(Click here for larger image)The HSI and Pocket PC communicate with each other through an asynchronous serial port. Images saved on the Pocket PC are date and time stamped. Descriptive labels and voice notations also can be associated with the images. Camera settings such as sensitivity and temperature range are controlled through the Pocket PC, along with image properties such as color palette and temperature scale, according to Wahl.
Identifying a hot spot
(Click image for larger view)The HSI can quickly pinpoint a hot spot with its built-in laser. Place the hottest spot of the image at center of the screen, indicated by a circle, and turn on laser, which then illuminates the hot spot on the target. Wahl says its software can report the temperature of up to ten arbitrarily selected pixels simultaneously and the delta-T between any two pixels.
The standard HSI camera has a 20 degree field of view and a temperature range of -10 to 300 degrees C. Cameras are also available in high accuracy and high temperature ranges up to 1000 degrees C (1832 degrees F), and for long distances with a 10 degree field of view lens.
Wahl says the HSI devices are compatible with "most" Pocket PCs running Windows Mobile for Pocket PC 2000, 2002, or 2003 as well as Palm devices running OS5 or higher. The company offers the "most compatible, currently available model" of HP Pocket PC.
The HSI is available now starting at $3,499.
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