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Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera (Raspberry Pi Compatible)

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Description

As part of building a security door that will incorporate facial recognition, 😮
I want to incorporate thermal imaging to detect spoofing.

I've been searching the net for an _affordable_ thermal sensor
and the only one available appears to be the Adafruit AMG8833 IR Thermal Camera Breakout
https://www.adafruit.com/product/3538
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/47886051-d7ca7900-de2f-11e8-9fff-c9aad37bdc8c.png)

https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-amg8833-8x8-thermal-camera-sensor/raspberry-pi-thermal-camera

Looks fairly straightforward to setup:
[![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/47886167-75be4380-de30-11e8-9f43-f7522836e661.png)](https://youtu.be/CWnVHOqTdrE)
https://youtu.be/CWnVHOqTdrE

## Background Reading

+ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_imaging_camera
+ https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/nightvision.htm/printable

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