It's not a camera

[Patryk Benderz]

Dnia 2011-02-03, czw o godzinie 23:43 -0500, Benjamin Deering pisze:
> http://jeepingben.homelinux.net/index.php?level=album&id=26
> 
> After attempting to use a bmp085 as a temperature sensor for my skiwax 
> program (http://jeepingben.homelinux.net/wax/) and not getting good 
> results (at least partially due to thermal leakage through the i2c 
> wires), I added a mlx90614 to my freerunner.  It is an infrared 
> thermometer with a temperature range of -70C to 380C.  It reacts quickly 
> to changes in temperature and sort of fits in the freerunner case. 
> Installation is similar to the Freerunner Navigation Board install. 
> Christoph Mair has written a kernel module for it.  The module is on 
> gitorious, but is not yet available upstream.
> 
> There is a similar part called a mlx90615 which is much smaller, but 
> also has a smaller temperature range.  It may not work with the current 
> kernel module, but could probably work with small changes.
What can I say, Kudos to you and other hardware hackers :)