Trigger a camera by a motor steps

[rd2024]

I want to run a USB3 machine vision camera and DC Servomotor together applying a condition that the camera will automatically capture a single image at every step rotation of the motor. I have the motor and camera in the block diagram. Can someone help me how to do it? 

Can someone help me how to do it?

[RIObotics]

Hi there,

If your USB3 camera has a trigger line input, you can use it to capture images.  You can send a trigger signal from your motion controller for each rotation, as long as the controller supports this.

If the camera doesn’t have trigger support, you'll need to use software-based triggering. You can set up a while loop to monitor the motor position and capture images when it reaches the desired point.

BR

John

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