Need information on USB frame grabber Labview compatible (planning to buy)

Hello all,
I am looking USB based frame grabbers which are compatible with LabVIEW only. I need atleast 50 frames/sec acquisition rate. I am using PULNIX P2013P analog or monochrome CCIR camera with LabVIEW 8.2 version. Please suggest me any of such frame grabbers even third party products if they are available and also only compatible with LabVIEW.
regards
visu

There are no USB frame grabber cards provided by NI. The only form factors that are supported for frame grabbers are PCI, PCI-e and the PXI platform. If you are interested in using USB cameras, then all you need is NI-IMAQ for USB driver (the driver is not officially supported by NI) and a USB camera that is supported by the driver.
Message Edited by Adnan Z on 03-08-2009 07:42 AM
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