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Lepton camera module

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The lepton sensor module is a more fragile device. This repository contains code, libraries and hardware I developed over the course of making a series of thermal imaging cameras based on the FLIR Lepton 3.5 camera or module on many different platforms. Please Choose the proper shipping during checkout, only pick Bubble Envelope for the circuit board without lepton, and if you want to risk damage. I still have some Breakout breakout boards in stock and A new version of the lepton with shutter are back in stock. I want more Info!Ī Google groups page has been created here: /d/forum/flir-lepton This will allow you to buy just a single module (or more). We are working with, A crowd-funding site for buying stuff.

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Lets you see in full darkness! Where do I get a Lepton Module? This board make connecting the Lepton Module to something like the Raspberry Pi much simpler. This library allows communication with boards running a Lepton FLiR thermal. Created by NachtRaveVL, August 1st, 2016. Licensed under the non-restrictive MIT license. Library to control a Lepton FLiR (forward looking infrared) thermal camera module. In addition the Lepton module requires a special socket to be used that is difficult to solder down (and hard to buy). C Library for the Lepton FLiR Thermal Camera Module. There Currently are no other breakout boards for the Lepton Module. (The shutter can be removed if unneeded or manually controlled via i2c) Overall it produces better quality images. Lepton 3.5 Lepton 3 Lepton 2.5 LWIR Micro Thermal Camera Module.

The shuttered version of the lepton automatically does a flat field correction on power-up and when needed(This calibrates the sensor, reduces noise, and gets rid of the lines reported on some of the sensors). The FLIR Lepton is a radiometric-capable LWIR camera solution that is.

Both modules feature a CCI (I 2 C-like) control port and video. The 3.0 module is non-radiometric, while the 3.5 module has a radiometric thermal imaging system.

The PCB has the same size and mount holes as the standard raspberry camera Teledyne FLIR Lepton 3.0 and 3.5 Micro Thermal Camera Modules offer 160 x 120 active pixels and

To configure the camera settings you also need an i2c port, although this is not required.

To read an image from the lepton module all you need is an SPI port.

This board will accept from 3-5V input and regulate it to what the Lepton Module wants.

This revolutionary camera core is poised to equip a new generation of mobile and handheld devices, as well as small fixed-mount camera systems, with thermal imaging capabilities never seen before.Lepton contains a breakthrough lens fabricated in wafer form, along with a microbolometer focal plane array (FPA) and advanced thermal image processing. It packs a resolution of 80 × 60 pixels into a camera body that is smaller than a dime. The FLIR Lepton™ is the most compact longwave infrared (LWIR) sensor available as an OEM product. This board provides the socket, power supply's, 25Mhz Crystal Oscillator, 100 mill header for use in a breadboard or wiring to any host system such as an ARM based Arduino or a Raspberry Pi. This is a Breakout board for the Lepton Thermal Camera Module. It captures infrared radiation input in its nominal response wavelength band (from 8 to 14 microns) and outputs a uniform thermal image. Also includes a port of FLIR's LeptonSDKEmb32OEM CCI to the Arduino platform.Stock is being refilled, in the meantime you can get the camera and breakout here: What is it? FLIR's Lepton is a complete long-wave infrared (LWIR) camera module designed to interface easily into native mobile-device interfaces and other consumer electronics.

#Lepton camera module code#

My version uses the VSYNC output from the Lepton to synchronize the VoSPI transfer as an experiment to increase the reliability of syncing a user-space process to the Lepton video stream.Ĭontains the code I wrote initially for a test platform based on the PJRC Teensy 3.2 board to learn about the Lepton. This directory contains the code supporting the camera and the re-targeting of my Solar Pi Platter as a power-management and expansion board for the Pocketbeagle.Ĭontains a modified version of Damien Walsh's great leptonic program running on the Raspberry Pi. The pocketbeagle was used for the final design of a thermal imaging camera. ESP32Ĭontains code, design information and supporting applications for a pair of cameras based around the ESP32.Ĭode for the Beaglebone Black including my initial PRU-based VoSPI video pipleline and LCD display. This repository contains code, libraries and hardware I developed over the course of making a series of thermal imaging cameras based on the FLIR Lepton 3.5 camera or module on many different platforms.

