I've mentioned the Fluke VT02 Visual IR Thermometer here before. It's an odd hybrid that combines some features of a low-cost IR thermometer that shows you the average temperature around a small area you point it at, and an IR imager that renders a heat map of whatever you point it at. I'm not sure how it works, but I think it operates by raster scanning an area with a single point IR sensor, translating the temperature to a color, and overlaying that on an image captured with a CCD imager. Thus they avoid using expensive IR imaging hardware.
In any case, they have it on sale this week for $250: http://www.flukeonlinestore.com/4253599.html which is probably a good deal, and could come in handy if you are planning to tackle a home insulating project, or want to identify hot spots on a PC board, or in your computer. (Supposedly also good for identifying marginal electrical circuits by imaging your circuit breaker box and wiring.) It's selling for $333 at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Fluke-VT02-Visual-IR-Thermometer/dp/B00APPPL2W/ Reviewers there seem to like it (mostly; if you expect it to do what a $2000 IR imager can, you'll be disappointed). -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
