Developer Comment by Andrew Tridgell on October 31, 2012 at 2:25pm

Thanks!

I wonder if this has a global shutter?

The docs also don't mention if the video over wireless is compressed (eg. with H.264) and what transmit power the wireless has. If you get one of these, can you let us know?

Cheers, Tridge

Admin Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on October 31, 2012 at 2:30pm

Khurram,

I wonder what kind of range the WiFi transmitter has as it does not say? Also you only get 2MP at 30fps, not 5MP.

Regards,

TCIII

Comment by Khurram on October 31, 2012 at 2:36pm

Well I have requested Sales to provide me technical manual for this product which may answer our a lot of questions If they provide it I will post it here

@Andrew yes it has H.264 compression

Comment by Khurram on October 31, 2012 at 2:45pm

@Thomas yes you are right but 5MP is at 11fps and also good for stills, I think 2mp @30fps is more than enough for video,furthermore with SDK availability integrating it into ground station application would be so easy

Comment by Khurram on October 31, 2012 at 2:48pm

Wifi module is 150 mbps 802.11 n/g/b as described in accessories and price list I have attached above

Comment by Flying Monkey on October 31, 2012 at 3:13pm

Well, the gopro1 is selling for $130 now... and if you power it externally and remove the cam from the case it's only 1.7 ounces...  Just sayin'

Comment by David M Eno on October 31, 2012 at 3:39pm

The debate about sending a signal digitally for FPV has been had a number of times.  The consensus is unless you are willing to tolerate a significant time lag (e.g. you are flying a pre-programmed drone) do not attempt it.  This is very unlikely to be suitable for FPV.    

Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on October 31, 2012 at 4:15pm

David, I think there are some people who are willing to tollerate the lag inherent in these wifi cams.  We'll be flying mostly, or completely automatic mode with APM, using the camera mostly to do a job, inspection, see where we are, etc.  So the lag will be tollerable.  

But yes, people need to be aware, doing high performance FPV with these systems is a problem.

However, the big problem with analog systems is... well I don't know of any that have an FCC cert.  So using them professionally is a big problem.

Comment by David M Eno on October 31, 2012 at 4:22pm

I think I already said that if one was using one of these devices on a pre-programmed route it would be "acceptable" .... there are a lot of folks that think these are suitable for normal FPV and that just isn't the case.  The AR drone is proof of this.  I've never tried to use one of these devices professionally, but honestly there probably is a way to get an FCC certification or just ignore it all together.  One is certainly ignoring the FAA regardless if one is sending up a drone for commercial reasons unless you have a CoA.  As far as I know team blacksheep has managed to get insurance even though they are totally analog.... 

It also isn't just lag.  Isn't the range quite problematic with digital devices or is that just a function of the frequency they use?

Comment by AS on October 31, 2012 at 5:28pm

Hi guys!

And how about this one?

http://www.goodluckbuy.com/700tvl-1-3-sony-super-had-ccd-color-came...

Has anyone tried it?

Regards,

AS

Comment

• ‹ Previous
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• Next ›
• Page