FLIR X6980-HS and X8580-HS high-speed thermal cameras

FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, has announced the latest additions to its family of X-Series science-grade thermal cameras: the X6980-HS and the X8580-HS. These high-speed (HS) models are designed to expand the performance capabilities of the series, particularly when it comes to connectivity and on-camera recording.

10GigE and CoaXPress (CXP) 2.1 high-speed interfaces provide more than one hour of ultrafast image streaming and data transfer, enabling data fidelity while improving efficiency. At the same time, the on-camera recording option includes a removable non-volatile memory express (NVMe) solid-state drive (SSD) for lossless recording of critical thermal events. A 4 TB high-speed SSD is now included as a standard feature on all X-Series HS cameras, providing the ability to record multiple hours of thermal data on the camera without dropping frames.

In combination with FLIR Research Studio software, scientists, engineers, researchers and quality assurance managers can leverage the X-series HS infrared cameras to blend datasets and synchronise multiple sensors, including with other FLIR A-Series, X-Series and T-Series cameras to create integrated, comprehensive analysis for improved decision support. By standardising on the FLIR platform, organisations can enjoy interchangeability, depending on the specific needs of a given application, including electronic board-level design and testing, defence research, and other commercial and academic use cases.

The thermal cameras are suitable for defence, academic and commercial research, and testing applications in critical test scenarios that require high-speed or high-resolution thermal data capture.