EVB90601 Melexis Inc, EVB90601 Datasheet - Page 8

• Manufacturer Part Number: EVB90601
• Description: EVALUATION BOARD MLX90601 IR MOD
• Manufacturer: Melexis Inc

Specifications of EVB90601

• Rohs Status: RoHS non-compliant

CALIBRATE “IN PLACE”
The most accurate IR calibration for OEMs is to calibrate the module on the actual target that you wish to
measure, under the conditions that you wish to measure it.
Example: to achieve the highest accuracy with a fusing roll in a copier, set up a calibration station using
an actual fusing roll and heater with a reference temperature sensor actually mounted on the fuser roll.
Bring the fuser roll to the temperature(s) you want highest accuracy, and then perform the calibration(s) to
match the known surface temperature(s) desired. Then the IR module can be installed on a production
unit.
EMISSIVITY and TARGETS
Non-metals normally have a very high emissivity, greater than 0.9, and can be measured very well using
IR.
Metals (uncoated metals) are normally not good targets for IR temperature measurements as they are
normally very low emissivity (less than 0.2). This means that more than 80% (1.0 – 0.2 = 0.80) of the
signal the IR sensor will see is ambient reflection. If the ambient reflection changes by even small
amounts, errors will be introduced. Metals should be coated with a non-metal for best measurements.
The only exception is this: Uncoated metals can be measured with reasonable accuracy at high
temperatures (normally above 500 C). The reason for this is that changes in ambient reflections are small
IR signals compared to the amount of IR radiation coming from a hot metal. In other words, the IR signal
is dominated by the metal even when emissivity is low if the temperature is high enough.
Biological materials are very good targets with emissivities better than 0.98, nearly blackbody (no
reflection).
Plastics, nearly all plastics are very good targets for IR. The only exceptions are thin polypropylene and
thin polyethylene, which allow IR to pass right through, depending on the thickness. Most plastic IR
lenses are made of those material precisely because of those properties.
There are numerous Emissivity Tables available on the internet for general reference.
Help Files
For your convenience, the Help files in the software are presented for easy reference.
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3. For temperatures below 10 C, a temperature bath with such a fluid is better than conventional
have high evaporation points, and low freezing points. Using such a fluid, you can have a very
high accuracy blackbody from –40 C to 100 C.
blackbodies. On conventional blackbodies, low temperatures can cause condensation on the
face of the blackbody. This will distort its readings. A temperature bath with low working temp
fluid has no such problem because it is “stirred”, and the stirring motion prevents water forming a
condensing layer on top.
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EVB90601 Configuration Board
User Manual
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