FLIR LEPTON® Engineering Datasheet 
 
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Lepton Engineering Datasheet, Document Number: 500-0659-00-09 Rev: 203
 
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3.5.1  Radiometry Enabled - TLinear ................................................................................................................................ 30 
3.5.2  Radiometry Enabled – Flux linear ........................................................................................................................... 30 
3.5.3  Radiometry Disabled .............................................................................................................................................. 31 
3.5.4  Radiometric Accuracy – Module ............................................................................................................................. 32 
3.5.5  Radiometric Accuracy – System Considerations ..................................................................................................... 32 
3.6  AGC MODES .................................................................................................................................................................. 34 
3.7  VIDEO OUTPUT FORMAT MODES ....................................................................................................................................... 36 
3.8  GPIO MODES ................................................................................................................................................................. 39 
4  INTERFACE DESCRIPTIONS ........................................................................................................................................... 40 
4.1  COMMAND AND CONTROL INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................. 40 
4.1.1  User Defaults Feature ............................................................................................................................................. 42 
4.2  VOSPI CHANNEL ............................................................................................................................................................. 44 
4.2.1  VoSPI Physical Interface ......................................................................................................................................... 45 
4.2.2  VoSPI Protocol – Lepton 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.5 ......................................................................................................... 46 
4.2.3  VoSPI Protocol – Lepton 3.0 and 3.5 ...................................................................................................................... 54 
4.2.4  VoSPI Protocol – Lepton 2 vs. Lepton 3 .................................................................................................................. 62 
5  THERMAL CAMERA BASICS .......................................................................................................................................... 63 
6  MOUNTING SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 65 
6.1  SOCKET INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 66 
6.2  MECHANICAL CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................................................................................... 68 
6.3  THERMAL CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 69 
6.4  OPTICAL CONSIDERATIONS ................................................................................................................................................ 69 
7  IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS ............................................................................................................................................ 69 
8  SPECTRAL RESPONSE ................................................................................................................................................... 71 
9  ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................................................................................................... 73 
9.1  LEPTON PIN-OUT ............................................................................................................................................................. 73 
9.2  DC AND LOGIC LEVEL SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 76 
9.3  AC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS ....................................................................................................................................... 77 
9.4  ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS ......................................................................................................................................... 78 
9.5  ELECTRONIC INTEGRATION CONSIDERATIONS ......................................................................................................................... 78 
10  ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 79 
10.1  COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL DIRECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 80 
11  ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................................... 82