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Picavet Gravitational Leveling for Aerial Imaging

Picavet Gravitational Leveling for Aerial Imaging

There was an earlier post regarding gimbal stabilization, https://www.cloudacm.com/?p=3609. The focus then was using software instead of hardware as a solution. During that research, I found information about self leveling platforms used on kite lines. Here is a video demonstrating the results, but I wasn’t sure how it was accomplished. I then found a video from Evan Reinheimer demonstrating his use of a picavet. The picavet is a platform that gravitational self levels when suspended from a kite line. This…

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FLIR ESP32-Cam using the Melexis MLX90640

FLIR ESP32-Cam using the Melexis MLX90640

This post will cover how to use the Melexis MLX90640 thermal array sensor with the ESP32-Cam module. The work presented here is based off of the work of others and their documented efforts. The reason for using the ESP32-Cam module is because of its low cost, small form factor, and its built in microSD storage. The Melexis MLX90640 thermal array sensor can provide a 32 x 24 pixel thermal image in either a 55 or 110 degree field of view…

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RunCam Near-IR and AeroChrome

RunCam Near-IR and AeroChrome

Near IR has been covered in earlier posts and I wanted to expand on the topic after seeing it represented in false color. I happened upon Mathieu Stern’s work a couple of weeks after my last post, which he posted just over three weeks earlier. The commercial grade work employed a yellow filter inserted in a modified high end camera that had its Near IR filter removed by Kolari Vision. This second video expanded on the topic. The filter manufacturer…

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