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Arduino Thermal Camera

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 (https://adafru.it/IDk) 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 (https://adafru.it/IDl) to install the base libraries needed for this breakout.

Finally, install the Adafruit Arcada libraries (https://adafru.it/EUk) (there's a

lot

of em!).

Loading the Example

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!