The what? TIPIC, Thermal Imaging Phone I....uh Camera. OK, I'm horrible with names for my projects. Any ideas? I'll give a free Thermal Imaging Phone Camera Accessory thing when they are ready to the person that comes up with the best name.
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Anyway, on to the Open Source Hardware thing. Phil Torrone's article The Unspoken Rules of Open Source Hardware has some very good information on what seems to be the current state of OSHW, or possibly how it should be anyway. There are also some good points in a response by Ian Lesnet in A Culture of Ethics In Open Source Hardware. So I am trying to be a good community member and share info on my projects while still trying to make a living at OSHW. We'll see how it goes!
What I have for you today is the Arduino code I used in the video. It is available at github.com/RHWorkshop/TIPIC-Arduino It still needs a lot of work but I wanted to get a prototype working for the Instructables contest. Also, a quick Fritzing sketch of the bread board for this is here. I will have the iPhone code posted very soon I just have to clean up a lot of confusing and or unused stuff. It will be available at github.com/RHWorkshop in a day or two.
Update: The iPhone code is now available at github.com/RHWorkshop/TIPIC-iPhone-Wyfly
Update: The iPhone code is now available at github.com/RHWorkshop/TIPIC-iPhone-Wyfly
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Please make it work with Android phones. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI have a suggestion for the name in case your still offering a free phone :-) I would say HIPPS. Hot Imaging Photo Phone Source - I just thought it was funny to have an open source for HIPPs. :-)
ReplyDeleteor Camera Phone Open Source for HIPs. Hot Imaging Photos. just a thought. :-) (JiGz)
DeleteHow about HeatMaps or Heat Map Camera for the app name.
ReplyDeleteHow about OPTIC? It could stand for Open-source Phone Thermal Imaging Camera, or OPen-source Thermal Imaging Camera. Add an S for system if you like to make OPTICS.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to suggest OptiTherm.
ReplyDeleteI so want to do one of these. If only I had the extra cash to get the parts. Once you have the part list up I guess I'll have to pick stuff up as funds become available.
Some good names so far, keep em coming. The part list is available at http://github.com/RHWorkshop/TIPIC-Hardware
ReplyDeleteWhat sensor are you using?
ReplyDeleteSorry Scott, it is a Melexis MLX90620. I had it on the fritzing image but not in the README. It's there now.
DeleteHow about FIRTREE - Far Infrared Thermal Reading Educational Experiment.
ReplyDeleteHow about "OpenSource Thermal Viewer" (OSTV) or OpenTV in short.
ReplyDeleteI have a Sony HandyCam Hi8. Is this compatible with it?
Here's some suggestions for a name.
ReplyDeleteHACI - Hot And Cold Imaging
TRIP - Thermally Read Imaging Phone
TIP - Thermal Imaging Phone
PIFHAC - Phone Imaging For Hot And Cold
CHIRP - Cold Hot Imaging Reader Phone
CHIP - Cold Hot Imaging Phone
CHIC - Cold Hot Imaging Camera
HAPTIC - Hot Arduino Phone Thermal Imaging Camera
VISOR - Visual Infrared Sensing Overlay Readout
ReplyDeleteClip-on CamIRa, Clip-on MobiCam, ThermoMobiCam, InfraredMobiCam, ThermoPhoneCam, MobiCam iR
ReplyDeleteHow about:
ReplyDeleteSPOT-IT (Smart Phone Opensource Thermal Imaging Technology).
POST-Cam (Phone Open Source Thermal Camera).
OSTIC (Open Source Thermal Imaging Camera)
HC-DC (Hot Cold Detecting Camera)
SITCA Super-Imposed Thermal Camera Adapter
Therma-HUD (Thermal Heads up Display)
STITCH (Suplimented Thermal Interface To Create Heatmaps
Should have been Clip-on ThermoMobiCam or just ThermoMobiCam - from my previous post.
ReplyDeleteSoo it's based on the $65 MLX90620 thermal sensor.
