L-3 Communications X200xp manual Can be viewed on the built-in video monitor

The X200xp was designed to sense differing amounts of long wavelength infrared coming from the various areas of a scene and to convert them to corresponding intensities of visible light on a display. This allows true see–in–the–dark capability, as well as the ability to discern additional information—differences in temperature—by observing the thermal properties of objects in any light condition.

C

B

A COLD

HOT

WARM

D

E

Infrared energy is emitted proportionally to the temperature of an object A . The warmer the object, the more energy it emits. The infrared energy from the objects is focused by the optics B , onto an infrared detector C . The information

from the Infrared detector is passed to electronics		D	for
image processing.	The signal processing circuitry
translates the infrared detector data into an image		E	that
can be viewed on the built-in video monitor.

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