Waveshare Thermal USB Camera (C) on the uConsole
A 160 × 120 Waveshare USB thermal camera works on the uConsole with a patched pysenxor library in a Python venv — a pocket thermal imager with a tutorial.
What it takes
- Plug & play
- Purchase required
- Config change
Difficulty 1 of 3 — easy.
Details
liqiuqiclockworkpi (Harry Lee) plugged in Waveshare's Thermal USB Camera (C) in the 45° lens variant and, after some debugging, had its 160 × 120 sensor streaming; the tutorial repo (Chinese, with the commands) records the recipe. The camera had no Linux support out of the box: a Python venv with numpy, smbus, crcmod, matplotlib, opencv-python and cmapy, the pysenxor library installed in editable mode, three edits in mi48.py and stream_usb.py to register module type 6 at 160 × 120, and a .desktop launcher to start it. A mirror-flip option handles rear-facing use.
The photos in the thread show it working handheld, with a strap as an improvised stand.
Links
Open at Forum thread- GitHubRepository
- Waveshare wiki — Thermal USB Camera (C)Wiki
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