Tired of Using Conventional Thermometer? How about Using the InfraRed Thermometer?

Yes, conventional thermometer is a pain in the arse. In the age of innovation, contact measurement is the thing of the past. Machines and gadgets of today uses high technology in measuring heat, pressure, distance, speed, etc. They use lasers or infrared to the non-contact measurements. We all notice this on the streets, where cops uses speed measuring device that uses infrared.

So what could be a good project that to created a device that can measure temperature that has that capability for a non-contact measurement? I found this article featuring this new sensor that uses infrared to gather data. The sensor is called MLX90614 produce by the company Melexis Microelectronic Integrated Systems.

Digital, plug and play, the MLX90614 is an infrared thermometer that’s small in size and has a low cost. With high accuracy features and medical accuracy benefits, the component is easy to migrate. Whilst it is factory calibrated, it also offers different package options for different applications.

Low noise amplifier, 17-bit ADC and a powerful DSP unit are integrated into the MLX90614 to achieve high accuracy and resolution of the thermometer. A digital SMBus output is included to the component giving full access to the measured temperature in the complete temperature range with a resolution of 0.02°C. Comes with both IR sensitive thermophile detector chip and the signal condition in ASIC integrated in the same TO-39 can, the MLX90614 allows the user to configure the digital output to be PWM. With an output of 0.14°C, the 10-bit PWM is configured to continuously transmit the measured temperature in range of -20 to 120°C as its standard.

So now we have a high-tech thermometer in our hands.