Lepton™ 3.0 by FLIR®

Description

The latest FLIR Lepton® 3.0 longwave-infrared (LWIR) camera core is finally available! With 160x120 pixels, get two times the resolution and 4x the pixels of the previous 2.x generation. Lepton 3.0 is the same sensor inside of the second generation FLIR One but now there is no need to scavenge these cores from existing products to get more pixels - just buy one from GroupGets!

Check out the resolution difference between a Lepton 2.5 and Lepton 3.0 - shot with DIY-Thermocam.

Specifications

• Sensor technology - Uncooled VOx microbolometer
• Scene Dynamic Range - Low Gain Mode: up to 450°C; High Gain Mode: up to 150°C
• Spectral range - Longwave infrared, 8 μm to 14 μm
• Array format - 160 x 120, progressive scan
• Pixel size - 12 μm
• Effective frame rate - 8.8 Hz (commercial application exportable)
• Thermal sensitivity - <50 mK (0.050° C)
• FOV - 56° Horizontal, 71° diagonal
• Output format - User-selectable 14-bit, 8-bit (AGC applied), or 24-bit RGB (AGC and colorization applied)
• Video data interface - Video over SPI
• Control port - CCI (I2C-like), CMOS IO Voltage Levels
• Input supply voltage (nominal) - 2.8 V, 1.2 V, 2.8 V to 3.1 V IO
• Power dissipation (Typical, room temp) - 140 mW (operating), 650 mW (during shutter event), 4 mW (standby)
• Package dimensions – socket version (w x l x h) - 11.8 x 12.7 x 7.2 mm
• Weight - 0.9 grams
• Optimum temperature range - -10 °C to +65 °C
• Shock - 1500 G @ 0.4 ms

Sneak Preview of Lepton 3 on PureThermal 1 (Firmware not Released Yet)

Essential Resources

• Lepton 3 Product Brief
• Lepton 3 Datasheet
• Lepton 3 Engineering Datasheet Rev 100
• Lepton Software Interface Description Document (IDD) - Rev 200 Updated in April 2017 for Lepton 3
• Lepton 3 Mechanical Drawing
• Lepton 2.x vs. Lepton 3 Application Note
• FLIR Lepton Google Group (moderated daily by GroupGets and other Lepton experts)
• FLIR's Lepton Maker Site

Lepton Software

• PyLepton Library for Lepton 3
• GetThermal Viewer (Linux and macOS)
• FLIR's Lepton SDK's (Go to Resources Tab/Developer Tools) - They are behind a EULA Wall

Development Hardware

• FLIR Lepton Classic Breakout Board v1.4
• DIY-Thermocam - Recently updated for radiometric Lepton 2.5 and improved for Lepton 3.0
• Raspberry Pi Kit
• PureThermal 1 Hackable USB Thermal Webcam - Note, updated Lepton 3 firmware is not available yet but is coming soon.

Consumer Products Powered by Lepton

• FLIR One for Android
• FLIR One for IOS
• FLIR Scout TK
• FLIR C2
• FLIR TG165
• CAT S60 Rugged Smartphone

Important Information

• All international customers that are ordering any Thermal Imaging Camera will be required to fill out an End Use Statement document before shipment. Once you place your order we will email you with the document within one business day.
• Important information for customers in China and Hong Kong, due to recent US regulations we are no longer able to ship FLIR thermal cameras to these countries/territories. Any orders containing these products from these countries will be canceled and refunded. We are sorry for the inconvenience.