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Lepton camera module

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There’s also a 1/4-20 threaded insert on the bottom of ’s version, making it far more useful in any experimental setup. These thermal images were combined with a VGA resolution camera to produce the very cool enhanced imagery the commercial unit will get you. This thermal camera is built around the FLIR Lepton sensor, providing thermal images with a resolution of 60 by 80 pixels. We first saw it about a year ago, and the results were impressive. has been working on his DIY thermal imager for a while now. That doesn’t mean we’re stuck with crippled thermal imaging cameras, though: we can build our own, with better specs than what the big boys are selling.

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Once FLIR figured out the people who would be most likely to own a thermal imaging camera can figure out how to upload firmware, the party was over. In a manufacturing triumph, the cheapest of these thermal imaging cameras contained the same circuitry as the one that cost six times as much. Who doesn’t like a challenge? Posted in contests, hardware Tagged contest, flir, Flir lepton, thermal imaging cameraĪ few years ago, FLIR unleashed a new line of handheld thermal imagers upon the world. And the challenge of solving a tricky problem and making designs easier for others is a powerful motivator. Peter has a $125 Sparkfun gift card on offer for each of the two winners.

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The goal here is to create useful Open Source drivers for some very interesting hardware, and there’s some prizes to sweeten the pot. This really is a great example of what the Hackaday.io community is capable of. You can understand how he became interested in portable, and we’re sure whatever project he has in mind for this battery-powered Flir will be awesome. Peter Jansen is the creator of the Open Source Science Tricorder (yes, it’s a tricorder) which took Fourth Prize in the 2014 Hackaday Prize. The Lepton gives any project thermal imaging, and the PureThermal board turns the Lepton into a USB device. For a pair of Benjamins, the specs are very impressive: the Lepton has a resolution of 60×80 pixels and everything is can be read over an SPI port. The Flir Lepton is a tiny little thermal camera that’s been available to the Maker community for some time now, first through GroupGets and now through Sparkfun. There are two challenges here, one for the Raspi and one for the ESP32 and winner will be named for each.

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Any software in this challenge must spit out absolute temperature values in a text format, and there must be a demonstration of putting the Flir Lepton into low-power mode. The rules for this challenge are to use the Flir Lepton 2.5 in radiometric mode using either the Raspberry Pi Zero W or ESP32. Yes, this is a documented feature in the Flir Lepton module, but so far very few people are using it, and no one has done it with a small, battery-powered device. There’s a catch, though: this is a project to use the Lepton in radiometric mode, where the camera spits out an actual temperature value for each pixel. Use a Flir Lepton thermal imaging camera module in a battery-powered configuration. Peter Jansen has opened up the Hot Camera Contest on Hackaday.io to use a thermal imaging camera in a battery-powered project. Here’s a challenge for all you hardware hackers out there. Posted in hardware Tagged diy flir camera, Flir lepton, tcam-mini Along with tweaking the ESP32 firmware, there is still a lot that can be done with the TCam-Mini, but it sure looks like a fun project to tinker with if one is into Leptons. For this he repurposed an old in-ear thermometer calibration device. Recently has also begun to further characterize these Lepton sensors, in order to see whether their accuracy can be improved from the rated +/- 5-10 ☌.

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Being able to load the radiometric data directly into a desktop application for processing makes it a closer match to the professional thermal cameras which states that he’d like to get as close to in terms of features as possible.

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Compared to the aforementioned FLIR One Pro, there’s a definite benefit in having a more portable unit that is not reliant on a smartphone and accompanying FLIR app. Not cheap, but quite a steal relative to e.g. The project is available on GitHub, as well as as a GroupGets crowd-funding campaign, where $50 gets one a TCam-Mini board, minus the $199 Lepton 3.5 sensor. Using the 160×120 pixel FLIR Lepton 3.5 thermal sensor, and combining it with a custom PCB and ESP32 module for wireless, he created a wireless thermal camera called the TCam-Mini along with accompanying software that can display the radiometric data. While the ultimate goal is to create a stand-alone solution, with its own screen, storage and processing, the TCam-Mini is an interesting platform. With how expensive thermal cameras are, why not build your own? This is the goal with which set out a while ago, covering the project in great detail.

