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Very cool and fun project! I am a total dummy when it comes to this kind of hardware stuff and always admire people who do it. A couple of questions: * How /

by namshe 2y ago

Very cool and fun project! I am a total dummy when it comes to this kind of hardware stuff and always admire people who do it. A couple of questions: * How / where did you get the inspiration for this? To me it's one of those things that seems "obvious" once I see it, but I wouldn't have thought of it on my own first. * What does that thermal imaging camera "see?" Just heat? Could it detect a person vs. robot vacuum vs. house cat? (relevant for kitchen monitoring especially!) * From the article, it looks like you're using Python? Are there good libraries available for other ecosystems as well?

infiniteregrets 2y ago
Hi, thank you for your question! I have been interested in this since I was in college. I was building a capacity counting system for our gym. Our gym used density.io and seemed like a waste of money and I though how about if we could have our own solution homegrown by students. But I couldn't get people on board, but I was able to prototype something. The thermal camera is just a pixel array, which each pixel is denoting its temperature. Kitchens are tricky, since hot items can gravely affect the temperature readings. I use it at the entrance to check if my roomie is in or not/. you have drivers for amg8833 in rust and c I believe, but adafruit stuff is good in python so I would say its a good place to start IOT projects! You can write your own drivers, which is quite fun!
- namshe 2y ago
  Thanks for your answer, appreciate it. Follow-up question - what's your take on using AI to maybe generate a driver for a different language?
  - infiniteregrets 2y ago
    I would suggest against it, I feel handicapped using AI sometimes. its helpful in a lot of cases eg repetitive work, but drivers feel like you need to be very careful so I would use AI to learn concepts and write things myself! Good luck!
    - namshe 2y ago
      Sounds like good intuition to me, thank you :)

by namshe 2y ago

infiniteregrets 2y ago

Hi, thank you for your question! I have been interested in this since I was in college. I was building a capacity counting system for our gym. Our gym used density.io and seemed like a waste of money and I though how about if we could have our own solution homegrown by students. But I couldn't get people on board, but I was able to prototype something. The thermal camera is just a pixel array, which each pixel is denoting its temperature. Kitchens are tricky, since hot items can gravely affect the temperature readings. I use it at the entrance to check if my roomie is in or not/. you have drivers for amg8833 in rust and c I believe, but adafruit stuff is good in python so I would say its a good place to start IOT projects! You can write your own drivers, which is quite fun!

namshe 2y ago
Thanks for your answer, appreciate it. Follow-up question - what's your take on using AI to maybe generate a driver for a different language?
- infiniteregrets 2y ago
  I would suggest against it, I feel handicapped using AI sometimes. its helpful in a lot of cases eg repetitive work, but drivers feel like you need to be very careful so I would use AI to learn concepts and write things myself! Good luck!
  - namshe 2y ago
    Sounds like good intuition to me, thank you :)