> >>
>>> 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:
>>
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>> Dual NPN transistor, obviously not monolithic:
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>> PCB inner-plane short:
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>> (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:
>>
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>> 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:
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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.