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When inserting it into the breakout board be sure to use proper personal grounding, such as a grounding wrist strap, to prevent damage the module. The Radiometric Lepton module is extremely sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). Note: This kit comes in two separate parts and will need to be assembled once received. A few things to consider about this kit: the breakout board will accept a 3-5.5V input and regulate it to what the Lepton® wants, to read an image from the lepton module all you need is an SPI port, and to configure the camera settings you also need an I 2C port, although this is not required. Meanwhile, each breakout board in these kits provides the socket for the Lepton, on-board power supplies, 25Mhz reference clock (can be by-passed), power efficient 1.2v core voltage (can be by-passed), dual low noise LDO for 2.8V voltage (can be by-passed), 100 mil header for use in a breadboard or wiring to any host system. The Lepton 2.5 can output a factory-calibrated temperature value for all 4800 pixels in a frame irrespective of the camera temperature with an accuracy of +/-5˚C. The Radiometric Lepton® LWIR module included in each Dev Kit acts as a sort of camera and packs a resolution of 80 × 60 active pixels into a camera body that is smaller than a dime and captures infrared radiation input in its nominal response wavelength band (from 8 to 14 microns) and outputs a uniform thermal image.

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All you need to do to get this kit set up, simply attach the Lepton® imager module into the provided breakout, connect the headers, and you will be seeing in full darkness in no time! This kit includes a breakout as well as the Lepton® 2.5 longwave infrared (LWIR) imager. Spend some time just playing with the camera to see where you might find uses for it.Do you see what we see? With the FLIR Radiometric Lepton® Dev Kit v2 you will be able to bring FLIR's thermal imaging reliability and power to your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or any ARM based development tool all in an easy to access breadboard friendly package. As it happens, the FLIR Lepton is an excellent little module for the price and Pure Engineering has done a bang up job spinning the breakout board and. Thermography has hundreds of applications.

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The example in this tutorial uses the code from this repository.

Lepton Module GitHub Repo - Library, Example Code, & Design Files.

Mike's Electric Stuff: Reverse-Engineering the FLiR Lepton(R).

Now that you're successfully retrieving LWIR images from the Lepton module, you can dig into the example code and apply it to your own project!įor more information, check out the resources below: In fact, what are we waiting for? Let me give you the tour. Imagine using something like OpenCV to track, not just color centroids, but heat centroids! That’s right, you could be building heat-seeking robots right in your own home! Replace FLIRI2C.c and FLIRI2C.h with ARI2C.c and ARI2C.h which use the Arduino Libraries ( Wire.h and SPI.h) instead of the. Strip out the files that are specific for the Aardvark and the FT2232. With this kit you will be able to bring FLiRs thermal imaging. This is a list of things that I changed to get the SDK to compile and work with an Arduino Board (specifically the SparkFun RedBoard Artemis ATP).

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When it comes to robotics, thermal cameras are especially useful heat detectors because the image that they produce (by virtue of being, well, an image) can be processed using the same techniques and software as visible light images. The FLiR Dev Kit includes a breakout as well as a Lepton longwave infrared (LWIR) imager. Also, because of its ability to produce an image without visible light, thermal imaging is ideal for night vision cameras. Thermal imaging of this type is often used in building inspection (to detect insulation leaks), automotive inspection (to monitor cooling performance), and medical diagnosis. By measuring this resistance, you can determine the temperature of the object that emitted the radiation and create a false-color image that encodes that data. Microbolometers are made up of materials which change resistance as they’re heated up by infrared radiation. The sensor inside the FLiR Lepton is a microbolometer array. Electromagnetic spectrum with visible light highlighted.

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COVID-19 Triggers a Market Boom for Thermal Technologies – EE Times Asia

Via eetasia.com

  Thermal detectors are getting small enough and inexpensive enough to consider being integrated into smartphones…

curated by thermal body camera screening system for fever detection.

Thermal imaging and sensing technology will certainly be among the lines of defense against the Covid-19 virus, according to market research firm Yole Développement (Lyon, France), triggering a boom in the market for thermal technologies. Between 2019 and 2020, the thermal imager and thermal detector markets are projected to rise by 76 percent and 20 percent, respectively.

  Automotive down, thermography and public surveillance up

  The Covid-19 pandemic is reshuffling the cards. High-volume applications such as automotive and ruggedized smartphones, which were expected to boom, are showing signs of stagnation, especially as production shifts towards more cameras for fever detection applications. Based on industry indicators, Yole now predicts that thermal imagers will be a $7.6 billion market, up 76 percent year-over-year. Previous forecasts predicted a $4.5 billion market, up 8 percent year-over-year.

  Thermal imagers — microbolometers — have been struggling to penetrate the automotive market, and the current crisis will worsen the situation. The first effect is mechanical, said Éric Mounier, fellow analyst at Yole. Due to the slowdown in car shipments, microbolometer shipments for cars will drop.

