Stock is being refilled, in the meantime you can get the camera and breakout here: store.groupgets.com What is it? This is a Breakout board for the Lepton Thermal Camera Module. This board provides...

Stock is being refilled, in the meantime you can get the camera and breakout here: store.groupgets.com

What is it?

This is a Breakout board for the Lepton Thermal Camera Module. 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. The FLIR Lepton is an add on option.

The FLIR Lepton™ is the most compact longwave infrared (LWIR) sensor available as an OEM product. It packs a resolution of 80 × 60 pixels into a camera body that is smaller than a dime. 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.

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

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

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

The PCB has the same size and mount holes as the standard raspberry camera

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). Overall it produces better quality images. (The shutter can be removed if unneeded or manually controlled via i2c)

Why did you make it?

There Currently are no other breakout boards for the Lepton Module. In addition the Lepton module requires a special socket to be used that is difficult to solder down (and hard to buy). This board make connecting the Lepton Module to something like the Raspberry Pi much simpler.

What makes it special?

Lets you see in full darkness!

Where do I get a Lepton Module?

We are working with GroupGets.com, A crowd-funding site for buying stuff. This will allow you to buy just a single module (or more). Go to this site to buy a module.

I want more Info!

A Google groups page has been created here: groups.google.com/d/forum/flir-lepton Questions can be asked here.



Supply

I still have some Breakout breakout boards in stock and A new version of the lepton with shutter are back in stock.

Shipping

Please Choose the proper shipping during checkout, only pick Bubble Envelope for the circuit board without lepton, and if you want to risk damage. The lepton sensor module is a more fragile device. Priority Mail will ship in a larger and more protected package and get to you faster with tracking (recommended option).

