Thermal Imaging

Add thermal imaging to a project for under £100.

24 x 32 pixel resolution.

The image below is a hand.

The initial deployment of this camera will be to monitor the hydro-electric turbine on the Morden Hall field trial.

Links

• https://www.waveshare.com/product/mlx90640-d55-thermal-camera.htm
• https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/MLX90640-D55_Thermal_Camera
• https://github.com/caenrigen/mlx90640-library
• https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/mlx90640-thermal-camera-breakout?variant=12536948654163
• https://github.com/pimoroni/mlx90640-library

Installation

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libi2c-dev
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/pimoroni/mlx90640-library.git
cd mlx90640-library
make clean
make I2C_MODE=LINUX
make examples/test
sudo examples/test (CTRL+C to stop test)
make examples/rawrgb

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