  “Microbolometers for night vision have always been considered as a luxury option in cars and an expensive add-on, we believe that, in the current sanitary crisis, people will put less money to buy high-end cars.” The second reason is that “thermal imaging is not yet considered as an important ADAS system in cars. We talk about CMOS image sensors, radars, lidars, but night vision is still perceived as a redundancy sensor for ADAS.”

  Sensors are key to unlocking autonomous vehicles. They, however, generate a ton of data, and systems are limited by the processing power. One solution is improving data quality. “With infrared cameras, you can see things that you could not see with a lidar or a vision camera. It adds more safety to the car at night or in bad conditions, but I think we still need to improve the resolution and the image database.”

  Companies like FLIR are trying to push the adoption of thermal imaging in cars, but Mounier said, “we don’t see in the short term a strong demand for night vision in cars.”

  The stagnation, or even decline, in the automotive market will be offset by the surging demand for surveillance and thermography systems linked to fever monitoring in airports, hospitals, public areas and warehouses. For thermal imagers, Yole said it expects that more than 1.5 million fever detection cameras will be deployed over the next four years. “There will be a peak this year due to the high demand for passenger screening in airports,” commented Dimitrios Damianos, Technology & Market Analyst at Yole. “The rest will be spread out in the next three to four years due to the various infrastructures adopting thermal imaging.”

  The deployment will depend geographically on the privacy policies and practices and people’s perception country by country. “We believe that the move to infrared imagers will come quicker in Asia than in the US and in Europe,” said Mounier.

  Not only will perception change over time, but two types of technologies can be used. One is a bispectral camera, which has a CMOS imager for normal color pictures and a thermal imager to detect people’s temperature.

  “This poses a privacy problem because you take a picture of someone, you identify it with AI or some database and you associate fever with the person,” Damianos explained.

  The second option is a single thermal imager, which does not reveal people’s information. “You can detect if a person has a higher temperature without needing to store his or her information.”

  To perpetuate thermal imagers, some weaknesses need to be addressed. The temperature accuracy is one of them as thermal imagers detect temperature with a ±2 to 5°C accuracy. “Technically, in the thermal imaging industry, for applications such as thermography or public surveillance, we did not need very good accuracy,” said Damianos. But for fever detection, “you need to be around or below ±0.5°C, and ideally 0.1°C” to avoid letting feverish people through.

  Yole also deplores a lack of AI for infrared imaging. “There will be a strong demand for AI in surveillance and, in the future, for transportation,” said Mounier.

  Referring to a recent study by Intel examining whether AI can recognize people’s faces using thermal imaging, he said, “we are still in the first steps of using AI, because we don’t have enough images in stock.”

  Besides, with thermal imagers, the resolution is too low for face detection. “Most of the demand today for thermal imaging is QVGA [Quarter Video Graphic Array]. We see people’s temperature, but we cannot track them to do face recognition.” For that, AI needs to be implemented. Today, Damianos added, “companies claim that they have AI, but we believe it’s marketing. A pure thermal AI is not there yet.”

  As daily temperature checks have become the rule at school and company doors, the demand for thermopile-based thermometers and associated temperature guns have exploded. According to Yole, the thermal detectors market will grow by 20 percent, to $350 million in 2020. This compares with previous forecasts of 10-15 percent, to $320 million this year. “This extra growth comes from extra shipments of thermal detectors for thermometers,” said Damianos. The thermal detector market, which comprises thermopile and pyroelectric technologies, is usually stable.

  The idea of integrating thermal imagers in a smartphone is not new. “We heard about that many years ago, and we know that, for instance, Huawei was in contact with a company doing microbolometers to see if there was any point in integrating thermal imagers in smartphones,” Mounier explained. In 2017, Apple came with a 3D capability, and “smartphone makers focused on the development of 3D sensors and forgot about thermal imagers in smartphones.”

  Besides, there was no real use case to have a thermal imager in smartphones at the time. The first reason was educational, because “it’s very difficult for people who are not used to seeing thermal images to understand what they see.” People might panic or make assumptions. The second reason was the bulky size of the module and the prize of technology.

  The technology is here, and the time is probably right, said Yole. Some thermal detectors or imagers such as FLIR’s Lepton are tiny enough to be integrated into a smartphone. And some smartphones such as the Caterpillar S60, co-developed with FLIR, already integrate a thermal imager, albeit for a more professional use case.

  What is needed today is to improve the accuracy — better than 0.5°C — and to have reliable electronics and processing to avoid false alarm, along with maintaining the cost in the range of a few dollars. Cost would inevitably decrease with volume production, benefiting from large wafer scale manufacturing capabilities on 8-inch or 12-inch diameter wafers.

