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Thermal fundamentals

Detector resolution

Native thermal array

CAMCUDA WIKIUpdated 29 October 20262 min read

The number of physical samples in the thermal detector array.

What it means

A detector resolution such as 640 × 512 describes the physical sampling array. It does not describe every possible USB buffer, encoded stream or display mode.

Processing may scale an image or add data rows. ThermoCore-IP-384, for example, has a native 384 × 288 detector while its specification lists a 720 × 576 main video stream.

In practice

Integration note

Keep native resolution, transmitted buffer dimensions and display dimensions as separate fields in your integration requirements.

Video stream resolutionPixel pitchRAW thermal data

Related product resources

ThermoCore-IP-384 ↗Radiometric Ethernet384 × 288 · 17 µm · network videoThermoCore-640 ↗640 × 512 · 12 µm · UVC / UART

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Sources & further reading

  1. ThermoCore IP 384 Product Specifications V1.0.0.pdf
  2. ThermoCore 640 Product Specifications V1.1.0.pdf

Concept explanations are general. Use the matching product, lens, interface board and firmware documentation for the delivered configuration.

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