FLIR Lepton 3.5 on a PureThermal Mini Pro (peterj)
peterj wired a PureThermal Mini Pro JST-SR carrying a FLIR Lepton 3.5 to USB and views it in guvcview — a working thermal camera on the console.
What it takes
- Purchase required
- Soldering
Difficulty 3 of 3 — advanced.
Details
The PureThermal Mini Pro JST-SR from SparkFun carries a FLIR Lepton 3.5 and presents itself as a USB video device. peterj soldered a QWIIC-style cable (the pinout is not standard QWIIC, so check it) to a USB connector, plugged it in and had a picture in guvcview with nothing else to install. A one-post demonstration rather than a write-up, but enough to copy — and, as the reply notes, not a cheap one.
Links
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