A UK first at IPOT 2008 for FLIR Systems

Being shown for the first time in the UK at IPOT 2008, the ThermoVision™ A-Series are the first ever thermal cameras to be GigEVision™ and GenICam™ compatible and to feature a trigger/synchronisation capability. This flexibility also allows the seamless integration of third party hardware and software. The Gigabit Ethernet interface ensures that even over long distances a high speed frame rate is achieved, up to 60Hz of the full 16-bit image. This is an important factor as many applications call for advanced image analysis and manipulation.

All that is needed to receive high quality, real time radiometric images is to connect the ThermoVision™ A320G camera to a PC and install the compliance software. This really is plug-and-play at its very best. The impressive feature set and installation simplicity of this new addition to the FLIR Systems’ A-Series belie its cost. This unit is easily affordable enabling a short and favourable return on investment.

Two versions are available, the A320G full frame rate and the A320G 9Hz. They have a built-in 25° motorised lens with auto focus with other lenses optionally available. Both provide a sixth sense by monitoring what is invisible to the naked eye, providing quality assurance in the fastest and easiest way possible.



The compact ThermoVision™ A320G is ideal for use in both design and production. The main beneficiaries of this technology are those already accustomed to automatic monitoring and detection methods such as machine vision and non-destructive testing.

Typical applications in the automotive sector for example will be air conditioning and window-defrost verification, friction control of tyres and checking the efficiency of car seat heating. And in electronics it will be used for PCB testing and verification, fault tracing in board assemblies and in power electronics design. The scope and potential of the ThermoVision™ A320G however extends across many industries and diverse applications. Naturally a choice of software packages is available to suit the application.

For those requiring exceptional performance for R&D the ThermoVision SC6000® Series from FLIR Systems will also be highlighted. The products of two and a half year’s investment in engineering, they are available in three FPA versions and no other models are better suited to high speed, high resolution applications. These extremely sensitive 18mK models are available with a choice of software platforms, high speed data recorders and optics to optimize performance.

An in-built frame buffer allows independent analogue and digital output streams making the ThermoVision SC6000® HS, the only camera on the market capable of high-speed FPA windowing and simultaneous video output. This model provides an unmatched choice of detector resolution, waveband, lens configuration and software so that the optimum camera performance can be achieved for the given application.