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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Low Cost IR Imagers Coming

Lapis Semiconductor (Oki Semi spin-off) comes with a low-cost and low resolution thermopile-based image sensor, the ML8540WD:


Meanwhile, for quite a some time Melexis has been selling its own low-cost IR sensor, the 16 x 4 pixel MLX90620. The sensor features in Youtube video:



MicroMountains Applications AG, Germany publishes a popular review of low-cost 3D and IR sensor technologies. Here is the comparison of thermal IR approaches:


Update: Another view on IR imaging market from Schneider Electric presentation in Leti, June 2013:

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 18, 2014 at 10:52 PM

    currently a local link on
    http://www.mm-applications.com/download.html?file=tl_files/mm-applications/Downloads/Outlook_LowCost_Depth_Thermal_Sensors_Trends_Applications.pdf

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2014 at 5:44 PM

    Every time I see the word "thermopile" I think its a really bad hemorrhoid problem rather than a sensor.

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  3. UnknownApril 3, 2016 at 4:37 PM

    Please How can i buy this infrared image sensor?

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