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Quality


Search for mlx90614 and choose the adafruit one that doesn't say mini.

Price


It's not strictly medical accuracy--for that you need the more expensive dci sub-model--but imho is good enough to screen for high fevers.

Packaging/appearance


It's nice that it also gives access to the onboard thermistor for ambient (part) temperature sensing in addition to the object ...  Read More

Competitiveness


For what it's worth, i'm controlling the sensor in my application from a pic16lf19156 8-bit microcontroller with a built-in i2c...  Read More


I do highly recommend going to adafruit website for support code if working on arduino as the code they have available works we...  Read More

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    two, sure, great and different.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 57 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 23 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The mlx90614 sensor comes in different submodels


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Im not allowed to put a nonamazon url here so youll have to google for the melexis datasheet on the mlx90614 youll have to read the datasheet to understand how to control the sensor


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    According to the datasheet the sensor needs at least 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    In the arduino ide sketch → include library → manage libraries


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Search for mlx90614 and choose the adafruit one that doesnt say mini


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Sensor worked as advertised not sure why you can buy a module cheaper than the sensor itself but that for a different review


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I do highly recommend going to adafruit website for support code if working on arduino as the code they have available works well and give you a great starting place for developing your own


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I did find enough info to get it going by searching the internet and looking at other user comments

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