r/ThermalMaster

Just a relax talk

Assuming the FOV and resolution remain the same as your normal eyes.

Also, will you choose MWIR or LWIR?

I'm just wondering this...

Some camera startup/boot in seconds, while others take about a minute, why?

Examples:

Boot in seconds: some firefighting TICs, thermal cores, seek compact, seek reveal, visible-light cameras

Boot in a minute: some firefighting TICs, flir handheld cameras, flir one, seek shot.

(Not considering sensor stabilizing or cooling time here.)

Well things getting tangled because there's no pattern to me:

Not determined by cost, target buyers, form factor, brand name, features...

I was thinking it's because the system architecture, FPGA based boot fast, and OS based boot slow. But after knowing many visible-light cameras run an OS(Canon on Dos Sony on Linux, etc) and still boot up instantly, I'm lost.

This seems to be a question more about embedded systems, but I'm having while playing with thermal cameras, I'm happy to hear your opinions