AdafruitAMG88338x8ThermalCameraSensorCreatedbyJustinCooperLastupdatedon2017-06-2808:38:07PMUTC2388910101112141415161718191922232324242425262830303031GuideContentsGuideContentsOverviewPinoutsPowerPins:Logicpins:AssemblyPreparetheheaderstrips:Addthebreakoutboard:AndSolder!Wiring&TestI2CWiringDownloadAdafruit_AMG88xxlibraryLoadThermistorTestPixelArrayOutputLibraryReferenceArduinoThermalCameraAdafruit1.44ColorTFTLCDDisplaywithMicroSDCardbreakoutRaspberryPiThermalCameraRaspberryPi3-ModelB-ARMv8with1GRAMPiTFTPlusAssembled320x2402.8TFT+ResistiveTouchscreenAssembledPiT-CobblerPlus-GPIOBreakoutSetupPiTFTInstallPythonSoftwareEnableI2CWiringUpSensorRunexamplecodeDownloadsDocumentsSchematicDimensions©AdafruitIndustries!ThissensorfromPanasonicisan8x8arrayofIRthermalsensors.Whenconnectedtoyourmicrocontroller(orraspberryPi)itwillreturnanarrayof64individualinfraredtemperaturereadingsoverI2C.It'slikethosefancythermalcameras,butcompactandsimpleenoughforeasyintegration.©AdafruitIndustries°Cto80°C(32°Fto176°F)withanaccuracyof+-2.5°C(4.5°F).Itcandetectahumanfromadistanceofupto7meters(23)feet.Withamaximumframerateof10Hz,It'sperfectforcreatingyourownhumandetectororminithermalcamera.WehavecodeforusingthisbreakoutonanArduinoorcompatible(thesensorcommunicatesoverI2C)oronaRaspberryPiwithPython.OnthePi,withabitofimageprocessinghelpfromtheSciPypythonlibrarywewereabletointerpolatethe8x8gridandgetsomeprettyniceresults!©AdafruitIndustries©AdafruitIndustries©AdafruitIndustries!©AdafruitIndustries!PowerPins:Vin-thisisthepowerpin.Sincethesensoruses3.3V,wehaveincludedanonboardvoltageregulatorthatwilltake3-5VDCandsafelyconvertitdown.Topowertheboard,giveitthesamepowerasthelogiclevelofyourmicrocontroller-e.g.fora5VmicrolikeArduino,use5V3Vo-thisisthe3.3Voutputfromthevoltageregulator,youcangrabupto100mAfromthisifyoulikeGND-commongroundforpowerandlogic©AdafruitIndustries:SCL-thisistheI2Cclockpin,connecttoyourmicrocontrollersI2Cclockline.Thereisa10Kpulluponthispinanditislevelshiftedsoyoucanuse3-5VDC.SDA-thisistheI2Cdatapin,connecttoyourmicrocontrollersI2Cdataline.Thereisa10Kpulluponthispinanditislevelshiftedsoyoucanuse3-5VDC.INT-thisistheinterrupt-outputpin.Itis3Vlogicandyoucanuseittodetectwhensomethingmovesorchangesinthesensorvisionpath.The6holesatthetopoftheboardareprovidedforstabilityandarenotconnectedtoanything.UsetheseifyouwantyoursensortositniceandflatonabreadboardorPerma-Proto.©AdafruitIndustries:Cutthestripstolengthifnecessary.Itwillbeeasiertosolderifyouinsertitintoabreadboard-longpinsdown©AdafruitIndustries:Placethebreakoutboardoverthepinssothattheshortpinspokethroughthebreakoutpads©AdafruitIndustries!Besuretosolderallpinsforreliableelectricalcontact.(Fortipsonsoldering,besuretocheckoutourGuidetoExcellentSoldering()).©AdafruitIndustries!Checkyoursolderjointsvisuallyandcontinueontothenextsteps©AdafruitIndustries