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HD video for UAV's

Posted by Yusuf Pirgali on May 15, 2013 at 6:53am

3689522281?profile=originalI keep asking myself why this cannot be done, and so far i have not found an answer i can believe. So i bought a commercial HD Video/Audio sender for home use and plugged in my gopro as a video source, and my flat screen TV as the player, and i connected up these devices and viola..! it worked. So my next thought what is the problem with making this work in a UAV , it is using 5.8Ghz it is cheap to buy, just need to hack it so the antenna is less directional, and we can then have HD in our goggles, or on our screen.

This would be far more preferable to me for a first time FPV flyer as the picture is so poor at 480x240 pixels, you can hardly see if your moving or not.

What do you all think? i know a more elegant solution would be nicer but for now it would work.

sample of what i meant : http://www.maplin.co.uk/wireless-hdmi-video-sender-kit-503801

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  • Luke Olson May 17, 2013 at 2:18pm

    The Nyrius ARIES has a range of 30 feet with line of sight. Good luck with that.

  • pål åge røstad May 17, 2013 at 2:13pm

    What about this product? http://www.shoptronics.com/nyrius-aries-npcs550-wireless-hdmi-trans...

    that is found on this forum:http://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3706

    I would have bought it for a test, but i cant find any one that ships to Norway. Can any one help me?

  • Charles lakins May 17, 2013 at 12:36pm

    that looks good, I like it too, you could install that into a groundstation easily enough

  • Andy May 17, 2013 at 5:26am

    Okay Tommy; I will do the same.  Thanks.

  • Tommy Larsen May 17, 2013 at 5:17am

    @Andy: I'm not ordering from that link. I sent an email to the supplier and got a sample device price 76USD.

    She also sent me tha datasheet/manual in pdf format.

  • Andy May 17, 2013 at 5:07am

    @Tommy

    That looks interesting.  If you don't mind, are you ordering from that link and what are they charging you?  Thanks.

  • Tommy Larsen May 17, 2013 at 4:13am

    I have already ordered this device: http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/878661072/H_264_1CH_WIFI_IP_Video...

    I will remove the case because of weight.

  • Andy May 17, 2013 at 12:07am

    Thanks Charles.  Getting there but not as compact as I would like (the form factor you showed earlier from Zowietek is perfect).  Someone pointed out Cavium earlier and I am contacting them to see what is possible.  I will post any feedback received.

  • Charles lakins May 16, 2013 at 11:55pm

    something like this?

    http://www.liveu.tv/LU40i.html

  • Andy May 16, 2013 at 11:47pm

    Yeah; unfortunately not the portable solution I need.  I did send a message to see if they have something in the pipeline.  Thanks for the feedback.

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