

If you’re thinking about buying one of those fancy thermal imaging cameras, here you go - this one is just as good and half off. This is one of the better DIY projects we’ve seen recently, and the documentation is fantastic. If you want an overview of this project before digging in, has a project overview (PDF warning) going over the build.

The components required for this build include a FLIR Lepton sensor easily sourced from the Digikey or GroupGets, an Arducam Mini, a Teensy 3.6, and a mishmash of components that are probably kicking around your parts drawers. Now has unleashed his DIY Thermocam on the world of Open Hardware, and anyone can build their own for about €400 (about $425). There’s also a 1/4-20 threaded insert on the bottom of ’s version, making it far more useful in any experimental setup. These thermal images were combined with a VGA resolution camera to produce the very cool enhanced imagery the commercial unit will get you. This thermal camera is built around the FLIR Lepton sensor, providing thermal images with a resolution of 60 by 80 pixels. We first saw it about a year ago, and the results were impressive. has been working on his DIY thermal imager for a while now. That doesn’t mean we’re stuck with crippled thermal imaging cameras, though: we can build our own, with better specs than what the big boys are selling.
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Once FLIR figured out the people who would be most likely to own a thermal imaging camera can figure out how to upload firmware, the party was over. In a manufacturing triumph, the cheapest of these thermal imaging cameras contained the same circuitry as the one that cost six times as much. You will be getting the same pricing per module as if you bought 1000! The alternative option is to buy a Flir One, tear it apart and pull out the module.Ī Google groups page has been created here: Questions can be asked here.A few years ago, FLIR unleashed a new line of handheld thermal imagers upon the world. Please go to this site to buy a module, We already talked to FLIR, unless you want to buy 1000, this will be your cheapest and best option. This will allow you to buy just a single module (or more). We are working with, A crowd-funding site for buying stuff. The minimum order for the modules from FLIR are 1000 modules. Shuttered Flir Lepton Thermal Camera and Breakout from Pure Engineering LLC on Tindie This board make connecting the Lepton Module to something like the Raspberry Pi much simpler. In addition the Lepton module requires a special socket to be used that is difficult to solder down (and hard to buy). There Currently are no other breakout boards for the Lepton Module. The PCB has the same size and mount holes as the standard raspberry camera To configure the camera settings you also need an i2c port, although this is not required. To read an image from the lepton module all you need is an SPI port. This board will accept from 3-5V input and regulate it to what the Lepton Module wants. This revolutionary camera core is poised to equip a new generation of mobile and handheld devices, as well as small fixed-mount camera systems, with thermal imaging capabilities never seen before.Lepton contains a breakthrough lens fabricated in wafer form, along with a microbolometer focal plane array (FPA) and advanced thermal image processing. It packs a resolution of 80 × 60 pixels into a camera body that is smaller than a dime. The FLIR Lepton™ is the most compact longwave infrared (LWIR) sensor available as an OEM product. This board provides the socket, power supply's, 25Mhz Crystal Oscillator, 100 mill header for use in a breadboard or wiring to any host system such as an ARM based Arduino or a Raspberry Pi.


This is a Breakout board for the Lepton Thermal Camera Module.
