Teardown
What is actually inside a $180 thermal camera module
Community reverse-engineeredReport an IP concernRahul Mehta
@rahul-teardown
Bought on the secondary market · surveyed Jun 11, 2026
- Empirical teardown analysis
How is it put together, and what is it made of?
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- Advanced
Desoldering the sensor package to find a two-generation-old microbolometer behind a new part number, plus the calibration table it ships with.
What you may do with this
No licence and no authorization. The survey is the publisher's own measurement of hardware they bought, and any patent or trade-dress question in your manufacturing jurisdiction is still yours to answer.
What the methods prove
Empirical teardown analysis
The unit disassembled and recorded part by part.
Everything published here is the publisher’s own measurement of a legally acquired, off-the-shelf commercial unit. Qatoto does not host manufacturer-internal documents and makes no clearance assessment of its own.
Report an IP concern about this teardown
Publisher attested on Jun 18, 2026 that the unit was lawfully obtained, that the data was gathered by measurement and standard disassembly, and that no vendor-confidential material was used.
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Getting it made
Qatoto lists factories by capability and certification and carries an inquiry to them. Nothing here is a quote, and a factory will ask for your own files.
Browse the factory directory- thermal-imaging
- sensors
- reverse-engineering
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