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Is the amg8833 8×8 thermal camera sensor from Panasonic?
Your browser does not support the video tag. Add heat-vision to your project and with an Adafruit AMG8833 Grid-EYE Breakout! This sensor from Panasonic is an 8×8 array of IR thermal sensors. When connected to your microcontroller (or raspberry Pi) it will return an array of 64 individual infrared temperature readings over I2C.
How to test amg88xx sensor on Arduino?
Start up the IDE and open the Library Manager: Type in AMG88xx until you see the Adafruit Library pop up. Click Install! Open up File->Examples->Adafruit_AMG88xx->amg88xx_test and upload to your Arduino wired up to the sensor.
How to use amg8833 thermal sensor in Python?
It’s easy to use the AMG8833 sensor with Python or CircuitPython and the Adafruit CircuitPython AMG88xx module. This module allows you to easily write Python code that reads thermal imaging data from the sensor.
How to get the temperature of a pixel?
Play around with the values of HOT and COLD as well to see different ranges of temperatures mapped from 0 to 3. Notice how we use the function grideye.getPixelTemperature (i) to get the temperature of pixel i, where i is between 0 and 64.
How does a Raspberry Pi thermal camera work?
When connected to your microcontroller (or raspberry Pi) it will return an array of 64 individual infrared temperature readings over I2C. It’s like those fancy thermal cameras, but compact and simple enough for easy integration.
Can a Raspberry Pi turn an 8×8 sensor into a video?
Your browser does not support the video tag. The Raspberry Pi also has an i2c interface, and even better has processing capability to interpolate and filter the sensor output. By adding processing power, you can ‘turn’ the 8×8 output into what appears to be a higher-resolution display.
How to change the orientation of the amg8833 breakout?
If your image seems to be flipped on the screen, try changing the orientation of the AMG8833 breakout on the breadboard. If you’re interested int he details, and want to know more about how we made 64 pixels look like many more, it’s called bicubic interpolation ( hat tip to OSHpark for the idea !)