Overview

National Instruments CVS-145x compact vision systems give you

flexibility, integration, and ruggedness for all of your inspection,

alignment, gauging, and identification applications. A high-

performance processor integrated with three FireWire ports means

that NI CVS-145x systems are equipped to handle any inspection task.

A diverse range of digital I/O options means that CVS-145x systems

can communicate with a wide range of automation devices including

PLCs, relays, and robotics. CVS-145x systems are designed for extreme

operating temperatures common in manufacturing environments. No

longer are you confined to the limited image processing capability,

sensor size, and sensor speed of traditional smart cameras.

Choose Your Compact Vision System

There are three CVS-145x products. The CVS-1456 provides high-

performance image processing and analysis along with ample storage

for images and data. If you need color processing or want to inspect

from multiple cameras, choose the CVS-1455. The CVS-1454 is ideally

suited for applications that require a few simple inspections from a

single camera. All compact vision systems have 29 digital I/O lines to

communicate with a variety of automation devices.

Software for Fast Development

or Performance – You Choose

With the National Instruments machine vision software approach,

you no longer need to make a trade-off between the power and

flexibility of a programming language such as LabVIEW and the ease

of use of a menu-driven environment such as Vision Builder for

Automated Inspection, which simplifies the development process by

replacing programming complexity with an interactive development

environment. Vision Builder for Automated Inspection is designed to

solve gauging, part present/not present, alignment, and optical

character recognition applications. Overall, if you need the power

Rugged Real-Time Compact Vision Systems

• Real-time FireWire image acquisition,

analysis, and storage

• 3 FireWire camera inputs

• High-performance processor ensures

fast inspection times

• 0 to 55 ˚C operating temperature

• Ethernet and RS232 ports

• Control triggers, cameras, lighting, and

PLCs with 15 digital inputs and 14

digital outputs

• 128 MB onboard DRAM memory

• 32 to 256 MB nonvolatile storage

• VGA output for real-time display

of results

• Extended analog I/O, digital

I/O, and motion control with

NI Compact FieldPoint and PXI

Recommended Software

• Vision Builder for

Automated Inspection

• LabVIEW

• LabVIEW Real-Time Module

• LabVIEW Vision

Development Module

• OCR Software

NI CVS-1454, NI CVS-1455, NI CVS-1456

NEW

NI-IMAQ Driver Software

Windows

Real-Time

PCI

PXI

PXI RT

Compact Vision

System

LabVIEW

NI Vision Development

Module

Programming Libraries

Configurable Software

Vision Builder for

Automated

Inspection

Migration path

available

Figure 1. Choose your software from an easy to use configurable environment or a flexible

and powerful programming environment. Migrate your configured inspection to LabVIEW

with NI Vision Builder for Automated Inspection LabVIEW code generation.

Typical

NI CVS-1454

NI CVS-1455

NI CVS-1456

Smart Camera

Configurable software

Vision Builder for Automated Inspection

Available

Programmable software

LabVIEW and the Vision Development Module

Not available

Typical processor

performance

Digital I/O lines

29

29

29

2 to 20

Cameras

Up to 3

Up to 3

Up to 3

1

Resolution

Up to 2000 x 2000 Up to 2000 x 2000 Up to 2000 x 2000

640 x 480

Frame rate

Up to 100 fps

Up to 100 fps

Up to 100 fps

30 fps

Nonvolatile storage

32 MB

128 MB

256 MB

4-16 MB

Base price

$2,995

$3,995

$4,495

$3,295

*MIPS: Millions instructions per second

Table 1. Use CVS-145x systems in a wide range of applications.