FLIR Vue Pro - Unboxing Review - Thermal Imaging Camera for sUAS - 640 19mm
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2016
- The FLIR Vue Pro thermal imaging camera is a step many commercial sensor and camera manufacturers have done. A purposefully designed and developed product for aerial applications in small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS). In this unboxing and review I take a closer look at the physical camera as well as its set of features and image quality.
Full Review
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Where to Buy
If you are on the lookout for one of these cameras, feel free to contact John Palmeri at www.oemcameras.com and please mention that you were referred by Florian Uhlemann. He’s a great guy and the sales experience was superb! He also ships internationally, offers a custom-made 35mm f/1.5 lens for the FLIR Vue Pro camera and a great power regulator for the 5V input that is required by the FLIR Vue Pro.
Technical Details
The Vue Pro features a 640×512 pixel uncooled VOx microbolometer sensor with six different lens and sensor combinations and a low weight of only 109 grams. There is also a 336×256 pixel sensor available. While the 640 edition offers a selection of 19mm, 13mm and 9mm lenses, the smaller sensor comes paired with either a 13mm, 9mm or 6.8mm lens. The shorter focal length of the 336 edition is used to accommodate for the smaller sensor size to grant roughly the same field-of-view. The lenses are not interchangeable, so you have carefully pick the ideal lens for your job.
With some basic research that you can do, you will find that the Vue Pro is powered by a Texas Instruments IP Video Camera system-on-a-chip, the TMS320DM368, and runs on Linux 2.6.18. This enables FLIR to provide firmware updates and easy MAVLink compatibility.
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Final Verdict
For me this camera has enabled me to actually use thermal imaging technology on my unmanned aerial applications at a rather low-cost factor. With the extremely small size and integrated features, as well as the ability to remotely control the camera, there just doesn’t seem to be an alternative around. The image quality is fairly good, though I’d imagine there could potentially be some improvements in the future. The Vue Pro is packed with rich features, some of which are currently unavailable, such as MAVLink, but in the long run it’s going to be a tremendously helpful little tool for the job at hand. My only nitpicks are going to be the rather slow time interval for still image sequences of 1 frame per second, the requirement to reboot the camera when switching between capture modes and something I haven’t addresses previously: I haven’t been able to find a way to actually use and look at the image data from the FFF still image files. Anything else is pretty good.
Vue Pro information: www.flir.com/suas/content/?id=...
Vue Pro resources: www.flir.com/suas/display/?id=...
Vue Pro iOS App: itunes.apple.com/app/flir-vue...
Vue Pro Android App: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
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FLIR vue pro 640 it's compatible with Dji Inspire 2?
Hello Florian. I just I got a Flir vue pro. but I need to trigger single photos by a raspberry or Arduino. do you know a similar project that I can follow. Thanks
I think you can use a simple PWM Servo output to the FLIR. The idea would be to trigger the shutter for a few milliseconds and then go back to idle on the trigger switch signal. You could check if MAVlink now supports triggering as well.
The FLIR Vue Pro has a digital zoom feature. Can this be accessed with one of the PWM cables via an RC transmitter?
Yes. The manual mentions that the PWM function available can be "Disabled", "Record Start/Stop", "Color Palette", "Zoom", "ROI", "Recalibrate" and "Scene"
Hi Florian, great video very informative. However, I have two questions:
-I have the FLIR USAS 2 app but the Bluetooth range to the camera is only 40 meters. How did you get to 70 meters?
-How do you get real time imagery? I can analyze the pictures once I have taken them with the USAS 2 app via FLIR tools on my laptop.
thanks in advance :)
Thanks for the comment. Yes I was using a wireless analog video transmission for flying live „FPV“ thermal view.
Hello, very nice review !!!
Do you know if the FLIR VUE PRO does record radiometric data in still mode ?
Then are the thermals editable in FLIR TOOLS and is it possible to mesure temperatures ?
Thank you for your answers, best regards !
+Antoine DE BIEVRE Hello and thank you for your comment and feedback. The camera itself is not designed to show temperature readings - neither on screen in-flight nor in post-processing. However, I've come up with a way where you could use the 14-bit RAW data (TIFF files) and create a workflow that always comes up with the same scale, i.e. convert the raw data values with a calibrated scale to actual temperatures. The actual real-world temperature and bit-value representation of the image are not affected by the automatic image manipulation settings of the FLIR Vue Pro app. It's something that would be possible, but not necessarily the way to go if you depending on the temprature values - which is something I think is considered more important than it actually is. A quality measurement report is often as good. But yes, there are certain applications that actually require a temperature reading.
Hi, good job, i would like to know how can i make an ortomosaic of temperatures with this camera, thanks
Special apps are needed for that purpose. As far as I know, Pix4D also supports thermal and NIR imagery for orthomosaic images.
Flir Vue Pro R = Radiometric jPegs
is it possible to connect an monitor directly to the camera?
Yes, there is an analog video out that you can connect to a Cinch wire for video-input to your screen.
Do you know the specifications of the Flir Vue 436-0002-00S 9hz?
what did you mount this to?
850mm Hexacopter. Similar to S800 from DJI, using a custom brushless-gimbal and DJI Naza-M V2 for Flight Control.
How have you mounted it on your drone? Any vibration dampers used?
Yes, I have used the camera on a UAV before, including for the recordings shown. There was a quickly built, 3D-printed gimbal used with slight dampening, but nowhere near what it could have been. Results can be much better and clearly improved over what you have seen in the video.
Hi, we work in agriculture, the +/- 5º degrees are enough for crop termical variation, anybody have experience about it?
Thank you for your comment. The precision of the unit is really great and sufficient for agricultural use. The temperature accuracy however is the +/- 5 degrees, which shouldn’t be an issue. Within a single image there is much more resolution than that, so you are able to see the data you need.
Sir you are doing wonderful work.
let me volunteer for any help. I have keen interest in same.
Is it compatible with Raspberry Pi and/or Up Board?
This camera does not need any embedded device to work with, however you can access the MAVLink protocol through the UART connection with any device. Video feed is provided by the analog video signal.
Thanks.
Hi people, anyone has the manual of flir vue pro 640
You can also google this, just make sure you add PDF at the end of your search phrase.
www.flir.com/globalassets/imported-assets/document/436-0013-10-vue-pro-and-r-user-guide.pdf
can it be display at the mobile phone?
Unfortunately, no. You cannot preview the image on your mobile phone with this version of the camera.
What is the cost
Like 2500$
That has got to be the most expensive camera I have ever encountered on the internet..
Ha! Actually, full-frame professional DSLR cameras are more expensive and any cool 4K/5K/8K camera (RED Epic, Scarlet, etc). Just from a consumer standpoint that price is steep - I understand.
looks like it would be better with 13 or even 9mm
Depends on your application. 13mm or 9mm will require lower altitudes usually for detailed applications.
very good review but in the intro you looked like a robot my man you had no emotion and were so stiff but you were verydetailed and i thank you for that
Thank you for your comment. Yes, I am aware of that. My partner usually makes fun of me my referring to that video. ;) I'm not used to being in front of the camera fully. In addition, the seating position was suboptimal so that it looks even weirder. :) Glad you liked the content though.
Made on China?
3700 $
as the price of a new car Tata Nano GenX
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