Hardware framework In development
Atom
A hardware framework for night vision and thermal: two Nucleus tubes and a thermal camera in one binocular. Three sensors, one view.
- NucleusNight vision, left
- Thermal cameraHeat, between the eyes
- NucleusNight vision, right
More of the spectrum in one view.
Atom carries two Nucleus tubes for binocular night vision with natural depth perception, and a thermal camera between them.
The night vision sensor in Nucleus works from visible light through near-infrared into short-wave infrared, where the night sky’s own glow is strongest. Thermal sees long-wave infrared, the heat that people, vehicles and engines give off. Together they cover a far wider part of the electromagnetic spectrum than either sensor alone: the detail of the terrain, and the person in the shadow or the engine that has just been running.
- Visible
- Near IR
- Short-wave IR
(SWIR) - Mid-wave IR
- Long-wave IR
From every side
01FrontTwo Nucleus pods, with the thermal camera between them. 
02Three-quarterOne housing carries all three sensors. 
03SidePod, bridge and mount in one compact line. 
04TopTwo pods on a central bridge. 
05BackThe eyepieces, where both images come together.
A framework, built from modules
Atom is a framework rather than a fixed device. The two tube pods and the thermal camera come off the housing, a module can be exchanged instead of the whole device, and the configuration can follow the task.
Every pod is a Nucleus
Improvements to the tube and its software reach Atom directly.
Software-defined
Image processing, overlays and new functions come with updates, not with a new device.
Connected
With Phantom, Atom shares its view with the team and receives feeds from drones and vehicles.Use cases
