Case study
thermalmaster: a Go client for ThermalMaster camera USB commands
thermalmaster implements a Go USB client for ThermalMaster P3 and P1 thermal cameras using documented VDCMD control transfers. It captures PNG frames, streams thermal and IR video to Linux v4l2loopback, and records USB command framing and model identifiers for interoperability.
- Targets
- Protocol
- Category
- Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship
- Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed
Requirements & limits
- Prerequisites: A ThermalMaster P3 or P1 camera, a C toolchain, pkg-config and libusb development files.
- Prerequisites: Linux with v4l2loopback is required for video streaming; USB permissions must be configured.
- License: CC0-1.0 license.
About this entry
The description was reviewed against primary sources.
Primary sources
- doc/reverse-engineering.md GitHub · xaionaro-go/thermalmaster · Revision 4a52a1f
- README.md GitHub · xaionaro-go/thermalmaster · Revision 4a52a1f
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