A Seek thermal camera for your Android or iPhone is $100. They're pretty OK.
*Drew Van ZandtArtisan's Asylum Board of Directors* On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Tom Metro <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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