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Thermal sensors
Talk with acalbi sales engineer
Seine Meinung zu unserer Anwendung
Sensorspecs <10掳 脰ffnungswinkel 320x240 Aufl枚sung Quadratsensor vs Zeilensensor Quadratsensor besser weil sehr gutes preisleistungsver盲ltniss / hohe st眉ckzahlen zeilensensor nur bei satelliten kosten h枚her nicht empfehlenswert laut ihm
Flir Sensoren
lepton 3.0 datenblat interface sensor SDI Interface selbst entwickeln Kann keine Temperatur messen, nur Unterschiede anzeigen 3.5 kann kan radiometrische information == absolute temperatur ausgeben f眉r uns nicht relevant Wird in Coronatimes gerade sehr gebraucht f眉r Messger盲te... boson 320 640 besser f眉r uns geeignet seiner meinung nach aber 10X so teuer
Temperaturunterschied ist entscheident
Von oben kuckend ist temepratur bei menschen nicht so hoch Schr盲g w盲re besser weil da mehr warme fl盲che vom menschen
Lepton breakout board
V1.0 alte version , kann vlltpaar features nicht, aber hat keine beschwerden geh枚rt, 30$ V2.0 60$
Erkennung mittels sensoren , 3 unterschiedliche stufen
Johnson criteria https://www.ecamsecure.com/blog/thermal-cameras/johnsons-criteria-for-thermal-camera-performance/ detektion 2 linienpaare aus = 4 pixel erkennung 6 linienpaare identifikation / klassifikation 12 linienpaare
Defekte pixel
1-2% pixel tot M眉ssen ber眉cksichtigt werden => kann mittels tracking 眉ber zeit / best盲tigung 眉ber zeit gel枚st werden
Termal situation @ sea
FLIR Lepton 3.0
Specs
- 160×120 spacial res
- 50 mKelvin temperature res
- 71/56掳 opening angle
- not waterproof
- more info in this paper:
- 词250鈧�
Usage
Buying
- Bought at acalbfi.com
- Bought v1.4 at acalbfi.com
Compared to the Lepton 3.5 it doesnt offer temperatur measurements, but we are not interested in it anyway so we can use the 3.0 version. Lepton 3.5 cannot be shipped in corona times anyway.
Hardware Interface
Code
- Python Interfacing :
- Use lepton3-dev branch for lepton3.x support
- Master got only lepton2.x support
- Live video:
- Paper on the sensor:
Case
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- Better imho
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HTI
* HT-201 / HT-301 * 320×240 pixel * 32掳 Opening angle *
Seek compact
- 206 x 156 Thermal Sensor
- 36掳 Field of View
- < 9 Hz Frame Rate
- 1,000 ft. Detection Distance (~300m)
- not waterproof!
- 词250鈧�
- lensmaterial Chalcogenide
Usage
Code
Protection Lens
Needs special material as glas blocks IR. Common materials for LWIR windows include silicon, germanium, and zinc selenide (LWIR absorption in silicon is on the order of 15%/mm, which means NEDT is adversely affected using a silicon window. Bulk absorption in germanium and zinc selenide is negligible, and performance is essentially unchanged provided both surfaces of the window are anti-reflection (AR) coated.)
It should be stated that occasional water, be it fresh or salt, does not damage Germanium lenses if they are rinsed and dried afterwards. Fire fighting cameras regularly get drenched in water and the camera lens protector just needs to be gently cleaned and dried after the shout.
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From FLIR Lepton Datasheet
More Info:
- Materials in general:
- Cheap Zinc Selenide ZnSe Lenses @ ebay:
- Thermal transparnt plastics:
- Cheap PIR thermal transparent windows:
Test thermal transparancy of materials
Lepton 3.0 Germanium Lens
Bought here:
* Image
* Transmission of lens
* Without lens
Intensity of hottest point: 210
* With lens
Intensity of hottest point: 124
The lens dampens the intensity of the heat by at least ~40%, whis is roughly in line with the chart above.
It also created a lens center spot effect in the center of the image. We need to see if this might cause problems.
To be tested in real life conditions.
Test different materials for thermal transparancy with Lepton 3.0 @ Pi4
This time i take photos with normalized colors to min and max temperature. Actually a better test would be using absolute value images. Next time鈥�
left to right
1. 鈥渢hick foil鈥� ~ like a paper 2. 鈥渟uperthin foil鈥� 3. transparent ruler ~2mm 4. magnifying glass ~2mm
Outdoor
On a static heat source
without
left to right
1. 鈥渟uperthin foil鈥� 2. 鈥渢hick foil鈥� ~ like a paper 3. transparent ruler 2mm thick 4. glas
Moonshot
Result
Its visible, that thin plastics are a option. The actual thinnest one doesnt protect at all, its too thin. But maybe we can find some cheap fitting material, or we use the professional thermal plastics.
Calibration
- Images of water are more cold at center than edges
- Due to vignetting
- Flat field calibration
- Build avg frame over multiple frames and save flat_field_calib
- frame_corrected = frame_raw - flat_field_calib
- Implementation
Low Light cameras
Camera
Flight example
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Grabber card