I have question??? How i can connect this evaluation board to PC or LCD to show temprature.???

A comment from our customer Jay:

I bought the MLX90614 board last week and its working great, I'm using the firmware it came loaded with out of the box. In addition to changing the header "3.3V" to "VCC", the TX & RX labels and schematic net names are swapped. When looking into a device, TX should be TX from the device, RX should be the RX of the device.

About that note at the end of the product text:

Note: The label on the FTDI header is incorrect. It should read VCC instead of 3.3v. We will fix this error in the next revision.

Is that just for naming consistency w/ the FTDI pinout, or does it imply that the board can also be powered safely when the VCC pin = 5v? (If you'd prefer, I'd also be happy with the name of the part used for the board's 3.3v regulator, so I can find out on my own.)

Thanks!

For Linux Users.

1) download code. 2) extract code. 3) open command line change to root, ie su 4) cd to sub directory alronzo* then cd to IR_eval 5) run the command "make" 6) plug in your IR board to your ftdi basic and plug into pc. 7) open up arduino to check the location of device should be something like /dev/ttyUSB0 this will be option -P below. 8) close arduino program. 9) run on the command line avrdude -c STK500 -p m328p -P /dev/ttyUSB0 -b 576000 -U "main.hex"

10) open up arduino again select ATmega328 for the board type 11) open up serial monitor and change baud rate to 38400 baud

should see stream of temperature values in F.

Arduino
First. http://bildr.org/2011/02/mlx90614-arduino/
Then
http://www.phanderson.com/arduino/mlx90614_1.html
http://interface.khm.de/index.php/lab/experiments/infrared-thermometer-mlx90614/
https://bitbucket.org/alt36/ami_arduinomisc/src/2203858692a9/pm418-arduino-sketchbook/ir_temp_sensor/ir_temperature_sensor_with_ambient_temp/ir_temperature_sensor_with_ambient_temp.pde

I have some of the 10' FOV 3.3v 90614's. Coulb I get just the programmed breakout board?
Mike

Does anybody have any code for this thing, or any resources on how to get it to work? I can't find anything for it.

i saw rx/tx pin on this board does this means that i can connect it to my arduino uno and simple point it to some heat and get the data?

The example code comprises C source and header files.
Is an Arduino Sketch available from anywhere that has the same functionality?

It would be interesting to set the PWM period to 1.5ms then hook it to a servo...

FLIR like scanner projects here:
http://hackaday.com/2009/09/25/arduino-thermoscanner/
http://hackaday.com/2009/07/01/poor-mans-thermographic-camera/
I am assuming that they are using the:
MLX90614ESF-BAA
As that is the sensor they stock:
http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9570

Could you make a FLIR scanner out of this by mounting it on one of these ?
You'd have to do some delicate soldering to the ATmega to get access to a couple of PWM pins (too bad they aren't broken out) to drive the servos.
Put it on a tripod, raster scan the wall, find out where the thermal leaks are.
I guess it would be better with the 10degree FOV sensor. Anyone know which exact sensor is on this board?

Is there any possibility for making the sensor socketed or with a space beneath it (to get more height on the sensor) like that offered on the Parallax board?
http://www.parallax.com/Store/Sensors/TemperatureHumidity/tabid/174/ProductID/520/List/0/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName
There is going to be a limit on lead length due to grounding and decoupling (see the relevant pdf here: http://www.melexis.com/Sensor_ICs_Infrared_and_Optical/Infrared_Thermometers/MLX90614_615.aspx) but even a few millimetres height more would be great.
I ask as I have made one working prototype with the higher specc'd MLX90614-DCA model using various bits and would instead love to be able to substitute the BAA for the DCA specc'd model with this eval board (and get a little more height on the sensor).
Thanks.