Forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras have proven to be a valuable research asset in numerous fields, ranging from aerial imaging to studying beehive development. The Optical Remote Sensing Laboratory at Montana State University, in conjunction with NWB Sensor, Inc., is working to develop these cameras for thermal imaging applications in both commercial and academic fields. Presently, the means to interface signals output by the FLIR Corporation's camera cores are costly, and require a large amount of hardware to produce meaningful data. This project seeks to remedy this cost and aggravation barrier by implementing a hardware solution on a Cyclone II (or similar) field programmable gate array. Ideally, the solution will provide the means to acquire the serial signal coming from the camera's core, process the data in some way, and then send the data to a personal computer using an Ethernet or USB connection. A rough timetable is included below for the purposes of estimating the timeline of the project.