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186 <strong>Image</strong> Acquisition <strong>Proces</strong>sing with LabVIEW<br />

Link-based hybrids take advantage of LabVIEW’s easy-to-use GUI and Mathematica’s<br />

advanced mathematical capabilities.<br />

7.4.3 LABVIEW/MATHEMATICA HYBRID APPLICATIONS<br />

A simple example of this hybrid approach is shown in Figure 7.29. This VI was<br />

prepared as a demonstration of image processing using Mathematica Link for Lab-<br />

VIEW for NI Week 2002.<br />

FIGURE 7.29 A hybrid Mathematica-LabVIEW application.<br />

FIGURE 7.30 Histograph example.<br />

Note that the only National Instruments component in this system is LabVIEW<br />

itself. The image acquisition camera was an inexpensive Firewire Webcam, and the<br />

image processing was accomplished using Mathematica and its <strong>Image</strong> <strong>Proces</strong>sing<br />

add-ons. When compared with the cost of NI vision hardware and the IMAQ toolkit,<br />

this demonstrates a lower-cost option for less-critical image processing requirements.<br />

More information about Mathematica can be found at http://www.wolfram.com.<br />

Mathematica Link for LabVIEW is available from Wolfram or directly from BetterVIEW<br />

at http://www.bettervi.com.

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