EVALUATION KIT
GRID-EYE SENSOR
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1. Introduction
2. Specifications
3. Interfaces
4. Software for Evaluation Kit
5. Evaluation Kit Package
AGENDA
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INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
•Grid-EYE Infrared (IR) Array sensor Evaluation Kit combines the
following components on a single board:
-Panasonic’s state of the art Grid-EYE sensor
- Panasonic ”nanopower” PAN1740 Bluetooth Smart module
- Atmel Microcontroller
•By combining new IR sensor technology with Bluetooth technology and
software for IR detection of people and objects on one board, Panasonic
enables customers to develop rapid prototypes and quickly build their
own applications within no time.
•To make it simpler and easier for the user, Panasonic has been flexible in
the development of this evaluation kit. The board functions in a
standalone mode or it can be connected to an Arduino host board if the
user wants to realize the functionality of the sensor with more than the
provided interfaces.
Evaluation Kit Grid EYE
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INTRODUCTION
•Below you can see how the evaluation kit looks like and a brief
description of its components.
Overview Evaluation Kit
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SPECIFICATIONS
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SPECIFICATIONS
Evaluation Kit Specifications
Item
Description
Part No.
AMG8832EK
Sensor
AMG 8832
- Grid-EYE Infra-red sensor
Wireless Interface
Bluetooth Module PAN1740
Microcontroller
ATSAMD21
Wired Interface
Micro USB 2.0
Power Supply
Micro USB 5V
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SPECIFICATIONS
•As mentioned earlier following are the major components of the
evaluation kit:
- Grid-EYE Sensor
- ATSAMD21- SMART ARM-Based Microcontroller
- Bluetooth Module PAN1740
•In the next slides you will see the technical details of each of these components.
Components of Evaluation Kit
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SPECIFICATIONS
Grid-EYE Sensor
Specification
Value
Power voltage
3.3V
±10%
Current consumption
4.5mA (normal), 0.8mA (standby), 0.2mA (sleep)
View angle
60 degrees (x,y)
Absolute temperature accuracy
Low
gain: ±3.0ºC (typ.)
Noise Equivalent Temperature Difference
0.5
°C @ 10Hz
Frame rate (selectable):
1 frame/sec or 10 frames/sec
External interface
I
2C (12bit)
Operation mode
Normal, Standby, Sleep (Selectable)
Number
of Pixel
64
- (Vertical 8 × Horizontal 8 Matrix)
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SPECIFICATIONS
ATSAMD21- SMART ARM-Based Microcontroller
Item
Description
CPU Core
Cortex
-M0+
Max. CPU frequency
48MHz
ROM
256K
RAM
32K
USB
Full
-speed USB 2.0 (Support USB Host and USB device)
I
2C
Up to 3.4MHz
UART
Up to 3.4MHz
Power Supply
1.62V to 3.63V
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SPECIFICATIONS
Bluetooth Module PAN1740
Item
Description
CPU Core
Cortex
-M0
CPU frequency
16MHz or 32.768KHz
Power Consumption
Max power consumption: 4.9mA (TX and RX).
Bluetooth
Embedded BLE Stack and GATT Profile, qualified to the
Bluetooth 4.0 standard
Operating Temperature
-
40°C to 85°C
Gain
93dBm
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INTERFACES
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Interfaces
Interfaces on the Evaluation Kit
•The following diagram shows all the interfaces on the evaluation
kit for Grid-EYE.
•They include the communication interfaces as well as
development interfaces.
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SOFTWARE FOR EVALUATION KIT
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Software
Software for the Evaluation Kit
•Panasonic is also providing the customers with three options
for software to use with the evaluation kit:
- Software for PC
- DSPS Bluetooth App for Smart phones
- Application for iOS Smartphones (Coming soon)
- Application for Android Smartphone (Coming soon)
•The purpose of these basic functionality software is to allow the customers to
realize the potential of the Grid-EYE sensor as a product and to use these as a
base for their future development.
•All the software is open source and all the codes are open and accessible to
our customers of evaluation kit.
•To download the software or the source codes, please visit the Panasonic
website:
http://eu.industrial.panasonic.com/grideye-evalkit
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Software
PC Software
•The PC software allows the user to get the following data from
the Grid-EYE sensor on evaluation kit:
- Temperature values for 64 pixels grid
- Interpolated image from the temperature values
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Software
Interpolated View
•The following picture shows how the interpolated view looks like
in the software.
Image after smoothing Original image
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Software
DSPS Application for Smart Phone
•As the smartphone applications will be available soon, until then
the customer can use the DSPS app to get the data from the
Grid-EYE sensor on the evaluation board. This would like the
following.
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EVALUATION KIT PACKAGE
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Evaluation Kit Package
Package from Outside
Top side Bottom side
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Evaluation Kit Package
Package from Inside
Inside design
with a Leaflet
Backside of leaflet
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Evaluation Kit Package
Contents of the Package
Micro USB Cable Safety instructions
Board top
side Board bottom side
