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One such application is the visualization of the laminar\u2013turbulent boundary-layer transition. Optical access to the surface of interest is mandatory for the measurement system, which consists of scientific cameras and LEDs. But the optical access to the area of interest is often impeded by the available windows of the wind tunnel and the wind tunnel model itself, reducing the field of view and the spatial resolution. In some cases, it is of interest to increase the flexibility of the installation of the optical measurement system by reducing its physical dimensions and placing the installation inside the plenum. The DLR Swept flat PlatE Cross-flow TRAnsition (SPECTRA-A) configuration was selected to investigate the influence of two-dimensional steps on the cross-flow-induced boundary layer transition by means of TSP, as part of the EU project Clean Sky 2. The SPECTRA-A configuration consists of two main elements: a flat plate and a displacement body mounted within a very close distance of each other, creating a narrow gap between the two elements. The surface of interest is the area on the flat plate facing the displacement body. The narrow gap limits the utilization of an external camera setup due to poor optical access. A new optical setup consisting of four miniature CMOS machine-vision cameras and five miniature high-power LEDs was integrated into the displacement body. The characteristics of the camera system were analyzed in laboratory tests, establishing that the miniature CMOS machine-vision cameras are suitable for qualitative TSP skin friction visualizations. This was confirmed by successfully measuring the laminar\u2013turbulent boundary-layer transition on the SPECTRA-A configuration. The integrated TSP system is capable of resolving even small variations of the transition location caused by changing the amplitude of the stationary cross-flow instability. The quality of the TSP visualization with the integrated optical system allows for the measurement of the transition location and the wavelength of the stationary cross-flow instability. Overall, a cost-effective TSP visualization system with small space requirements was developed and tested for future applications in wind tunnel models, model support, or side walls of wind tunnels.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23167075","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,10]],"date-time":"2023-08-10T10:52:40Z","timestamp":1691664760000},"page":"7075","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Miniaturization and Model-Integration of the Optical Measurement System for Temperature-Sensitive Paint Investigations"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3333-2664","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jonathan","family":"Lemarechal","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7714-9837","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Benjamin Daniel","family":"Dimond","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4513-5684","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hans Peter","family":"Barth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2881-7130","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael","family":"Hilfer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7592-6922","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christian","family":"Klein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Bunsenstrasse 10, 37073 G\u00f6ttingen, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Liu, T., Campbell, B., and Sullivan, J. 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