Thermal imaging specialist Teledyne FLIR has unveiled its next-generation “multispectral imaging” system, FLIR MIX — going a step past its earlier, extra fundamental MSX providing and boasting picture synchronization charges of as much as 1,004 frames per second.
“FLIR MIX simplifies thermal evaluation by combining high quality thermal and visual imagery in real-time in a single easy-to-use {hardware} and software program package deal,” claims FLIR’s Matthew Hasty. “The answer empowers researchers to realize exact spatial alignment with radiometric knowledge for each pixel, offering detailed temperature insights throughout your entire picture, making evaluation extra simple whereas shortening the time to discovery.”
Thermal imaging cameras, accessible from FLIR and its quite a few rivals out there, are extremely useful instruments, capturing contactless temperature readings and displaying them as an easy-to-understand picture. The one downside: they are much decrease decision than you’d get from even the most affordable visible-light digital camera sensor, and so they’re unable to choose up particulars like edges the place there isn’t any temperature differential.
To resolve this, FLIR launched MSX: Multi-Spectral Dynamic Imaging, combining an edge-enhanced seen mild picture with a lower-resolution thermal picture — bringing out hidden particulars. MIX, then, is MSX however higher — delivering the power to cover thermal knowledge totally when it is exterior of a goal vary, and synchronizing the thermal and visible-light imagery at price as much as 1,004 frames per second.
The MIX kits can be found for A- and X-series cameras — however solely embrace the visible-light aspect of issues. (📷: Teledyne FLIR)
FLIR has launched two “starter kits” for these trying to experiment with its MIX know-how. The FLIR MIX X-Sequence Starter Package comes with a 1920×1080 digital camera able to capturing seen mild imagery at as much as 1,120Hz plus a high-speed Thunderbolt 3 frame-grabber interface. The FLIR MIX A-Sequence Starter Package, in the meantime, has a higher-resolution however lower-frame-rate 2448×2048 digital camera able to working at as much as 122Hz and a 10-gigabit-Ethernet change.
Each kits embrace a one-year license for the corporate’s Analysis Studio Professional software program, and a perpetual license for the Analysis Studio MIX Toolkit — however you may want to produce your individual matching A- or X-series FLIR thermal digital camera to finish the loadout.
Extra info is out there on the Teledyne FLIR web site; pricing is out there on utility.