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Canterbury, Kent


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R&D Engineer


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www.flytron.com


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Turkey


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Melih Karakelle posted a blog post
"Google/Nest’s decision raises an interesting question. When software and hardware are intertwined, does a warranty mean you stop supporting the hardware or does it mean that the manufacturer can intentionally disable it without consequence?…
Apr 9, 2016
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post New DroneThermal - Smallest Thermal Camera for Drones
"Thanks for the comments :)

@Dave
There is no restriction for Lepton cores. They are less than 110.000 pixel and refresh rates less than 9Hz. That's mean, they are not in military restriction range.

@Patrick
The resolution is same because of core.…"
Feb 12, 2016
Melih Karakelle posted a blog post
Hi Everyone, After 5 months of design and test process, new DroneThermal v022016 thermal camera boards are ready to announce.  This is probably the smallest analog (PAL/NTSC) thermal camera in the world.  Dimensions : 20mm x 20mm x 15mm (included…
Feb 11, 2016
Melih Karakelle commented on Ron Justin's blog post DroneThermal Analog MAV Group Buy
"Hi Gary,Please contact with me over our contact page,I will glad to help you.http://www.flytron.com/contact-usUK custom is fully automatic, they add %20 on it and send an invoice by post in 1-2 weeks. But there is no customs tax for replacements and…"
Nov 18, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post 1 hours 43 minutes Flight with 2S NCR18650B Batteries
"Thank you folks :) @Gary , I want to build a solar quadrocopter from scrap but the sun is only a newsletter name in UK :D@RC Tech, LoL, :)"
Jul 6, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post 1 hours 43 minutes Flight with 2S NCR18650B Batteries
"2C = 60min / 2 = 30 minutes

If you want to fly more than 30min, they are also valuable for you ;)"
Jul 3, 2015
Melih Karakelle posted a blog post
Hi Everyone Last weekend I've tested Panasonic NCR18650B batteries on my maiden PolyClub EPP airplane.  I was expecting ~40 minutes flight but I landed after 103 minutes 24 seconds! (1h43m24s) This batteries are definitely working! Only…
Jul 3, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Lester Haines's blog post PRATCHETT stratospheric spaceplane test mission live tomorrow
"@Lester,Thank you for your answer :)I'm getting ready to release a hyper pressurized floating balloon project ~10gr payload. And yes, Ultimate Lithium is the only battery for this kind of applications. 
Good luck and keep us updated"
Jun 12, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Lester Haines's blog post PRATCHETT stratospheric spaceplane test mission live tomorrow
"Good luck,Did you tested the servos into the home freezer? (~-35 degrees Celsius)All metal geared servos have oil/silicon based lubricators between gears and it can be freeze. May be you should clear the gears with alcohol before flight. did you?And…"
Jun 12, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post FLIR Lepton vs Apple Facetime HD Camera
"Yes it is similar. Black plastic surfaces is better than metal because of better temperature balance (if you didn't touch before with warm hands.)Fortunately, Lepton lens is only 3mm diameter. So covering it a little bit easy. You can use any non…"
Apr 15, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post FLIR Lepton vs Apple Facetime HD Camera
"Hi Aldo,Of course. Just choose "without FLIR Lepton Core (Camera Body Only)" option when you add it into your shopping cart.http://www.flytron.com/thermal-cameras/303-dronethermal-micro-uav-t... sell the cameras with/without 25° FOV core of…"
Apr 15, 2015
Melih Karakelle posted a blog post
Hi Everyone,Yesterday, I shot this video with my MacBook Air and DroneThermal camera.The results are promising. Thermal image resolution is only 80x60 pixel but sensitivity is not bad.BTW, We designed an optional 3D printed (SLS) case for the…
Apr 15, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post 25° Thermal Camera Cores for Drones
"@GuyGreat tool!, thank you for that.@Martin & SergeFLIR is manufacturing a lot of different camera between,thisand this
If you have enough budget, payload and licence to use >9hz,>110k pixel cameras, TAU and other models are perfect.There is huge…"
Mar 27, 2015
Melih Karakelle posted a blog post
Hi Everyone, Good news for small drones, New FLIR Lepton 25° camera cores just arrived.  If you have read this post before , I have tested our new camera design with 50° version of Lepton and the range was shorter than 50 meters for human body…
Mar 25, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post DroneThermal Analog MAV Cameras, Almost Ready
"@Michael,Resolution of Lepton is not enough for small animals from a distance. A medium size dog covers only 6-8pixel from 50 meters away.@Ronald,Thank you Ronald. I was one of them :) "
Mar 20, 2015
Melih Karakelle commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post DroneThermal Analog MAV Cameras, Almost Ready
"@RobertoSorry for my mistake. I was thinking it is a raspberry Pi because of similar interface like Pureengineerin's Lepton code. https://github.com/PureEngineering/LeptonModule I used Paspberry PI compute module in the first prototypes and results…"
Mar 17, 2015
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