  As in all crises, the Covid-19 pandemic will create winners and losers. According to Yole, the companies manufacturing the thermal imagers as well as the optics for the thermal cameras will see their shipments explode, as the demand skyrockets. And there is no risk of production or supply chain bottleneck since China is now up and running and has sufficient capacities to address the huge growth.

  Asked if China could benefit from this “fever detection gold rush”, Mounier confirmed he has seen great progress in the microbolometer technology with first products developed and manufactured in-house. “It started a few years ago, and probably the current crisis will speed up the move,” said Mounier. There is indeed a willingness “to have in-house technology in China, and no longer be dependent on external companies like FLIR or Lynred because infrared is linked to security.” Looking one or two years ahead, Mounier said he would not be surprised if Chinese companies such as HIKVision and Iray Technologies had a significant share in infrared cameras.

  read more at eetasia.com

from Infrared Fever Screening System https://infraredfeverscreeningsystem.com/covid-19-triggers-a-market-boom-for-thermal-technologies-ee-times-asia/

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2G GSM(850MHz/900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz) 3G WCDMA(850/900/1900/2100) 4G FDD-LTE(B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B17/B20) 2017 Available Released 2017,February 145.9×75.9×11.3mm 165g Fingerprint recognition Dual SIM(Nano-SIM，dual stand-by) IP68-water proof up to 1.5m for 30 mins with closed lids Drop-to-concrete resistance up to 1.5m MIL-STD-810G certified salt,dust,humidity,rain,vibration,solar radiation transport and thermal shock resistant (Capacitive Touchscreen) 5.0 inches 1280x720pixels Yes Asahi Glass Android OS v6.0 To be updated to Android OS v7.0 MTK 6753 Octa-Core 1.5GHz ARM MALI-T720 MP3 microSD,up to 128GB(dedicated slot) 32GB,3GB RAM 13MP,autofocus camera(Lepton module) touch focus,panorama 1080p@30fps 8MP Vibration;MP3,WAV ringtones Yes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n,Wi-Fi Direct,hotspot v4.0 Yes/with A-GPS,GLONASS,BDS NO FM radio microUSB v2.0 Accelerometer,proximity,compass SMS(threaded view),MMS,Email,Push Email,IM Yes Fingerprint recognition MP4/H.264 player MP3/eAAC+/WAV player Document viewer photo/video editor Non-removable Li-lon 2700mAh battery⊙【①AT&T ②T-Mobile】- 〖2G GSM(850MHz/900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz) 3G WCDMA(850/900/1900/2100) 4G FDD-LTE(B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B17/B20)〗 ⊙Dual SIM card slots (Nano-SIM，dual stand-by) Main Function: 【 IP68 Waterproof】 ⊙【Standby-Time: 246 hrs; Talk-Time: 19 hrs】〖Non-removable Li-lon 2700mAh battery〗 ⊙Camera: 【13MP+8MP Autofocus camera(Lepton module) touch focus panorama 1080p@30fps 】 ⊙Memory:【RAM 3GB + ROM 32GB】

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Friday Product Post: It's Clear with FLIR!

Hello and welcome back to another Friday Product Post! Today we have two brand new FLIR products, thanks to our friends at GroupGets; two products to get your LED strips hooked up in a snap; two new ways to get your next big LED project reliably powered; and a USB 3.0 cable.

Just as a reminder: today (Friday, June 29) is the last day of our Summer Solstice Sale, as well as the last Flash Sale product with the SparkFun ESP8266 Thing. Make sure to get these deals now, because after today they will be over!

Alright, let’s take a closer look at all of our sweet new products!

Don’t fear the FLIR!

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FLIR Radiometric Lepton Dev Kit

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With the FLIR Radiometric Lepton Dev Kit you will be able to bring FLiR's thermal imaging reliability and power to your desir…

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With the FLIR Radiometric Lepton® Dev Kit, you will be able to bring FLIR’s thermal imaging reliability and power to your Arduino, Raspberry Pi or other ARM-based development tool, all in an easy-to-access, breadboard-friendly package. This kit includes a breakout and the Lepton® 2.5 longwave infrared (LWIR) imager. All you need to get this kit set up is simply attach the Lepton® imager module to the provided breakout and connect the headers, and you will be seeing in full darkness in no time!

