The PyBadge and PyGamer boards both have displays built in, as well as STEMMA I2C connectors. The MLX90640 comes with STEMMA QT/QWIIC connectors to allow for attaching the board easily to projects with no soldering required. Adafruit sells a STEMMA to STEMMA QT cable that allows you to plug this breakout into the STEMMA connector found on a number of Adafruit microcontroller boards, including PyBadge and PyGamer. The following example uses the PyBadge or PyGamer and the MLX90640 to create a super easy-to-assemble thermal camera with a display!
Start by following your board's guide on installing Arduino IDE, and support for the board you have. Then, follow the instructions on the Arduino page in this guide to install the base libraries needed for this breakout. Finally, install the Adafruit Arcada libraries (there's a lot of em!).
Go to File > Examples > Adafruit MLS90640 > MLX90640_arcadacam to open the ArcadaCam Arduino thermal camera example, and then load it onto your PyBadge or PyGamer.
Now point the thermal camera at various objects to see a heat map displayed on your board!
#include <Adafruit_MLX90640.h>
#include "Adafruit_Arcada.h"
Adafruit_Arcada arcada;
Adafruit_MLX90640 mlx;
float frame[32*24]; // buffer for full frame of temperatures
//low range of the sensor (this will be blue on the screen)
#define MINTEMP 20
//high range of the sensor (this will be red on the screen)
#define MAXTEMP 35
//the colors we will be using
const uint16_t camColors[] = {0x480F,
0x400F,0x400F,0x400F,0x4010,0x3810,0x3810,0x3810,0x3810,0x3010,0x3010,
0x3010,0x2810,0x2810,0x2810,0x2810,0x2010,0x2010,0x2010,0x1810,0x1810,
0x1811,0x1811,0x1011,0x1011,0x1011,0x0811,0x0811,0x0811,0x0011,0x0011,
0x0011,0x0011,0x0011,0x0031,0x0031,0x0051,0x0072,0x0072,0x0092,0x00B2,
0x00B2,0x00D2,0x00F2,0x00F2,0x0112,0x0132,0x0152,0x0152,0x0172,0x0192,
0x0192,0x01B2,0x01D2,0x01F3,0x01F3,0x0213,0x0233,0x0253,0x0253,0x0273,
0x0293,0x02B3,0x02D3,0x02D3,0x02F3,0x0313,0x0333,0x0333,0x0353,0x0373,
0x0394,0x03B4,0x03D4,0x03D4,0x03F4,0x0414,0x0434,0x0454,0x0474,0x0474,
0x0494,0x04B4,0x04D4,0x04F4,0x0514,0x0534,0x0534,0x0554,0x0554,0x0574,
0x0574,0x0573,0x0573,0x0573,0x0572,0x0572,0x0572,0x0571,0x0591,0x0591,
0x0590,0x0590,0x058F,0x058F,0x058F,0x058E,0x05AE,0x05AE,0x05AD,0x05AD,
0x05AD,0x05AC,0x05AC,0x05AB,0x05CB,0x05CB,0x05CA,0x05CA,0x05CA,0x05C9,
0x05C9,0x05C8,0x05E8,0x05E8,0x05E7,0x05E7,0x05E6,0x05E6,0x05E6,0x05E5,
0x05E5,0x0604,0x0604,0x0604,0x0603,0x0603,0x0602,0x0602,0x0601,0x0621,
0x0621,0x0620,0x0620,0x0620,0x0620,0x0E20,0x0E20,0x0E40,0x1640,0x1640,
0x1E40,0x1E40,0x2640,0x2640,0x2E40,0x2E60,0x3660,0x3660,0x3E60,0x3E60,
0x3E60,0x4660,0x4660,0x4E60,0x4E80,0x5680,0x5680,0x5E80,0x5E80,0x6680,
0x6680,0x6E80,0x6EA0,0x76A0,0x76A0,0x7EA0,0x7EA0,0x86A0,0x86A0,0x8EA0,
0x8EC0,0x96C0,0x96C0,0x9EC0,0x9EC0,0xA6C0,0xAEC0,0xAEC0,0xB6E0,0xB6E0,
0xBEE0,0xBEE0,0xC6E0,0xC6E0,0xCEE0,0xCEE0,0xD6E0,0xD700,0xDF00,0xDEE0,
0xDEC0,0xDEA0,0xDE80,0xDE80,0xE660,0xE640,0xE620,0xE600,0xE5E0,0xE5C0,
0xE5A0,0xE580,0xE560,0xE540,0xE520,0xE500,0xE4E0,0xE4C0,0xE4A0,0xE480,
0xE460,0xEC40,0xEC20,0xEC00,0xEBE0,0xEBC0,0xEBA0,0xEB80,0xEB60,0xEB40,
0xEB20,0xEB00,0xEAE0,0xEAC0,0xEAA0,0xEA80,0xEA60,0xEA40,0xF220,0xF200,
0xF1E0,0xF1C0,0xF1A0,0xF180,0xF160,0xF140,0xF100,0xF0E0,0xF0C0,0xF0A0,
0xF080,0xF060,0xF040,0xF020,0xF800,};
uint16_t displayPixelWidth, displayPixelHeight;
void setup() {
if (!arcada.arcadaBegin()) {
Serial.print("Failed to begin");
while (1);
}
arcada.displayBegin();
// Turn on backlight
arcada.setBacklight(255);
Serial.begin(115200);
//while (!Serial);
arcada.display->fillScreen(ARCADA_BLACK);
displayPixelWidth = arcada.display->width() / 32;
displayPixelHeight = arcada.display->width() / 32; //Keep pixels square
delay(100);
Serial.println("Adafruit MLX90640 Camera");
if (! mlx.begin(MLX90640_I2CADDR_DEFAULT, &Wire)) {
arcada.haltBox("MLX90640 not found!");
}
Serial.println("Found Adafruit MLX90640");
Serial.print("Serial number: ");
Serial.print(mlx.serialNumber[0], HEX);
Serial.print(mlx.serialNumber[1], HEX);
Serial.println(mlx.serialNumber[2], HEX);
mlx.setMode(MLX90640_CHESS);
mlx.setResolution(MLX90640_ADC_18BIT);
mlx.setRefreshRate(MLX90640_8_HZ);
Wire.setClock(1000000); // max 1 MHz
}
void loop() {
uint32_t timestamp = millis();
if (mlx.getFrame(frame) != 0) {
Serial.println("Failed");
return;
}
int colorTemp;
for (uint8_t h=0; h<24; h++) {
for (uint8_t w=0; w<32; w++) {
float t = frame[h*32 + w];
// Serial.print(t, 1); Serial.print(", ");
t = min(t, MAXTEMP);
t = max(t, MINTEMP);
uint8_t colorIndex = map(t, MINTEMP, MAXTEMP, 0, 255);
colorIndex = constrain(colorIndex, 0, 255);
//draw the pixels!
arcada.display->fillRect(displayPixelWidth * w, displayPixelHeight * h,
displayPixelHeight, displayPixelWidth,
camColors[colorIndex]);
}
}
Serial.print((millis()-timestamp) / 2); Serial.println(" ms per frame (2 frames per display)");
Serial.print(2000.0 / (millis()-timestamp)); Serial.println(" FPS (2 frames per display)");
}
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