MLX90640 driver

Intro

MLX90640 is a thermal camera (32x24 pixels) using Far InfraRed radiation from objects to measure the object temperature.
https://www.melexis.com/mlx90640
This python driver interfaces the MLX90640 and aims to facilitate rapid prototyping.

Currently this driver supports 3 type of I2C interfaces:

• EVB90640-41 ==> https://www.melexis.com/en/product/EVB90640-41/
• Raspberry Pi with I2C on the 40-pin header.
• MCP2221 USB to I2C adaptor.

And 4 operation systems platforms:

• Windows 10
• Ubutuntu
• Rasberry pi 4B
• Jetson Nano (Nvidia)

Getting started

Installation

pip install mlx90640-driver

https://pypi.org/project/mlx90640-driver/
https://pypistats.org/packages/mlx90640-driver

Note This is a base package, therefore one of the below I2C drivers is still needed:

• https://github.com/melexis-fir/mlx90640-driver-evb9064x-py
• https://github.com/melexis-fir/mlx90640-driver-devicetree-py (/dev/i2c-)
• https://github.com/melexis-fir/mlx90640-driver-mcp2221-py
• or make your own.

Running the driver demo

• Connect the EVB to your PC.
• Open a terminal and run following command:

mlx90640-dump auto

This program takes 1 optional argument.

mlx90640-dump <communication-port>