Belgium-based XenICs is offering a user-programmable 8 to 14µm infra red camera.

Dubbed Gobi-384, "compared to competitors' offerings, it excels by its on-board, DSP-based calculating power," said XenICs. "There is ample processing power for intelligent real-time image correction and recognition, as well as a video interface."

The sensor is a shutterless uncooled 384x288 microbolometer with 25µm pixel pitch and pixel operability over 99.9%.

Sensor, lens, 16bit ADCs, DSP, and TCP/IP interface come in a 72x60x50mm enclosure.

Main application areas are thermal imaging and temperature measurement, in machine vision, R&D, medicine, transport, security and firefighting.

Volume pricing is E7,500 for the camera including lens. Options include thermo-electric cooling and a shutter, and buying it as an OEM module.