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maxritter / diy-thermocam

A do-it-yourself thermal imager, compatible with the FLIR Lepton 2.5, 3.1R and 3.5 sensor with Arduino firmware
http://www.diy-thermocam.net
GNU General Public License v3.0
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battery size doesn't fit #13

Closed haraldg closed 6 years ago

haraldg commented 6 years ago

Hi,

finally got my DIY-Thermocam kit from groupgets. There are some minor annoyances, like I got two tripods but miss some other parts and the import tax was way havier then expected. However the real issue is not their fault: The battery doesn't fit between the display connector and the push button!

I just checked. They sent me this battery: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/13855, which is actually linked from the DIY-Thermocam readme. However this battery has the following dimensions: 5.6mm x 49.2mm x 68.8mm, while the README states the following max. dimens.: 60mm (w) x 55mm (l) x 6.5mm (h)

I think the link in the README should be removed and maybe groupgets notified, that they need to update their kit.

maxritter commented 6 years ago

Hey,

thanks for your feedback and sorry for the inconvenience.

Can you please post an image showing the battery in place? I suspect the length of the sparkfun battery is too high?

Wishes, Max

haraldg commented 6 years ago

Sorry, can't take a photo at the moment. Yes, the problem is the dimension of 68.8mm of the sparkfun battery. 60mm is the maximum - as is actually stated in the README correctly.

maxritter commented 6 years ago

Thanks for the observation.

I have to deeply apologize for this mistake. I added this new battery type and didn't check the specifications carefully enough.

It is fixed now on the website and I also forwarded this to GroupGets. I hope not too many users are affected by it.

Concerning your particular case, please also get in touch with GroupGets, as I do not have any replacement parts for the battery here.

haraldg commented 6 years ago

Don't feel to bad about this. Such mistakes are bound to happen and in the grand scheme of things buying a second battery is only a minor annoyance. Actually I'm very happy to have a thermal imager where I can improve the firmware whenever needed and it will cost me only twice the prize of a cheap commercial solution in the end.

For now I taped the too large battery to the exterior of the case and ran some first tests. I guess I should open new tickets for the issues I find. However some of the things I want to discuss are really just related to how to do high quality measurements - information that would be interesting to many users I guess. If there was some kind of forum, where such posts would stay easily accessible, that would be very useful IMO.

Anyway, closing this issue now.