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PureThermal 2 - FLIR Lepton Smart I/O Board

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The PureThermal 2 Smart I/O Board is a hackable thermal USB webcam breakout for the FLIR Lepton® thermal imaging camera core…

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The PureThermal 2 Smart I/O Board is a hackable, thermal USB webcam breakout for the FLIR Lepton® thermal imaging camera core. Each PureThermal 2 ships pre-configured to operate as a plug-and-play UVC 1.0 USB thermal webcam that will work with a standard webcam and video apps on all major platforms. For developers, its reference firmware, viewer software and hardware schematic are all open source!

It’s Mi-Light, not Your-Light!

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Mi-Light RGBW LED Controller Box

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The Mi-Light LED Controller Box is a 2.4GHz RF LED accessory that enables your non-addressable LED strips to change color, di…

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The Mi-Light RGBW LED Controller Box is a 2.4GHz, RF-controllable LED accessory that enables your non-addressable LED strips to change color, dim and use pre-loaded modes via the Mi-Light Remote Control (sold separately). Essentially, this little plastic box enables any non-WS2812 or APA102 (“NeoPixel” or “DotStar”) LED strip to act as if it was, without any other external boards. Set up is simple thanks to an array of screw terminals on either side of the controller box. By just screwing an LED strip’s control wires into the right side of this box and then plugging in power via a barrel jack (or another set of screw terminals) on the left side of the box, you’ll be up and running in no time!

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Mi-Light 4-Zone LED Remote Controller

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The Mi-Light Remote Control is a 2.4GHz RF LED accessory that can change the color and dim non-addressable LED strips attache…

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The Mi-Light 4-Zone LED Remote Controller is a 2.4GHz RF LED accessory that allows you to change the color and dim non-addressable LED strips attached to the RGBW LED Controller Box without the need of a smartphone app. Equipped with touch sensing buttons to change or dim the colors, control the power to the whole system, and even select a pre-set mode or speed, the Mi-Light Remote makes controlling customized lighting installations quick and easy!

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Mean Well LED Switching Power Supply - 5VDC, 5A

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Mean Well LED Switching Power Supply - 5VDC, 8A

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These 25W and 40W single output switching power supplies from Mean Well have been specifically designed to work with LED applications. These power supplies are extremely reliable and are able to output 5VDC at up to 5A or 8A, respectively. We’ve been testing these supplies for quite some time, and can definitely attest to the durability of their fully isolated plastic casings, as well as their short circuit, overload and over-voltage protections.

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iPixel Wall Adapter Cable - Two Terminal (NA)

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Of course, you’ll need some way to get power to your new LED Power Supplies. These Wall Adapter Cables from iPixel are terminated with a standard North American (NEMA 5–15P) plug at one end, and two insulated spade terminal connectors at the other. Each cable is one meter long, and provides a safe and appropriate way to hook up our Mean Well LED Power Supplies!

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USB 3.0 Micro-B Cable - 1m

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This is a USB 3.0 type A to Micro-B 9-pin cable.

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Last up this week is this USB 3.0 type A to Micro-B cable. If you’re unfamiliar, this isn’t your typical micro USB cable – it boasts a data transfer rate of up to 5GB/s, making it a “SuperSpeed” USB option. This connector type is less common than its other micro USB siblings, but can still be found in some phones and electronics, so we wanted to make it available for those of you in need!

Alright folks, that’s it for this week! There is a lot to choose from for your next project. As always, we can’t wait to see what you make! Shoot us a tweet @sparkfun, or let us know on Instagram or Facebook. We’d love to see what projects you’ve made!

We’ll be back next week with even more fantastic new products!

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CAT S61 - a smartphone for a professional

A CAT smartphone with exceptional capabilities. A product for individuals and companies that will not think about its price. But not because of vanity and a specific need.

PROS - bright, clear screen, - an efficient battery, - good photos and films in good lighting, - FLIR (Lepton) thermal imaging camera, - laser scoop, - air quality sensor, - reinforcements and seals, - pure Android 8.1, - programmable function key.

MINUSES - he is not a master of performance, - poor photos and videos in less light, - average sound.

After numerous tests of smartphones that compete with performance, elegance, quality of photos and everything that makes us feel modern, it's time for the CAT S61 test. It's also a smartphone, but quite different from any Samsung, Huawei, LG or HTC or Xiaomi. A smartphone that I described as a specialist in the premiere description. The product is intended for a specific recipient, but as I found out during the tests, it does not mean that we will receive something that has little in common with the smartphone. What is it?

