By @edent · emf emfcamp infrared · 2 comments · 200 words · read ~2,591 times.
I recently went to EMF Camp (which is Glastonbury for geeks - lots of random electronics, talks, art, and camping). Naturally, I took along my Infrared camera and pointed it at interesting things! First up… sewage! Festivals often have big tanks to take away human effluence. But how can you, a normal human, tell how […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gadget infrared review thermal usb-c · 2 comments · 850 words · read ~287 times.
The good folks at Kaiweets have sent me their KTI-W01 Thermal Camera to review. You can use coupon code TEB15 for an exclusive 15% discount. Let's get this unboxed and working! Demo Photos The photos are stored as JPGs which can be read by any normal graphics program. They also contain the thermal metadata which […]
Continue reading →By @edent · android camera infrared review tech · 8 comments · 550 words · read ~465 times.
The good folks at InfiRay have sent me their latest Infrared camera to review. It is tiny. It's smaller than a normal USB stick and barely weighs anything. Shove the USB-C protrusion into your Android phone, launch the app, and... nope - that's it! Pretty much instantly plug and play. There's also a reasonably long […]
Continue reading →By @edent · infrared linux Reverse Engineering thermal · 12 comments · 500 words · read ~1,336 times.
I always find it depressing when I reach the limits of my abilities. I have a new Thermal Imaging camera. It automatically saves photos in two formats. The first is a standard JPEG with false colours and metadata superimposed. The second is a .irg file which can only be opened by the Windows-only software which […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gadget infrared review thermal · 1 comment · 950 words · read ~2,618 times.
A few years ago, I tried out that Seek Thermal Compact Infrared Camera which is a USB addon for phones. It was a good gadget, but had a number of compromises to get it into such a small form-factor. I've just been sent the TopDon TC004 handheld thermal camera to review. It's a chunky beast […]
Continue reading →By @edent · FIR green infrared IoT Smart Home · 12 comments · 1,600 words · read ~1,864 times.
What with the situation in the world, I've been trying to reduce our domestic gas consumption. Looking through our smart meter readings, our biggest usage is heating (in winter) followed by hot water (showers and baths) then cooking. We have a Tado smart thermostat which turns the heating off when we're out - but I […]
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