Poor Man's Thermographic Camera: two Approaches

Thermographic cameras are still far too expensive for everyday use. But here are two ways of adding some software and hardware to use an infrared thermometer almost like a thermographic camera. http://www.j3L7h.de/

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[hipchickfitness]

DIY stuff are really nice especially for entrepreneurs but in case you have retail on these stuffs, would you guarantee your customers with warranty?

[Jörn Loviscach]

One would, of course, need an industrial designer and/or a mechanical engineer to create a reasonably robust system.

[Josiah Johnston]

Fun project! I'm a PhD student at UC Berkeley and would like to collaborate on construction guides DIY entrepreneurs selling finished products online, enabling small contractors to sell cheap and verifiable weatherization services. Ideally the construction guide would be publicly available, possibly receiving a modest revenue stream by selling kits with instructions like Robert Moog and the theremin. Interested?

[Jörn Loviscach]

Definitively so. More in my answer to your private message.

[deftdawg]

Hi Jörn,

If you don't mind my asking what model of thermometer did you use? Does it data log or did you tap into (wire JTAG?) its system board to get the readings?

Cheers,

-G

[Jörn Loviscach]

That's a cheap IR therometer that comes with an attachable radio transmitter and a radio receiver for USB. It's a German-branded Chinese product. Something of that sort should be available in Canada as well.

[anoxxi]

Nice project another way around a patent.

[thompsonbruv]

Nice work, I wish you all the best.

[oldyogurt]

You are a genius and this blew my mind. What a creative solution.

[Jörn Loviscach]

Thanks for sharing your ideas! I need to explain that the laser is just used to indicate the spot at which the measurement takes place; the actual measurement is passive. Nonetheless, an IR-reflecting and cooled scanning mirror could indeed be used to speed things up.