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MLX90640: Added C++ proof-of-concept ST7789/Square-LCD implementation #615

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@thinkier thinkier commented Jan 2, 2023

I have been eyeing this relatively inexpensive Forward-looking IR sensor for a while. Due to the Pi shortage I had been holding back. That was until I took a deep dive into the Pico ecosystem and noticed this somewhat stale branch.

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  • The sensor is pretty noisy (hopefully fine for my use case of pointing at the 3D printer)
  • Resolution could be an issue - FLIR Lepton would be an upgrade in this scenario. Don't think tinyUSB implements UVC though, so that will be another headache...
  • The artifacting on checkerboard read pattern is pretty bad, still not as bad as interlaced mode

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Gadgetoid commented Feb 11, 2023

I've rebased mlx90640 and updated it to support the latest MicroPython changes.

Unfortunately the module is too big to include in our builds generally- it will overflow the RAM on a regular build and isn't super useful many in cut-down, board-specific builds. It feels like we might need a pure MicroPython approach here for it to have much mileage.

Edit: Of course there's nothing preventing us from including it for C++ users, I suppose, and just disabling the MicroPython module.

@Gadgetoid Gadgetoid force-pushed the driver/mlx90640 branch 2 times, most recently from 8ee5d77 to 8ff40fa Compare February 23, 2023 16:53
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