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Thijs Sillen commented on Charles Blouin's blog post Brushless Motor Dynamometer from RCbenchmark
"Use a PGA, will allow good resolution for small motors and allow higher currents :)"
Aug 30, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Finally got it working in vmware, details here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1avnqXqPOi_KwE6t1vfRaJDXWhRZP2C7..."
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"After a ubuntu 14.04 lts update upgrade it suddenly just worked ;)"
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"It shows the adapter using lsusb in ubuntu but it seems that the driver is not installed. When i reboot with blocking the vmware auto bridge functionality it shows in the boot screen that it can't download the ATH9K ... drive due to no ethernet…"
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Thanks for  the info, i will try it again.
I also added auto startup script for the transmitter to my google docs document for those who need it. Works perfectly.

making one for the receiving side now."
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"tried that with vmware on windows 8 but the wlan0 does not show up on ubuntu. I tried forcing the wifi adapter to automatically connect to vmware. But still no luck."
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"I have added the receiver image in my docs file, the transmitter will be done in 20 minutes.
My camera setup:
https://goo.gl/photos/ZgWBEHVdFtSqGucKA

3 axis GLB gimbal, latest stom32 firmware, fully controllable by pixhawk and via rc transmitter.…"
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"yes!! this works!,
If you want your 50$ pm me you paypal email so i can send it.
Does anybody know a good way to display the video on the receiving rpi 2b connected to a hdmi screen?

Edit:
If there is any interest i can upload the images of my…"
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"i'll have to test."
Jul 25, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Could anybody help me with my setup?
I start up the transmitter but the led on wifi does not blink, just stays on.
On the receiving side I do not see any message going by after the "ethercap" message.

Details here:…"
Jul 24, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Hello ;)"
Jul 20, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"I think it is an good idea to make a few working images.
One for pi A with TL-WN722 and maybe one for the high power alfa.
Same for pi 2B  . That way we can stop wasting our time trying to figure these small bugs out.

I'm pretty sure that more…"
Jul 20, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"I flew with my setup for the first time today. 
RPI 2B , TL-WN722 on copter (antenna pointing down) , rpi cam.
Made a hotspot on the quad with TX power at 20.
Video is streamed via RPI WEB CAM INTERFACE (MJPEG?)

I flew ~120 meter far and 50 meter…"
Jul 19, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to befinitiv's discussion 3+km HD FPV system using commodity hardware
"Any specific tutorial I should follow to get the TL-WN722N working on rpi 2B as a AP?
I have tried the Alfa AWUS036NHR and it was a disaster. Worked on it for around 10 hours and finally got it doing something. The AP showed up but the tx power was…"
Jul 16, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to Thijs Sillen's discussion My ugly messy road to hd fpv via RPI 2 over wifi [finished?]
"Cpu usage with two clients is 3-4% , so plenty of power for doing something else!
When i have more time i will add pan tilt to the webpage

Full HD 30FPS ~100-200ms latency 100% quality setting
Pi is not overclocked

Todo make a wireless AP for my…"
Jun 17, 2015
Thijs Sillen replied to Thijs Sillen's discussion My ugly messy road to hd fpv via RPI 2 over wifi [finished?]
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Jun 17, 2015
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