Mikron Infrared sells the MikroSHOT thermal imaging camera, Blackbody Calibration Sources, and other thermal imaging tools.
Their website includes a variety of free educational materials. The web site offers technical references, tools, and a number of hour long web seminars, all at no cost (or in exchange for providing your contact information so they can try to sell you thermal imaging products)
Non-vendor-specific resources on the Mikron/LumaSense web sites:
- The Theoretical Basis For Radiation Measurements
- Mikron Blackbody Radiation Calculator (MBRC) (Free Windows software)
- Web seminars
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Their new (announced 3/3/2009) MikroSHOT imager is a lightweight camera selling for around $6K, with a 10-cm minimum focal length and autofocus from 1.3 m to infinity. Having a 160x120 pixel sensor and a thermal resolution of 0.2°C, the MikroSHOT saves visible and thermal images to an SD card in JPEG format. Unlike many (most) other thermal imagers, the camera operates on 3 standard AA rechargable batteries and includes an AC adapter.
This camera looks and operates like a DSLR from the early 1990s, right down the the presence of a "hot shoe" for an external flash!
This camera looks and operates like a DSLR from the early 1990s, right down the the presence of a "hot shoe" for an external flash!
Funding Research:
Mikron Infrared is a division of LumaSense Technologies, Inc.. LumaSense is funded by Oak Investment Partners and dfj / Element (Element Partners), both investors are private venture capital firms.
