Re: INFRARED cameras was: RE: Gaps and caps

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Original poster: "Daniel Barrett by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com>

>
> You can pick up an inferred camera for abut $39. from most of the
> electronics parts houses. Its a single chip camera mounted on a small PC
> board, about 3/4" square.
> I've used these and they work great. They can see a hot clothes iron in
the
> dark, or the flash of a remote control.
>
> allan
>

    Or, you can tear open your webcam and remove the IR filter glass. Most,
if not all of these cameras are IR sensitive as they use the boards
described above. Set up your webcam and point your TV remote at it and see
what happens.
db