Starter kits offer a breakthrough in multispectral infrared imaging

A new era of infrared research is here: FLIR MIX Starter Kits synchronise and align high-speed thermal and visible imagery with precision, delivering clearer insights to accelerate breakthroughs in defence, commercial, and academic research.

FLIR, a Teledyne Technologies company, has unveiled FLIR MIX, an advanced multispectral imaging solution developed to bring greater detail and accuracy to infrared imaging. Blending thermal and visible-light imagery gives researchers and engineers a powerful new way to analyse, interpret, and share complex thermal environments with greater accuracy.

Until now, researchers have had to decide between thermal and visible imaging: one reveals heat signatures while the other provides structural detail. Recording both and trying to align them manually – or, harder still, synchronising them temporally – can be inconsistent and time-consuming. The result is data that's close but never quite complete.

The solution is a game changer, capturing and synchronising high-speed thermal and visible imagery at up to 1,004fps. The camera and software deliver one dataset with spatial and temporal alignment – no more missed details or second-guessing, just a complete picture of fast-moving events.

The kits are purpose-built solutions designed to synchronise high-speed thermal and visible imagery with precision, providing the insights researchers require to push the boundaries of discovery.

• FLIR MIX X-Series Starter Kit – Optimised for high-speed research applications, including airbag testing, materials analysis, and ballistics, this kit pairs FLIR X69xx thermal cameras with a high-speed visible camera, precision optics, custom mounting hardware, and seamless connectivity – all powered by FLIR Research Studio for intuitive data analysis.
• FLIR MIX A-Series Starter Kit – Built for applications such as electronics design, renewable energy, and battery testing, this kit is designed to integrate with FLIR A67xx thermal cameras, providing a versatile visible imaging setup, custom mounting, and robust networking solutions to ensure precision data capture.
• FLIR MIX Toolkit – For researchers who want to merge thermal and visible footage in post-processing, the FLIR MIX Toolkit is obtainable as an add-on license to an existing Research Studio Professional Edition license. It removes the complexity of traditional post-processing by synchronising every thermal and visible frame in real-time, providing one complete dataset for faster, clearer insights. Whether tracking material stress, analysing fluid dynamics, or capturing high-speed impacts, researchers can focus on discovery instead of fixing misaligned data. What you see is what you measure precisely when it happens.

"FLIR MIX simplifies thermal analysis by combining quality thermal and visible imagery in real-time in one easy-to-use hardware and software package," said Matthew Hasty, senior global product manager at FLIR. "The solution empowers researchers to achieve precise spatial alignment with radiometric data for every pixel, providing detailed temperature insights across the entire image, making analysis more straightforward while shortening the time to discovery."