Case study

Thermal Cam: decoding the Thermal Master P1 USB stream

Thermal Cam implements a macOS viewer for the Thermal Master P1 using a documented USB control and frame protocol. Its Swift driver starts the vendor stream through libusb, decodes radiometric frames into temperatures, and displays palettes, per-pixel readings, and snapshots.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 1
Last commit: 2026-09-02
Language: Swift
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A Thermal Master P1 camera and macOS 15 or newer are required for the documented viewer.
Prerequisites: Building requires Xcode 26.4 or newer with Swift 6 and Homebrew libusb.
License: MIT.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{thermal-cam-p1-protocol-case,
  title = {{Thermal Cam: decoding the Thermal Master P1 USB stream}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/johnboiles/thermal-cam}},
  url = {https://github.com/johnboiles/thermal-cam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/thermal-cam-p1-protocol-case/}}
}

Plain text

Thermal Cam: decoding the Thermal Master P1 USB stream. https://github.com/johnboiles/thermal-cam (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/thermal-cam-p1-protocol-case/

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docs/P1_PROTOCOL.md GitHub · johnboiles/thermal-cam · Revision 9dad5c9
README.md GitHub · johnboiles/thermal-cam · Revision 9dad5c9