution]

Nice Dino, I have several of those, along with ~4 dozen others used in the plant.

They show up in MAX and you can immediate grab or snap.

In LabVIEW, Search for examples in Help under Vision Acquisition/NI-IMAQDx/High Level and try one like Grab.vi and select the Dino camera # under the Camera Name Pulldown. It uses all native IMAQDx functions, a quick way to start the basis for your own program.

-AK2DM

[tr_dane]

Hi bmann2000,
For motion of the stage, what method/controller do you plan to use ? 

[bmann2000]

I'm using Aerotech stages already, I just need to do some simple centering on features for a manufacturing process.

Many thanks AK2DM, that's all I wanted to hear, that it works.

What LabVIEW and driver versions are you using?

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

bmann2000:

Using LabVIEW 2015, NI-IMAQdx 15.0.

-AK2DM

[BlueCheese]

Admittedly I know nothing about microscopy, but Basler has their Pulse line of cameras aimed at microscopy:

https://www.baslerweb.com/en/products/cameras/discover-the-microscopy-powerpack/basler-microscopy-po...

I think they are designed to go onto a separate microscope rather than a single integrated unit like the Dinolite.

The main advantage of these cameras would be that they are standard USB3 Vision cameras and are fully compatible with IMAQdx natively rather than using the vendor drivers via DirectShow,