New Low Cost, High Resolution Thermal Imaging Camera

The last year has seen the introduction of several low cost thermal imaging cameras. However these cameras are low-resolution models using 160 x 120 or smaller pixel array detectors. Whilst these cameras are suitable for general maintenance applications they cannot satisfy the requirements of many other applications, particularly when looking at small components etc.

For applications where the targets have small areas of interest, then it is necessary to use a high-resolution 320 x 240 pixel array detector. A 320 x 240 detector has 4 times the number of pixels of a 160 x 120 detector and consequently significantly more temperature data is collected using this high-resolution detector.

320 x 240 pixel array cameras have been available in high-end cameras for some time, but only now has the breakthrough been made to bring the 320 x 240 array into the low cost market.

IMPAC Infrared has introduced the IVN 770-P, a high performance, high resolution, fully radiometric 320 x 240 pixel array, thermal imaging camera. The IVN 770-P is probably the most cost effective high-resolution camera on the market today and represents a technology breakthrough in the low cost thermal imaging market.