The CAT S61 deserves to be called a smartphone, and probably a large group of recipients (although with specific requirements). Because the manufacturer managed to combine the attractiveness of the device as a smartphone (we can speak here about the average shelf, although some elements are even better) and as resistant to various damages, including melting, rozjeżdżanie and accidents on the scaffolding, measuring equipment that has a FLIR thermal imaging ( LEPTON module), laser measuring device and air quality sensor (especially useful in construction and renovation conditions).

How did you achieve this and how does CAT S61 perform in action? We invite you to review, and we will start it by recalling the parameters of S61 and its predecessor. I will also purposefully compare the S61 to the three times cheaper HTC U11 Life to show why the CAT product should be treated exceptionally.

CAT S61 - appearance and ergonomics

Let's now look at the hero of the review from all sides. If you were dealing with a predecessor, the S60, you will notice a few changes in the appearance. Otherwise, the FLIR module is embedded, the slots for SIM and microSD cards have been moved, a measurement laser eye has appeared at the bottom of the back cover (the creative user can also use it as an indicator, although the rules of using this type of equipment should be observed). The control buttons were subject to control, and there were also openings that were used to collect (suck in) the air samples to examine them for volatile organic compounds.

CAT S61 is bigger than its predecessor and undoubtedly belongs to the class of large smartphones. But looking at what sometimes construction workers have the opportunity to use, I sincerely feel sorry for them and say that despite the obvious consequences for ergonomics (the convenience of using even the Huawei P20 does not even match), the CAT S61 is a smartphone that neatly lies in hand.

CAT S61 is a strengthened smartphone. During the tests, I did not drop him from the fourth floor, he was treated less violently, within the limits of declared strength (about 2 meters and hard surface) and he still works. Pictures that illustrate the text I did after the tests.

Let's go back to the housing. Around us we have an aluminum frame, whose first touch allows us to gain respect for the strength of the smartphone. The quality of the workmanship is very good, but as it will be with other elements of the housing, including the windows obscuring the camera, rubber plug USB port, headphone jack (and yet it can be), control buttons (in S61 there are hardware buttons), after several months of work, say I can not. The smartphone came to me only for less than two weeks, but it was also before the premiere of the shop. This will take place on July 5, which is any day.

A few words about the buttonology. In addition to the hardware system buttons, the volume switch and volume button, we also have a dedicated button (marked in orange) that can be programmed - two functions can be assigned here, activated by a short or long operation. The repertoire of activities is wide, from switching on the flashlight to activating the infrared camera. The buttons work reliably, but just as the smartphone has a solid construction, so we have to press them harder (they have a certain hard, characteristic click).

When working with CAT S61 in most standard situations, we will keep it in the palm of your hand in the same way as an ordinary smartphone. We also do not have to be careful when using the FLIR camera. Only when we want to use the laser scoop, we need to remind ourselves that we probably cover it with our hands. It is also worth remembering about the volatile substances sensor, which we can unintentionally cover (located below the volume control buttons) and distort measurements (most likely very harmful conditions will be indicated).

When shooting and filming in horizontal position, the CAT S61 is extremely comfortable to hold. This impression may, however, be a consequence of my habit of photographing with massive equipment. For unattractive hands, a mass of 265 grams will be considerable.

There is a hidden advantage in this, however. On a construction site or in any other work where particular strength counts or other things need to be taken care of, the user does not have to worry about catching the CAT S61 badly and accidentally damaging it. We can be calm about his "health".

CAT S61 - great battery, screen and more I wrote about what was inside the CAT S61 on the occasion of the premiere text. The components used prove to be fully sufficient for quite comfortable work with a smartphone as an ordinary smartphone (conversations, internet, multimedia, less demanding games). The built-in battery with a capacity of 4500 mAh is a big plus. It allows you to achieve at least a dozen-day standby time, during a typical work for smartphone, it can last up to two days, and the SOT time reaches over 6 hours.

Also, using the S61 with intensive use of the FLIR camera and other sensors does not make a great impression on the battery. His user can be sure that he will not let him down during the whole working day. Again, I emphasize that these are results obtained during quite short tests. How will S61 behave after a few months? Nobody knows the answer to this question yet.

The risk is that it exists, and in the case of a battery we can always face its discharge. And this despite the assurances of your reviewer. That's why I am pleased to announce that CAT S61 supports Quick Charge 4.0 technology, and the right charger is included in the package. Admittedly, only compatible with the third version of technology, but it still means that we will bring S61 back to life very quickly.

