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The only reason why using LabVIEW for the image acquisition is that IMAQ uses the Vision module. It is all reference based, and very well designed. It is fast, and has a ton of primitives for image manipulation/measurement. For automation, this would surely make life easier. The first time I used the Vision, I built a flag follower module that ran on the cRIO in about 2 hours. I suppose that the image could be sent to the Vision module, but there may be performance issues that would have to be worked out. I would be more then happy to help out with the LabVIEW side.