Profilab Expert is a visual programming language (shortly, VPL) developed by Abacom, GmbH in Germany. It allows the developer to build mathematical algorithms from simple blocks already presented in the library or created by him or her in accordance with the corresponding task. Generally, the VPLs are employed with hardware like ADCs, DACs, PWMs or simple IOs in the areas of automation control. 

This software is designed to control the hardware mentioned above, and particularly, the ADC and the DAC listed below.

Benefits: easy to use, most common functions present on the board, extremely low price. Drawbacks: not found, but relatively slow speed.

Profilab Expert is a practically good, inexpensive solution for building projects with pyroelectric detectors in voltage mode. 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Analog-to-digital converter, ~ –2..+4V, 12 bit.

Benefits: good repeatability (see Metrology of transient responses Part I in Publications) good protection from over-voltage, compatibility with Profilab Expert.

Drawbacks: relatively low speed (100 samples per second works well), missing codes (1 of 100 true, 2 of 100 sometimes, 3 of 100 seldom).

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐+

Digital-to-analog converter, ~ 0..+4V, 12 bit.

Benefits and drawbacks: works well in practice, not specially tested.

Rating: unknown.

This book is a brilliant piece of inspiration for everyone who wants to learn how thermal infrared sensors work. It includes the overall review on radiometry and photometry, basics of noise, best-explained introduction to the fundamental parameters of thermal infrared sensors often mentioned in the corresponding datasheets and inspection certificates. The reader can find the priceless solution on the thermal layer model which is often required in the Phd/Doctoral theses.  More particularly, this book also discovers  the advances of the thermal infrared sensors, such as thermopile detectors, pyroelectric detectors and microbolometer detectors. Finally, the book concludes a list of applications. 

Every chapter contains a number of simple numerical examples that makes it positively different from the other books and especially priceless for absolute beginners. The materials are presented in the frequency domain.

Benefits: invaluable information for all-level readers. Drawbacks: not found, but some unclear calculations which can be thought as typos.

Written by Dr.-ing habil. Helmut Budzier and Prof. Dr. -ing. habil. Dr. Gerald Gerlach.

Thermal Infrared Sensors was the first book that has greatly influenced Alexander Bondarenko on developing the complete theory of a pyroelectric detector in the time domain. This book is the absolute winner among all the educational literature. The book does deserve to be purchased by everyone. You may find it on amazon, abebooks, ebay, or the other platforms.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

This book can be the best knowledge-supplement to the previous one above. Although it mainly reviews infrared detectors in general, the chapters dedicated to pyroelectric detectors and microbolometers can be found by the reader as especially clear, simple and understandable. 

Infrared Detectors and Emitters: Materials and Devices, particularly, the chapters dedicated to pyroelectric detectors and microbolometers, called an acute sense of full satisfaction. 

Benefits: clear, professional academic language for all-level readers. Drawbacks: not found.

Editors:  Peter Capper, C. T. Elliott (written by different authors)

Alexander Bondarenko recommends this book as one of the excellent sources on pyroelectric detectors and microbolometers especially for beginners.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The Art of Electronics is a book of all-generations. Completed, powerful, dominating the market, deep-thinking, this book has educated an uncountable number of highly-skilled engineers around the globe. For decades, it has been being read by some student, some teacher, or some circuit designer every day. The book covers all-areas of electronics, starting with simple parts like resistors, capacitors, inductors, transformers, and simple semiconductors; continuing transistors, amplifiers, filters, examples of high-precision circuits; going through low-noise circuits, voltage regulators; joining the digital electronics like digital logic, logic interfaces; concluding computer interfaces and microcontrollers.

Benefits: all-level readers. Drawbacks: not found, but lack of sensor circuits. 

Written by Paul Horowitz and Winfield Hill.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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