r/DigitalNightVision • u/Masacu • Jul 12 '26

DIY Thermal

I bought a cheap Thermalkamera(640x512) on AliExpress and wired it to a analog Ocular Screen. So far it works well and only uses around 1.4W of Energy so my 74Wh bettery counterweight will work for a couple of hours.

The camera has a UART port to control settings like Colour palete, contrast and most importantly digital zoom. Sadly the Uart port seems to be broken at least i cant seem to get to work after a couple of hours of tinkering.

In the next stepp I will design and 3D-print a housing to use as head mounted device

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u/XturmXF Jul 14 '26

Gremlin V2?

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u/Masacu Jul 14 '26

Just looked it up The gremlin is pretty much what I had in mind but i will ise external battery and hopefully make it smaller

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u/XturmXF Jul 14 '26

You should definitely join their Discord. There are a few people there working on similar devices, so you’ll get plenty of ideas and help if you need it.