Is there LabVIEW support for the Hamamatsu 4880-50 CCD camera?

[asdf]

Hello pmvavra,

The Hamamatsu 4880-50 looks like a modified version of the 4880-81 series.
- Possibly having a higher pixel resolution, image size or frame rate...
- I did not have a lot of luck finding any documentation specific to the 4880-51.
- I do expect the -50 to be different from the -81, but this should give you enough information to get started.

The Hamamatsu 4880 is a digital format CCD camera, and you will will need a digital framegrabber to acquire the image.
- National Instruments offers 2 digital framegrabbers that interface the 4880-81 (http://sine.ni.com/apps/we/nioc.vp?lang=US&pc=bymn&cid=1292).
- You will need a camera file (ftp://ftp.ni.com/support/imaq/camera_support/camera_files/digital/hamamatsu/) to decode the digital data.

NI-IMAQ is the driver for
the framegrabbers, and it is included in the default install of LabVIEW 5.x and 6i.
- The latest version of NI-IMAQ is 2.5 (available at http://digital.ni.com/softlib.nsf/current).
- Yes, NI-IMAQ is very easy to use within LabVIEW.

[pmvavra]

Thank You asdf for your comments. I had already found the camera file you mentioned, but it is for the -81 and -82. I do not know how these cameras are different from the -50. I already have a frame grabber board and i think it is compatible with labview. do you know what a .dll file is? i was told that i need a .dll file for this camera. how is a .dll file different from a .icd file? thank you.