MLX 90640 configuration
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Hello all any one know how to configure MLX-90640 thermal camera to duet3 6HC boards?
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@adhanabal The MLX-90640 is a raw sensor, as such, it is not comparable to a webcam which you can readily integrate into the Duet / DWC ecosystem.
In a first step, you need a controller to serially read the pixels from the sensor (via I2C) and to generate an image from these data. As the sensor’s resolution is fairly low, you’ll have to either interpolate (smoothen) the image or overlay it with a higher resolution image in the visible range of the spectrum. For these tasks, Adafruit recommends a Raspberry Pi, although some Arduinos could at least process some basic imagery.
It may be difficult to obtain crisp images at all if you want to monitor moving parts (i.e. a 3D printer in operation), as the readout from the sensor takes some time, so be prepared to deal with smearing and/or dithering effects as well.
In a second step, the computed images must be fed into your LAN/WLAN.
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@infiniteloop thank you, I better go with raspberry Pi. Seems difficult with duet.
