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Has the hackabiliy of the E4 made you buy one :  

Yes, I was already looking at the competition at a similar price, but the hack swung it to E4
274 (27.9%)
Yes, I'd not considered buying a TIC before, but 320x240 resolution at this price justifies it (as either tool or toy!)
444 (45.3%)
Yes, I was going to buy an E5/6/8 class of unit but will now get the E4
49 (5%)
No, but am looking out for a cheap i3 to hack
50 (5.1%)
Not yet, but probably will if now that a closed-box hack becomes is possible
164 (16.7%)

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Author Topic: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown  (Read 3769788 times)

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Offline Solare

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7050 on: May 27, 2015, 12:24:21 am »
@Mike, @Aurora

I have sent PM for you, could you please check?

 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7051 on: May 27, 2015, 01:44:53 am »
@Solare,

Nothing received except your email of yesterday asking about my relationship with FLIR.
I responded to that one already.

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7052 on: May 27, 2015, 03:03:34 am »
...and what is going on... I send PMs, they are vanishing.... finally I succeed, then you send PMs, and its vanished again .... I received nothing :(
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7053 on: May 27, 2015, 08:15:02 am »
Hi guys,

I have found Flir E4 from 2014 with the firmware 1.22.0 for sale.
Shall I expect the sensor from E8 or is still a lottery?

EDIT: Year 2014
« Last Edit: May 28, 2015, 09:25:59 am by amstel »
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7054 on: May 27, 2015, 12:59:54 pm »
Another E4 at work:

F/W 1.22.0
H/W 1.1L
.calib.nrdp.ds250C_we_ap_fi_le.measureInfo.temporalMk double 14.773907
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7055 on: May 27, 2015, 01:00:44 pm »
Hi guys,

I have found Flir E4 from 2004 with the firmware 1.22.0 for sale.
Shall I expect the sensor from E8 or is still a lottery?

I don't think the Ex series as we know it existed in 2004 - never-mind with 1.22.0. Are you sure it's not from 2014? And to attempt to answer your question - I don't think anyone outside of FLIR really knows what quality of sensor goes into what unit right now.
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7056 on: May 27, 2015, 03:06:27 pm »
Thanks, Turbo!

People more reports please! Submit your temporal noise values!

Please also add FW version info.

 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7057 on: May 27, 2015, 04:48:36 pm »
Hi guys,

I have found Flir E4 from 2004 with the firmware 1.22.0 for sale.
Shall I expect the sensor from E8 or is still a lottery?

I don't think the Ex series as we know it existed in 2004 - never-mind with 1.22.0. Are you sure it's not from 2014? And to attempt to answer your question - I don't think anyone outside of FLIR really knows what quality of sensor goes into what unit right now.

There is too little statistics to make conclusions. That's why I run this survey.

In my case, Pixel Noise spatial or temporal is about 15 mK
However, spatial and temporal row and column noise is huge - at least 20 mK.

While in the early models of E4, found on this Thread (when it was possible to measure noise components on the web-service applet) these types of noise were explicitly small (4-5 mK).

I dunno what might Flir change in technology but it seems row and column noise increased by factor of 4 - 5.
Maybe they just process it faster :)
« Last Edit: May 27, 2015, 11:29:05 pm by Solare »
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7058 on: May 28, 2015, 01:59:41 am »
@All users of the updated E4 with MENU 2014 EX and FW 2.3.0! QUESTION!!!

I have discovered I don't have two last entries in my main menu measurements option,

see https://www.eevblog.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=21772.0;attach=138753;image

NO Humidity and NO Air Temperature...

I am using hacks installed according the FUBAR procedure, particularly the Menu version should be 2014 EX (not the extended update to the menu)

Do you guys also missing these two lines and

If YOU DO, how do you set then the system temperature of atmosphere and the relative humidity?

IF YOU DON'T, do you have idea why I do miss them? + idea how to get them back?

