Webcam labview

Hello!

I want to do a live streaming of a webcam with LabView. I said to use NOR-IMAQ, but... the only one I found requires a Vision Assistant 7.1... so my questions are:

1. find a FREE IVISION (not trial) with minimum requirements to help me?

2. find a LabView with the included IVision? (I have a LabView 8.0)

3. If I can't afford an IVision... I still have final project with the webcam?

4. who can send me an example of a project like this?

Thank you!

Hi snuk,.

To use a webcam with LabVIEW, you r IMAQ for cameras USB drive, which has the following requirements:

-Windows Microsoft Windows Vista/Vista x 64/XP/2000 (English, Italian, Japanese, French, Italian, Norwegian, Dutch, Spanish/Portuguese, Russian or simple Chinese).
-LabVIEW 7.0 or later.
-Vision Development Module 7.1 or later version
-NI Vision Acquisition software 7.1 or later version for LabVIEW USB support.
-Vision Assistant 7.1 or later version, for the support of the plugin modules USB Vision Assistant.
-Vision Assistant 8.0 or later for USB Express VI support.

There are examples of the community of DeveloperZone NOR, but you need the requirements above to run the examples.  Here is a link to one of the examples:

NOR-IMAQ for USB: enter and save the Image with a USB camera

I hope this helps!

Kristen H.

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