In the interior of the CAT S61 there is perhaps a weaker (but not so bad) Snapdragon 630 chipset, but we will not complain about the other specification features - 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of built-in memory (for expansion, we have about 44 GB available after the first launch) ). The smartphone supports useful technologies - two-band Wi-Fi with NFC (in case you can jump on a beer and pay with a smartphone), Bluetooth 5 (future-oriented), satellite navigation in almost every standard - GPS, Glonass, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS and SBAS, LTE with download / send speeds equal to 600/150 Mbps (more probably you do not need today). The tested model has a tray for two nanoSIMs (shared with microSD), a built-in radio and USB with a C port.

We will also not complain about the display used. On the contrary, we will not spare praise. Gorilla 5 screen covered with IPS LCD screen has a diagonal of 5.2 inches (optimal from the perspective of traditional equipment and as it turns out here also reasonably chosen) and a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. In this case it's up to FullHD, because it works great with it - the picture is detailed and has well-reproduced colors. The screen, as provided by the manufacturer, is very bright - brighter than current flagships, which ensures comfortable work even in strong outdoor lighting.

Since we approved the screen, it's time for practical tests and a review of software (typical for Android and specialist).

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After being unveiled at MWC 2016, the Cat S60 rugged smartphone was launched in India on Thursday. Priced at Rs. 64,999, the smartphone will be available from high-end multi-brand retail outlets as well as Amazon India from Friday, March 17.

Cat, or Caterpillar, is a US-based construction machinery manufacturing company. The company back in 2013 licensed its brand to UK-based Bullitt Mobile, which has since been producing Cat-branded feature phones, smartphones, as well as accessories, with an emphasis on durability.

The Cat S60's highlight feature is the presence of the FLIR Lepton Thermal Microcamera Module on the rear panel. This, according to the company, offers numerous use cases. With the thermal camera, they can detect heat loss around windows and doors; spot moisture and missing insulation; identify over-heating electrical appliances and circuitry, and see in complete darkness.

The FLIR thermal camera on the Cat S60 can pick up heat and measure surface temperatures from a distance of up to 50 to 100 feet, which as per the company lets users see through obscurants such as smoke. It is ideal for professionals, utility workers, outdoor sports enthusiasts, and emergency first responders, the company said. The company is also touting a high-quality speaker that is capable of outputting at over 150dB.

Apart from the thermal camera, the Cat S60 is known for its rugged durability with a MIL-STD 810G rating to be able to withstand extreme temperatures (-25 degrees Celsius to 55 degrees Celsius), as well as shocks and drops (from up to 6 feet). It is also IP68-certified, with the company specifying the Cat S60 can withstand immersion in up to 5 metres of water for up to 1 hour. It also comes with a dedicated SOS button, which sends location coordinates to preprogrammed contacts. A separate programmable key is also present, and can be assigned to quickly start any application.

The dual-SIM (Nano-SIM) Cat S60 smartphone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It sports a 4.7-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display with wet finger and glove support, apart from Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. It is powered by a Snapdragon 617 SoC (4 cores clocked at 1.2GHz and 4 cores clocked at 1.5GHz) coupled with 3GB of RAM.

Apart from the FLIR thermal camera, the Cat S60 sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with underwater capabilities and dual-LED flash, apart from a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It features 32GB of inbuilt storage that is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB). Connectivity options include 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v4.1, NFC, Micro-USB with OTG, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The company's global site doesn't list TDD-LTE 2300MHz (Band 40) for the ROW (Rest of the World) variant, only FDD-LTE 1800MHz (Band 3), which means it supports only one of the primary 4G LTE bands used by telecom operators in India. We've reached out to the company for clarification on this front, and will update the article once we know more.

The Cat S60 features a strengthened die cast frame, measures 147.9x73.4x12.66mm, and weighs in at 223 grams. It is powered by a non-removable 3800mAh battery that is rated to deliver up to 30 hours of talk time, and 43 days of standby time. Sensors on board include accelerometer, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and magnetometer. We've reached out the confirm the presence of a gyroscope.

On the announcement, Linda Summers, Chief Marketing Officer, Bullitt Group, global mobile device licensee for Caterpillar Inc. said, "Following our evaluation of the Indian market over the last year, we have spotted an immense opportunity for our devices in the rugged smartphone category. Recognising India’s potential as a sophisticated and fast growing market, we are looking to launch in the country with a highly-targeted offering for both consumers and the B2B sector. Globally we have reached a landmark figure of over 1 million units of Cat phone sales, and are very positive about reaching out to the Indian market."

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