1. A computer-implemented method for configuring an image acquisition device to perform an image processing function, the method comprising: creating a graphical program on a computer system, wherein the graphical program implements the image processing function, and wherein the graphical program comprises a plurality of interconnected nodes which visually indicate functionality of the graphical program; deploying the graphical program on the image acquisition device, wherein the image acquisition device is coupled to or comprised in the computer system; the image acquisition device acquiring an image of an object; and the image acquisition device executing to perform the image processing function on the image.