ReplyDeleteYou could use a gradient filter to diffuse the pixels, so it will seem higher resolution.
Also read out from the sensor at 512 Hz and use some DSP to increase the precision maybe resolution.
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?lang=en&vendor=413&keywords=MLX90620
mrx23dot, I have been working on a pretty much complete rewrite to be able to include a gradient or interpolation system better.
ReplyDeleteChanging to the 512Hz refresh introduces new problems though, you get much more noise and lower accuracy readings when using the higher refresh rates. DSP processing may help but you have to either process locally or transmit to the phone for processing and that is a lot of data to move. I am currently using 4Hz but I will try some of the other rates with the new version.
I think this is fantastic! It would help me enormously, trying to keep my old house warm.
ReplyDeleteSome ideas for names:
iSeeHeat
HotOrCold
What's Hot?
ThermoVision
iShowThermal
Where's the Draft?
Some of these are a bit tongue-in-cheek but I thought they might spark an idea.
Good luck with the project, anyway. I'll be watching with great interest.
Many thanks, Duncan
Would love to use one of these to find out where my house is leaking heat... I'd keep the name generic, memorable and mass market. Perhaps 'Predator';)
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteNames:
sudocolor
inferred (as in, infer from data)
infer.ed (ed could be a mascot sprite?)
iMHOT? iPhone Melexis Heat Open-source Themographrer? Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteI suggest the "Herschel Device" after the astronomer that discovered Infrared.
ReplyDeleteI.C.Heat ( pronounced "I See Heat" ). Has the bonus of also including "I.C." which means "integrated circuit" to geeks.
ReplyDeleteI think it should be called FLIRT (FLIR Toy)
ReplyDeleteFirstly, AWESOME project! I have an ongoing project for a NV scope and HMD and adding the thermal aspect to it is something I've been looking into for a while now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you have noticed it yet, but Hack-A-Day ('grats on getting your feature up there btw!) has also featured a fantastic website for open-source hardware design - Upverter - Sounds perfect for you as it links up nicely to GitHub and provides a really clear, easy-to-read, html-embeddable diagram of both the circuit, part list and PCB which you can edit/branch online.
How about "Thermophone"?
ReplyDeleteHi !
ReplyDeleteGreat job !!!! great name ?
Try these animals that are known for having the best thermal vision : python (sounds like some programming language ? no ?), boa and pit viper
But these animals are not well perceived by public.....Then I will try : ITLeaks (could be understood as Heat Leaks, or It leaks ! or Information Technology for Leaks !
Fred.
daumas.frederic@free.fr
here is a name that just popped into my mined " The Cool Hot Stuff Finder" or "Cheap Handheld Infra-Red Phone(CHIP)" great project by the way and love the openess it is truly the way forward.
ReplyDeleteSo why did you add the extra voltage regulator to your design when both the WiFly and the Arduino have 3.3v regulators. Plus the WiFly that you chose has a boost regulator that will supply 150 mA. That is more than enough to supply the who circuit plus you can run off of 2 AAs instead of 4.
ReplyDeleteYes, good suggestions. I had a 4 battery case handy and this was a quick "get it working" design using what I had already.
DeleteHello, first thanks for making all information available about this great project.
ReplyDeleteI have a question about the 150$ price goal, seeing that sensor alone is ~$75 and wifly board $85, is there a cheaper way to connect it with iPhone, other than wifly?
Bluetooth? wired? Could you share your thoughts on the matter, why is wired or bt harder or not cheaper.
Name: "Draft Dodger"
ReplyDeleteI think this is a super project and just shows how far we've come electronically in the last 20 years that this sort of thing is within reach of the ordinary consumer. This is excellent.
kmort
Call it TempCam | Tempcam
ReplyDeleteor Hotcam
ReplyDeleteHeatpeek, hotphone, heat tracker, iTHERMAL, IRcam
ReplyDeletejust my thouhts...