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DIY-Thermocam V2 - An open-source, do-it-yourself thermal imager

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maxbot:
DIY-Thermocam V2
An open-source, do-it-yourself thermal imager




The DIY-Thermocam is a do-it-yourself infrared camera, based on the popular FLIR Lepton long-wave-infrared array sensor. The material price of all components is at about 400€, which makes the device one of the cheapest standalone solution for thermal imaging on the market.
 
The aim of this project is to give private persons, educational institutes and companies access to a portable, affordable and customizable thermal imaging plattform.

There are various applications like finding heat leaks in the insulation of buildings, the analysis of electrical or mechanical components, the detection of persons / animals or even mounting it on a drone, together with the additional video out module.

Constructed as a self-assembly solution, the DIY-Thermocam allows you to take advantage of the versatile possibilities of thermal imaging and to save money at one go.

Everything, from software to hardware, is completely open-source! This allows everyone to modify or extend the functionalities of the device to their own needs!

For  more information, check out my website

www.diy-thermocam.net

Joe-C made his ThermoVision software compatible with the DIY-Thermocam, so you can use a lot of analysis features  :)

ixfd64:
145 views and no replies?

For what it's worth, I think this is really amazing. It's also impressive that you managed to achieve what a $200,000 Indiegogo campaign couldn't. ;D

janoc:
I am not sure, what are you expecting? People falling over themselves over an ad?


Considering that Flir One which uses the same sensor and is not a kit, costs $250 (OK, you need a smartphone) and there is also Seek Thermal and few others, it is going to be a hard sell. Is open source nature and few features of this worth more than double the price?

Compare with these, for ex.:
http://www.thermal.com/products/

BTW, isn't Lepton 80x60 native resolution only?

Moreover, it is not even a first one - Mike Harrison made his famous miniature self-contained imager using this quite a while ago.

So I guess everyone looked at it and moved on.

Kilrah:
The new version of the lepton is indeed 160x120.

Guess there are just so many of these things around now that interest is going down a bit especially at this price.

maxbot:
Thanks for those first comments.

I am aware, that I can not compete with those cheap smartphone addons like the FLIR One and the Seek Thermal.
There are big companies behind those products and they are selling it in very large quantities. I am doing this project by myself and it is still only a hobby for me, so the competition can never be fair.

But I am giving my best to establish an open-source plattform, that with some help of the community, could be at least a serious alternative for a specific group of people.

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