piZviZ Posted August 28, 2017 Report Posted August 28, 2017 I have a LabVIEW based application for Vision inspection system. My application consist of acquisition from 6 cameras. My question is which solution is good 1. 6 Cameras connected to single PC1 or 2. 3 Cameras connected to PC1 and other 3 cameras connected to PC2 Brief explanation on your answer is appreciated Quote
Antoine Chalons Posted August 28, 2017 Report Posted August 28, 2017 Well... you're not giving much information about your application. What kind of camera are you using? USB? FireWire? GigE? Camera-Link? CoaXpress? From the users' point of view, would it be more practical to have all the camera on 1 computer? Quote
piZviZ Posted August 28, 2017 Author Report Posted August 28, 2017 Gige camera .... Don't see it from user point of view . Which system combination gives best performance ? Quote
ensegre Posted August 28, 2017 Report Posted August 28, 2017 6 PC. We mean, what do you take images for? What is the bandwidth? Are the cameras synchronized? Do the images need to be analyzed together, so that some program decides something according to what is in them? Can the computers exchange messages? What latencies are tolerated? Do the images need to be streamed disk? All these are considerations you have to take into account for a design. 1 Quote
piZviZ Posted August 31, 2017 Author Report Posted August 31, 2017 I take images to inspect defects in bottle.Camera are not synchronized and each camera has independent task.There is no message exhchage between computers.Images not require to stream to disk Quote
ensegre Posted August 31, 2017 Report Posted August 31, 2017 6 PCs if you have a high bandwidth and a highly demanding image processing, one PC if you're tight in space or need a single control station. Or 7 PCs, 6 for processing and one for concentrated display. Personally I'd first evaluate the resources you need for a single task, and how many tasks could compete for resources if they run on a single PC, then assess how many PCs you need for upscaling. Quote
Antoine Chalons Posted August 31, 2017 Report Posted August 31, 2017 Want performance? Go the NI way, use one IC-3173 per camera. Quote
ensegre Posted August 31, 2017 Report Posted August 31, 2017 more PCs, more money, more performance... Quote
smithd Posted August 31, 2017 Report Posted August 31, 2017 4 hours ago, Antoine Chalons said: Want performance? Go the NI way, use one IC-3173 per camera. or smart cameras: http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/select/smart-camera Quote
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