DIY less-expensive Thermal imaging camera
A thermal imaging camera is used for the purpose of energy auditing for homes and offices. Typically these require equipments such as FLIR B60 which are worth $5000 to $8000. This article by David Schneider however talks about a cheap DIY camera. Inspired by the award winning design using Arduino by two two 18-year-old students, Max Ritter and Mark Kohl, from Mindelheim, Germany.
The Schneider version of the thermocam, however, uses a slightly different partlist for the sake of robustness.
The parts used were:
Melexis’s MLX90614?DCI ($52), Arduino microcontroller($30), powder-coated metal enclosure for Arduino($30), Hitec HS425BB x 2 servos($13×2), DDT500H for pan-tilt mechanism($25), plastic mount for servos($5), COM-08654 Laser module with digital controller($19)
The applications were numerous:
– Checking around the home for weather-stripping faults. Even minor gaps were shown more clearly.
– Scanning people and imitating Kirilian photography to picture the actual energy that people emit.
For a more step-by-step on how to build, head here.
Happy building!
Via:[IEEE Spectrum],[Cheap-thermocam]
November 6th, 2012 at 20:11:33
Great blog this. Thanks very much for posting it.
January 3rd, 2016 at 10:54:22
Check out the project’s new website: http://www.diy-thermocam.net
January 20th, 2016 at 02:22:04
Is there a source code for Arduino available? When I click on “here”, I wind up a a UK Shopping site.
Jim
August 4th, 2016 at 14:45:29
thanks to maxbot for posting the new link, it may be worth updating/removing the old link- when I followed it on my phone I got directed to a blocked site with a dodgy sounding url… just thought you might like to know
January 1st, 2017 at 09:04:40
This looks very interesting.
February 20th, 2017 at 07:51:27
Great Blog .. Nice Information!!
May 3rd, 2017 at 08:16:55
Great Blog .. Nice Information!!
August 14th, 2017 at 00:07:32
link does not take me to the thermal camera build.