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It may not be possible to use an Arduino device with the Lepton. Even the ARM based Arduinos, such as the Due, may not be powerful enough to properly read data from the Thermal Imaging Camera. The reason for this is that the Lepton will go “out of sync” if the data is not read […]

I have made some progress with the integration of the Lepton Module wth the Arduino Due. I found out that I was wiring Sda and Scl to the wrong pins of the Due board, I should have had them wired to Pinds 20 and 21, and I was wiring them to the “SCL1” and “SDA1” […]

I have received my FLIR lepton module, an dam currently trying to integrate it into my project. This is proving to be more difficult than I thought. Even though I have enough RAM on the nano to do this, the clock speed (16MHZ) may not be fast enough to grab the data from the Lepton […]

SPI stands for Serial Periphral Interface, and it used with devices like microcontrollers to connect RAM, displays, sensors, etc. A very useful primer from Sparkfun is located HERE. This link provides a lot of theory on how SPI works, and on the two main ways of connecting multiple devices to the same SPI bus. SPI uses […]

I have received and connected my 2.2″ Adafruit TFTLCD display. Unlike my previous display, I had no issues connecting this one. In additon to the Adafruit Core GFX library, I had to include the specific driver library for this display, which was ILI9340. I was able to run through all of the basic “Hello World” […]

I have added some additional RAM to my arduino board. I need at least 4.8KB’s of RAM, and the Arduino Nano (and Atmel Atmega 328 chip) has only 2KB. I have added a Microchip 23k256 chip using a 3.3v/v logic level converter. I am running the chip off of the Nano’s 3.3v line, and using the […]

I have completed the assembly of the first of the rear wheels and mountings. I bought a 12mm pillow block to insert the axle into, however, I had to file quite a bit off the axle to allow the 12mm axle to actually fit into the 12mm pillow block. I then cut the excess off […]

I have spent the last few days attempting to connect the screen I purchases for this product to my Arduino Nano. It turns out that it is more complex that I thought. The screen I bought is a generic 2.4″ TFT LCD screen, which supports both 3.3V and 5V logic, so it should work fine […]

I have completed another forging session. I have mostly finished smoothing and narrowing the blade, which was the last big task. I now need to straighten the blade (it is quite warped after the work I did to narrow its edge) and straighten the spine of the knife. I also need to finish the finger […]

I have been researching Thermal Imaging Technology recently, and I have decided to resurrect this project. The previous project was postponed due to the difficulty in using the 16*4 thermopile array to produce a thermal image. I was using pan/tilt servo motors to move the thermopile in steps, and then I was attempting to stitch […]