Arduino Thermal Imaging Sensor

Inspired by the award winning design using arduino by two two 18 year old students max ritter and mark kohl from mindelheim germany.

Arduino thermal imaging sensor.

The thermal imaging sensor is a one kind of sensor used to determine an image based on the absolute temperature of the object. This example just connects to the sensor and reads the internal thermistor to test your connections. A thermal imaging camera is used for the purpose of energy auditing for homes and offices. This article by david schneider however talks about a cheap diy camera.

To make your arduino into a cool thermal camera we can add a small display. They are also called night vision cameras. One of those issues that i ran into a lot was communication syncs. The arduino is used as an interface in this project.

While this is a simple operation there are some critical areas that need to be addressed. In this example we use an adafruit 1 44 color tft. Adafruit 1 44 color tft lcd display with microsd card breakout. Load thermistor test open up file examples adafruit amg88xx amg88xx test and upload to your arduino wired up to the sensor.

Diy arduino thermal imaging camera thermal imaging cameras draw the image by detecting the heat signatures of that object. At least 5 wires are needed to connect the sensor to the arduino and laser 100 kk housings terminals 6 cir. Typically these require equipments such as flir b60 which are worth 5000 to 8000. Pcb board for holding the laser and sensor.

You must have seen them in discovery or national geography channel where they used them to take pictures of animals in deep dark. With a maximum frame rate of 10hz it s perfect for creating your own human detector or mini thermal camera. It allows the servos and ir sensor to communicate easily with the computer using simple commands. The image is formed based on the object s heat signature.

2 54mm for the ribbon cable. These devices record the present signatures of the devices based on their heat pattern and do not require a beam such as active infrared devices. Once uploaded to your arduino open up the serial console at 9600 baud speed to see the internal thermistor reading.