Turn Webcam to IR Sensitive Camera
by Sonam Sawant in Circuits > Cameras
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Turn Webcam to IR Sensitive Camera
Low cost infrared camera can be made easily using a normal webcam. iBall face to face c12.0 is used for the same
Removal of IR Filter
The specifications of the camera are as follows:
Sensor resolution : 1.3M Pixels sensor
Output format : 24-Bit true color
Still image resolution : 640x480
Frame rate : 30fps
USB Powered
removal of ir filter:
step 1: unscrew the webcam casing
step 2: look for the ir filter (tiny colour film like thing)
step 3: with help of cutter or scissors carefully get off the IR filter
step 4: replace the ir filter with a clean un-used negative film
step 5: screw the setup,adjust the focus back(Finally, to make this an IR-only camera, the visible light needs to be filter-out. To do that, a filter is made for the front of the lens out of several layers of fully-exposed 35mm color negative film.)
Sensor resolution : 1.3M Pixels sensor
Output format : 24-Bit true color
Still image resolution : 640x480
Frame rate : 30fps
USB Powered
removal of ir filter:
step 1: unscrew the webcam casing
step 2: look for the ir filter (tiny colour film like thing)
step 3: with help of cutter or scissors carefully get off the IR filter
step 4: replace the ir filter with a clean un-used negative film
step 5: screw the setup,adjust the focus back(Finally, to make this an IR-only camera, the visible light needs to be filter-out. To do that, a filter is made for the front of the lens out of several layers of fully-exposed 35mm color negative film.)
IR Image
final customized camera and images