A sophisticated, hackable, 32x24 pixel thermal camera breakout! Use it to monitor the temperature of your CPU or coffee pot, or to build your own heat-seeking night vision camera. Works with Raspberry Pi or Arduino.It's perfect for building into projects - industrial, scientific, or just fun - and much more affordable than most thermal cameras. The breakout board is easy to use with Raspberry Pi or Arduino, supporting I2C and 3-6V supply. Available in two fields of view: 55° (standard) or 110° (wide angle).The MLX90640 far-infrared camera contains 768 (32x24) thermal sensors with temperature detection from -40 to 300°C with approximately 1°C accuracy and up to 64FPS. Applications include measuring heat dissipation, identifying thermal inefficiencies, and presence detection in darkness.This breakout is compatible with Pimoroni's Breakout Garden system and is Qw/ST compatible, allowing easy connection with microcontrollers or HATs using Qwiic or STEMMA QT connectors.Features Melexis MLX90640 far-infrared sensor array Resolution: 32x24 pixels Field of view options: 55°x35° or 110°x75° Up to 64 frames per second Temperature detection range: -40 to 300°C with ~1°C accuracy I2C interface (address 0x33) 3.3V or 5V compatible Reverse polarity protection on Breakout Garden connector Compatible with Raspberry Pi, Raspberry Pi Pico (C/C++), certain Arduino models Kit Includes MLX90640 breakout board 1x5 pin header 1x5 right-angle socket header The right-angle socket can be soldered and plugged into the bottom left 5 pins of Raspberry Pi's GPIO header (pins 1, 3, 5, 7, 9).SoftwareBreakout Garden installer will not automatically detect or install thermal camera software. Manual installation required. Full installation instructions and C code with Python wrapper are available on Pimoroni's GitHub.Dimensions19x19x2.75mm (LxWxH)NotesUp to 4 dead pixels per sensor array may occur; Pimoroni's software automatically detects and corrects these via interpolation.
