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Introduction
The Grid-EYE from Panasonic is an 8x8 thermopile array. This means you have a square array of 64 pixels each capable of independent temperature detection. It’s like having thermal camera (or Predator’s vision), just in really low resolution. It's part of SparkFun's Qwiic system, so it is easier to connect to get your low-resolution infrared image.
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The SparkFun Grid-EYE Infrared Array Breakout board is an 8x8 thermopile array, giving you a square of 64 pixels capable of i…
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In this hookup guide, we'll connect our sensor up to our microcontroller of choice and read the array simply as 0's and 1's in an Arduino Serial Monitor. We'll also read the interrupt array to find out which pixels are detecting a value higher than a certain threshold. We'll go over how to check the temperature of the chip itself using the built in thermistor. Once we figure out how to interface with the GRID-Eye in our Arduino IDE, we'll move over to Processing to get some neat visuals from our pixel array, and actually get a nice looking thermal camera.
Required Materials
To get started, you'll need a microcontroller to control everything in your project.
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Now to get your microcontroller into the Qwiic ecosystem, the key will be one of the following Qwiic shields to match your preference of microcontroller:
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The SparkFun Qwiic HAT for Raspberry Pi is the quickest and easiest way to make your way into the Qwiic ecosystem and still u…
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You will also need a Qwiic cable to connect the shield to your GRID-Eye, choose a length that suits your needs.
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This is a 100mm long 4-conductor cable with 1mm JST termination. It’s designed to connect Qwiic enabled components together…
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This is a 200mm long 4-conductor cable with 1mm JST termination. It’s designed to connect Qwiic enabled components together…
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This is a 500mm long 4-conductor cable with 1mm JST termination. It’s designed to connect Qwiic enabled components together…
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Suggested Reading
If you aren't familiar with our new Qwiic system, we recommend reading here for an overview. We would also recommend taking a look at the hookup guide for the Qwiic Shield if you haven't already. Brushing up on your skills in I2C is also recommended, as all Qwiic sensors are I2C. Since we'll also be using Processing in one of these demos, we'd recommend looking up the tutorial on hooking your Arduino up to Processing.
I2C
An introduction to I2C, one of the main embedded communications protocols in use today.