Arducam 8MP Autofocus USB Camera, IMX179 Lightburn Camera with Microphone, Ultra HD Embedded Webcam for PC and Raspberry Pi, Compatible with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS

As expected

Perfect size for my Lazer box. But it gets very hot.

This little camera works great with Lightbourn Software. Once you get the calibration right, it works great.

Heard up really quickly. Be careful

When I first received the camera, I installed it in my printer with a custom housing. I had repeated issues with the camera over time, and found it would not function for more than a few minutes. When I got around to diagnosing the issue, I found the housing badly discolored from heat. I discovered the camera had been over heating, so I installed RAM heat sinks on the front and back of the processor. This fixed the reliability, but the heat sinks themselves still got hot enough to cause serious burns. I'm not sure what to do about it at this point. The camera does work, but it seems to be undeployable. Impossible to put a case around it, and the heatsink is already to large. Not sure what rating to give it here. Hope this explanation helps you understand. If you get this camera, get a large heat sink and fan for it.

I was hoping that this would work for lightburn but it just gets too hot. Like melt 3D printed enclosure and start fire hot. I would avoid did not work for me

Yeah, everyone else said it -- I figured most of them were being a bit on the picky side, or paranoid side. They're not. I saw the PCB had a thermal pad and vias on the backside, and thought to myself, I'll add a heat sink there. It comes with a nearly full-body heatsink for the back which isn't pictured. Legitimately, at only 1280x720 @ 15fps (and any other resolution/framerate I could find, it's not "load-dependent") and connected to the same USB port I used for my previous camera, this thing got so hot I found it both uncomfortable to touch and worrying that it was so hot. I have a high tolerance for heat, I've been soldering and working with copper pipe for most of my life, and I find it uncomfortable to hold. This camera might function flawlessly at this temperature forever, but it will NEED open air, and ideally some air -flow.- The temperatures I'm seeing will soften PLA, and it's in open air. It won't work for my needs. It might work for yours.

Just as described

Good product 👌