Anyone fiddle around with thermal cameras? How much do you have to pay to get an "ok" one? Is there a way to diy from online components for cheap?
>>1211594
A bit. A lot. No.
>>1211693
You're welcome
>>1211594
Buy a Cat S60 smart phone by Caterpillar. It has a cheap thermal imager.
>>1211594
all this small FLIR camera is based on Leptron chip ... 60x80 pixels resolution not great but ok.
this 60x80 pixel FLIR one cost about 110 British pounds 150 dolars.
there you go ebay listing for it V3 version 160x120 pixels ( double the resolution of old one )
cost about 350 Euro not so bad as for this chip.
Best effects you can get when compare B/W camera with FLIR image.. simply arduino or Raspberry PI will do this.
But that when you know a bit of electronics, other way go and buy cheap andriod FLIR One 80.x60 pix for 200$ and that's it. any thing with hig res and sensitivity you looking in flew thousand bucks.
>>1211594
sorry forgot the link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Flir-Lepton-V3-thermal-sensor-160x120-pixels-micro-breakout-board-scorpio-v3-/332311010054?hash=item4d5f479b06:g:EOgAAOSw1~JZScPR
>>1212133
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/lepton.html
>>1212133
There's also the option of using an IR sensor and scanning mechanically. It is a very slow method and resolution is bad, but it costs only a tiny fraction of that Lepton camera.
Here's one such camera:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Thermal-Camera/
>>1212134
Just buy the seek thermal one, cheaper and works out of the box.