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DIY Drones Store CMOS Camera?

Posted by AKRCGUY on June 14, 2010 at 10:05am

Does anyone have a good mounting idea for the camera that is sold in the DIYD store? What you see is what you get and not much. No connectors, standoffs, etc. Great image quality though for a 420 line camera.

Shrink wrap, liquid electrical tape, some kind of enclosure, etc. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • John_NY August 12, 2010 at 5:04pm
    I'd probably use some polymorph (http://shapelock.com/ or http://www.robotshop.com/productinfo.aspx?pc=RB-Dag-09), and a pan-tilt mount (http://www.robotshop.com/dagu-mini-pan-and-tilt-kit.html).
    I haven't gotten my pan-tilt mount yet, but that's my plan.
    my 2¢,
    -John
    http://shapelock.com/
  • wurpfel June 14, 2010 at 3:10pm
    yes, that`s a "full monty" moorhuhn with a ardupilot and fpv. great to observe birds.


    to glue the cam-PCB I drop hotmelt on the holes for the screws. so a saefty-breakline is established when something goes wrong. and I add a lil-keflarstring to prevent unintentional fallout and big SARmissions to find a tiny cam on a large green ;-)


    the mostly used analog transmitter can`t go behind 420 lines, the DECT-bandwide isn`t enough for more.
    better connect via bluetooth or use a mobile with flatrate.


    I also experiment with a serial C328-cam and syntetic view to achieve more than 0,75 fps. but thats a other story..in fullHD.
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    Morli June 14, 2010 at 3:05pm
    Ionut , the spec of the HD Tx looks juicy and tempting except where it says
    weight = 1.8 k.g
    Dimentions= 180 x 110 x 88 ( MM)
    Freq = 320-360 Mhz , 600-860 Mhz

    This looks like the video TX used behind on-site TV crew. There is no mention of RX needed. Still interesting if we know the price. But it not a hobby or FPV tx .
  • James F. June 14, 2010 at 2:28pm
    @ionut, looks very large and heavy.
  • ionut June 14, 2010 at 2:17pm
    What do you think about this wireless transmiter?:
    http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/237705226/HD_Portable_Digital_ima...
  • AKRCGUY June 14, 2010 at 2:14pm
    Thanks for the tips, I gotta know, what the H#@l is that on your bench wurpfel? :)
  • ionut June 14, 2010 at 2:06pm
    You don't need connectors as they take precious space.Just solder the connections directly:li-po,camera and transmitter.I'm curious what is the difference between cameras:420 line,520,HD.It seems they have similar performance because the AV wireless connection can support only low res PAL: 576 -line/25 Hz maximum or NTSC.
  • James Turner June 14, 2010 at 12:56pm
    I tried using lots of glue with balsa but the glue damaged the board on a similar camera causing image problems.I would go with the screw holes option as Ravi suggests. you could screw it to an outrunner mount such as this with a bit of adjusting:

  • wurpfel June 14, 2010 at 12:55pm
    I use hotglue to fix it on a servoarm..

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  • Ravi Gaddipati June 14, 2010 at 12:10pm
    There are four screw mounting holes, or you could go with foam tape (I would use both)
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