Fundraising for the purchase of a Flir Lepton thermal imaging module.

In January of this year, at CES, the largest manufacturer of thermal imagers in the world — FLIR introduced a new gadget, FLIR One — a case that turns a smartphone into a thermal imager 0-100 ° C ( habratopic , pcmag review ). The cost of such a case for Iphone 5 is $ 350 and today it is not sold in Russia.



The “heart” of the FLIR One is a tiny Lepton module measuring 8.5 × 8.5 × 5.6 mm. The module is a receiver of infrared radiation, provides a resolution of 80 × 60 pixels, a viewing angle of 51 ° horizontally, 63.5 ° diagonally.
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The company sells the module separately, but only in bulk. Pure Engineering LLC organized a crowdfunding campaign for the group purchase of the party "Leptons". One module costs $ 257 + shipping to Russia is $ 48. For comparison: the cost of ready thermal imagers starts from 40 thousand rubles. In addition, Pure Engineering is developing a breakout board (pictured above) that will allow you to connect Lepton to an Arduino, STM32 or Raspberry PI. As I understand it, the video is transmitted via SPI, control is carried out by I ² C.

Thus, it will be possible to assemble a thermal imager for a third of the price of the finished product. The thermal imager can be useful for checking the heating of equipment, pipes, underfloor heating, search for faults, and, of course, as a night vision device. The campaign will last until October 4th. Sending the first batch is expected in October.

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