Thank you!
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7059 on: May 28, 2015, 02:21:20 am »
I think the values you speak of have been moved under the color menu when you select the Condensation or Insulation alarm options since that is where the values come in to play the most.
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7060 on: May 28, 2015, 04:32:23 am »
This is controlled in design_ui.xml and toolbar_config.xml

This will keep you busy for the next little while
 8)
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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7061 on: May 28, 2015, 07:28:42 pm »
This is controlled in design_ui.xml and toolbar_config.xml

This will keep you busy for the next little while
 8)

you torturer....  |O
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7062 on: May 29, 2015, 08:00:11 pm »
My E4:

H/W 1.2L
F/W 2.30

.calib.nrdp.ds250C_we_ap_fi_le.measureInfo.temporalMk double 15.830595
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7063 on: May 29, 2015, 11:35:23 pm »
Thank you! FredB! Lucky you are! (envy)
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7064 on: May 30, 2015, 12:39:14 am »
This is controlled in design_ui.xml and toolbar_config.xml

This will keep you busy for the next little while
 8)

Digging into it a little myself - the values for the menus are all there and do seem to be setup correctly comparing them to the stock 2.3.0 and prev versions as well.
I believe they were actually changed in the facet.rcc file by janekivi and that is quite a bit more involved to edit due to the need to de/re compile it for changes. :(

I don't know if janekivi wants to chime in if I am correct or not?
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7065 on: May 30, 2015, 11:06:16 pm »
I am using hacks installed according the FUBAR procedure,

Try installing the latest files janekivi posted back in Feb.
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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7066 on: May 30, 2015, 11:28:44 pm »
@BUD,

already did this. The Menu is awesome, however some the most attractive features (added measurements) are glitchy.Okay, this is "by design", but still... also, the parallax cannot be changed in saved before picture. There is knob, butt is not effective.

Anybody knows how to enable parallax editing in the Updated 2014 menu | edit mode?

 
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7067 on: May 30, 2015, 11:34:39 pm »
@All,

anybody has good explanation, why many thermal images have 'darker corners'? Is there any connection with diffusion, lighting, illumination, scattering, reflection, absorption, refraction and other optical effects connected to glowing of thermal irradiators (planes) and their diffusional interreflectance? 
« Last Edit: May 30, 2015, 11:36:13 pm by Solare »
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7068 on: May 30, 2015, 11:53:05 pm »
I do not think you can adjust parallax in Edit mode on the camera, but you can with external software.
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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7069 on: May 31, 2015, 12:28:13 am »
I'm not sure if anyone else has mentioned it, but this is now the most-viewed thread in this forum. ;D

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7070 on: May 31, 2015, 07:38:43 am »
My E4 just arrived from a German distributor.

FW Version 2.3.0.
Hack applied, based on FUBAR instructions on a Windows 7, 32 bit system
Result: Works perfectly for high resolution and E8 menu.

The picture difference between the standard E4 and the hacked E4 is amazing!

Here is the Sensor Noise value:
.calib.nrdp.ds250C_we_ap_fi_le.measureInfo.temporalMk double 16.348786

What does that mean?
Is this a good sensor, but not as good as the one from FredB ?
I am happy with the pictures I am getting.
But I have no idea in regards to how a bad picture looks like and how a perfect picture is suppose to look like

Anyhow, the hack went smooth and I would like to say a BIG thank you to all people involved, making this happen.
No wonder, this is the most viewed thread on eevblog
THANK YOU ALL!


« Last Edit: May 31, 2015, 07:46:10 am by HighVoltage »
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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7071 on: May 31, 2015, 11:15:30 am »
Congratulations!

Let's say you won a lottery!

I would be just happy to have the same sensor noise value as you have!

Absolute record was something like 12.84 or so...
The absolute looser I am with 26.56

:)

You are much closer to the first than to the second :)

I think you are happy now!
 

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7072 on: May 31, 2015, 12:09:48 pm »
Thanks Solare,

Can you attach a picture of an IR image, so we can see the difference.
I will post a picture later and then we compare.
How about a picture of a warmed up oscilloscope for comparison?

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7073 on: May 31, 2015, 12:19:09 pm »
my e4 from december 2013
Code: [Select]
.calib.nrdp.ds250C_we_ap_fi_le.measureInfo.temporalMk double 17.067813

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Re: Flir E4 Thermal imaging camera teardown
« Reply #7074 on: May 31, 2015, 01:02:52 pm »
My E4:

.calib.nrdp.ds250C_we_ap_fi_le.measureInfo.temporalMk double 14.846039
 


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