What thermal camera do you want for Christmas? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 02:48:45 pm
content: Cost is no object - you've behaved yourselfexceptionallywell all year and you're in Santa's good books. As he has an unlimited credit card and doesn't seem to have any problems crossing borders with anything he wishes to carry, you don't need to worry about export restrictions.So, the floor is yours. Ideally, give Santa an idea of what to look for by quoting a manufacturer and model number - but as he has got someparticularlyclever elvesand appreciates thermal imaging, you don't need to limit yourself to what's currently publicly available: you can use your imagination...

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 03:06:53 pm
content: He he, and you never know, I may already have it in my collection so dreams can come trueFraser

author: AndyC_772
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 03:24:52 pm
content: I want one that can see electric potential, and produce an image which is colour coded according to the voltage at each point.At any given (x,y) position, if the material at the surface is an insulator, it should be coloured PCB green with its brightness determined by temperature, so warm components can be easily distinguished from cool ones.For conductive surfaces (ie. component pins, wires and test points), any point grounded is black, and any point at a fixed dc potential is colour coded according to a defined scale (eg. 3v3 is yellow, 5v is red etc).Signals whose voltages are changing will, of course, flicker and fade in a distinctive way.Ideally it should support a 'virtual scope' feature, where the voltages at various points on the image are plotted as a function of time.

author: tmbinc
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 04:10:51 pm
content: I agree this would be nice. It kind-of works - with "some" restrictions - with a scanning electron microscope at low acceleration voltages - "voltage contrast" is the keyword:Unfortunately, that approach doesn't scale to PCBs well...

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 04:23:57 pm
content: Quote from: tmbinc on December 17, 2018, 04:10:51 pmYou're just making your PCBs too big.Try embedding your siliconwithinthe board - it leaves a lot more room for passives on the top and bottom. (That's what 'embedded systems' is all about, right?)

author: Vipitis
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 06:18:40 pm
content: I actually got a thermal camera written on my Christmas wishlist. But it's on the side where I put the larger dreams that I am unexpected to actually get.But for the ideal camera I want - it would be used for photography. Handheld, viewfinder, large sensor for DoF, AF, raw capture and plenty of control on the palette, long and short exposure, wifi to my phone and at least 2MP resolution.I don't care about measurements or inspections - I prefer to have all the controls in camera and in post.Compareable to the real world it would be a T1020 with a few more features.

author: David Hess
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 07:57:50 pm
content: Use my imagination and no limit? How about a camera which sees into the future?

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 17, 2018, 08:26:10 pm
content: I'd like an original one of these:And yes, it is IR sensitive and (sort of) a thermal camera.

author: frenky
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 18, 2018, 08:26:25 am
content: We wants it, we needs it. Must have the preciousss......Flir T1020

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2018, 08:31:40 am
content: Yummy!And a full set of lenses too, no doubt?

author: frenky
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: December 18, 2018, 08:36:31 am
content: Of course. And a Sherpa to carry it around for me.

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 18, 2018, 11:22:19 am
content: If one Sherpa can carry your thermal imaging gear, you simply don't haveenoughthermal imaging gear.Ask Fraser.

author: firehopper
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 01:37:45 pm
content: personally, I'd go for a hackable e4, or a e8. I have a flir one gen 2 I do believe. my only issue is it requires a phone, My current phone is incompatable with it, so I have a junk samsung s4 that I use with it, but its awkward to use and I'm always afraid of damaging the connection point by bumping it and so on.. but thats my wish. Anyway back to getting ready for my part time job.

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 02:26:10 pm
content: This one:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/thermal-imaging/niiiice-camera-on-ebay-leonardo-selex-horizon-hd-mwir/msg1333301/#msg1333301

author: Ultrapurple
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 03:00:38 pm
content: Mmm, yes! A nice zoom, with a FOV of 11.0 x 6.2 degrees to 0.9 x 0.5 degrees, though the specs don't mention the NETD of the cooled MWIR CMT 1280x720 sensor.Once something like that comes in a hand-held package rather than a two foot long tube weighing 23kg, count me in!

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 03:09:50 pm
content: A thermal camera with at least Full HD resolution and 120 Hz or higher frame rate and an ability to also capture regular images, perhaps? Combining thermal with high speed photography should be a lot of fun. Especially if it's a lot more than 120 Hz.

author: bap2703
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 06:58:01 pm
content: All of the above + a decent aircraft ball/turret mount and combo mega zoom.I have no purpose for it but hey it's Christmas.

author: pauledd
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 07:46:28 pm
content: I would make do with a ThermApp Pro 25Hz and a nice long lens

author: Rerouter
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 07:55:06 pm
content: Well I know flir has some newer high resolution camera options,Had to do work on a prototype truck and was told it had a 12XXx7XX 25Hz wide angle thermal camera to prevent pedestrian strikes, and the control box was clearly branded Flir.

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 19, 2018, 08:19:43 pm
content: Just two words would appear on my Christmas list .......Selex Merlin