Single point thermal imaging camera made of infrared thermometer
Let me know your opinion and experience
since high resolution thermal imaging cameras are still expensive
so I plan to build a single point thermal imaging camera supported by mosaics scanning mechanics
to get high resolution thermal imaging
thank you
On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:28 +0000, manta103g@gmail.com (darius)
wrote:
Single point thermal imaging camera made of infrared thermometer
Let me know your opinion and experience
since high resolution thermal imaging cameras are still expensive
so I plan to build a single point thermal imaging camera supported by mosaics scanning mechanics
to get high resolution thermal imaging
thank you
A single-point sensor will probably be big so have poor spatial
resolution. And scanning will be very slow.
Amazon has 256x192 thermal imager cameras, all done, starting around
$250. They probably don't focus close enough for electronics but that
could be fudged. Some software image enhancement might be possible.
We have two FLIRs. One was very expensive and has a huge
adjustable-focus germanium lens. It's fabulous for scoping
electronics.
Lens:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uda77g9w66x3u9f/Flir_E45_WA_Lens.JPG?raw=1
Dual NPN transistor, obviously not monolithic:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dd072w1z2gmfpbt/Dual_NPN.jpg?raw=1
PCB inner-plane short:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxk5dd8i6gr74nq/PCB_Short.jpg?raw=1
(A bunch of amps burned that away.)
Our other IR imager was a gift from FLIR, a smaller fixed-focus thing,
pretty much useless for electronics:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6qrx4yyy63gxw5jec1rwa/BT3.JPG?rlkey=q9eb551ur73h5qucgyrck9tsi&raw=1
I'd like to have a small handheld imager, but it needs to focus up
close, which most don't do.
On 2024-01-10 10:56, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:28 +0000, manta103g@gmail.com (darius)
wrote:
Single point thermal imaging camera made of infrared thermometer
Let me know your opinion and experience
since high resolution thermal imaging cameras are still expensive
so I plan to build a single point thermal imaging camera supported by
mosaics scanning mechanics
to get high resolution thermal imaging
thank you
A single-point sensor will probably be big so have poor spatial
resolution. And scanning will be very slow.
Amazon has 256x192 thermal imager cameras, all done, starting around
$250. They probably don't focus close enough for electronics but that
could be fudged. Some software image enhancement might be possible.
We have two FLIRs. One was very expensive and has a huge
adjustable-focus germanium lens. It's fabulous for scoping
electronics.
Lens:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uda77g9w66x3u9f/Flir_E45_WA_Lens.JPG?raw=1
Dual NPN transistor, obviously not monolithic:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dd072w1z2gmfpbt/Dual_NPN.jpg?raw=1
PCB inner-plane short:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxk5dd8i6gr74nq/PCB_Short.jpg?raw=1
(A bunch of amps burned that away.)
Our other IR imager was a gift from FLIR, a smaller fixed-focus thing,
pretty much useless for electronics:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6qrx4yyy63gxw5jec1rwa/BT3.JPG?rlkey=q9eb551ur73h5qucgyrck9tsi&raw=1
I'd like to have a small handheld imager, but it needs to focus up
close, which most don't do.
We have a FLIR-1, which attaches to a smartphone and works pretty well
for troubleshooting boards. It tries to get better resolution by
combining the lowish-resolution IR image with a strongly edge-enhanced
image from the phone camera, and then dorks the alignment to reduce the parallax effect.
It was about $400 a year or two ago.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
On 11/01/2024 6:02 am, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2024-01-10 10:56, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:28 +0000, manta103g@gmail.com (darius)
wrote:
Single point thermal imaging camera made of infrared thermometer
Let me know your opinion and experience
since high resolution thermal imaging cameras are still expensive
so I plan to build a single point thermal imaging camera supported by
mosaics scanning mechanics
to get high resolution thermal imaging
thank you
A single-point sensor will probably be big so have poor spatial
resolution. And scanning will be very slow.
Amazon has 256x192 thermal imager cameras, all done, starting around
$250. They probably don't focus close enough for electronics but that
could be fudged. Some software image enhancement might be possible.
We have two FLIRs. One was very expensive and has a huge
adjustable-focus germanium lens. It's fabulous for scoping
electronics.
Lens:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uda77g9w66x3u9f/Flir_E45_WA_Lens.JPG?raw=1
Dual NPN transistor, obviously not monolithic:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dd072w1z2gmfpbt/Dual_NPN.jpg?raw=1
PCB inner-plane short:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxk5dd8i6gr74nq/PCB_Short.jpg?raw=1
(A bunch of amps burned that away.)
Our other IR imager was a gift from FLIR, a smaller fixed-focus thing,
pretty much useless for electronics:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6qrx4yyy63gxw5jec1rwa/BT3.JPG?rlkey=q9eb551ur73h5qucgyrck9tsi&raw=1
I'd like to have a small handheld imager, but it needs to focus up
close, which most don't do.
We have a FLIR-1, which attaches to a smartphone and works pretty well
for troubleshooting boards. It tries to get better resolution by
combining the lowish-resolution IR image with a strongly edge-enhanced
image from the phone camera, and then dorks the alignment to reduce the
parallax effect.
It was about $400 a year or two ago.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
This one is interesing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JajqJxxIc
it seems to have a much higher frame rate than my Flir E4 (hacked into
an E8) which is limited to 9 frames per second I think to avoid being
subject to export controls.
On Thu, 11 Jan 2024 23:04:41 +1100, Chris Jones
<lugnut808@spam.yahoo.com> wrote:
On 11/01/2024 6:02 am, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2024-01-10 10:56, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:59:28 +0000, manta103g@gmail.com (darius)
wrote:
Single point thermal imaging camera made of infrared thermometer
Let me know your opinion and experience
since high resolution thermal imaging cameras are still expensive
so I plan to build a single point thermal imaging camera supported by >>>>> mosaics scanning mechanics
to get high resolution thermal imaging
thank you
A single-point sensor will probably be big so have poor spatial
resolution. And scanning will be very slow.
Amazon has 256x192 thermal imager cameras, all done, starting around
$250. They probably don't focus close enough for electronics but that
could be fudged. Some software image enhancement might be possible.
We have two FLIRs. One was very expensive and has a huge
adjustable-focus germanium lens. It's fabulous for scoping
electronics.
Lens:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/uda77g9w66x3u9f/Flir_E45_WA_Lens.JPG?raw=1
Dual NPN transistor, obviously not monolithic:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dd072w1z2gmfpbt/Dual_NPN.jpg?raw=1
PCB inner-plane short:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rxk5dd8i6gr74nq/PCB_Short.jpg?raw=1
(A bunch of amps burned that away.)
Our other IR imager was a gift from FLIR, a smaller fixed-focus thing, >>>> pretty much useless for electronics:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/6qrx4yyy63gxw5jec1rwa/BT3.JPG?rlkey=q9eb551ur73h5qucgyrck9tsi&raw=1
I'd like to have a small handheld imager, but it needs to focus up
close, which most don't do.
We have a FLIR-1, which attaches to a smartphone and works pretty well
for troubleshooting boards. It tries to get better resolution by
combining the lowish-resolution IR image with a strongly edge-enhanced
image from the phone camera, and then dorks the alignment to reduce the
parallax effect.
It was about $400 a year or two ago.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
This one is interesing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JajqJxxIc
it seems to have a much higher frame rate than my Flir E4 (hacked into
an E8) which is limited to 9 frames per second I think to avoid being
subject to export controls.
How close can it focus? Enough to resolve small parts on a board?
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