I have a thought to use cellular technology to pipe video and data over a UDP connection. This is nothing, however, I haven't seen a lot of support for the usage of 4G/LTE which allows up to 100mbps speeds. Has anyone ever read up on this pico board? I'ts available from min-box.com. The same place I received my mini-PC for my GCS.
I had this idea about hosting a UDP server on board the aircraft with this pico board. Then routing all traffic through a VPN tunnel where it will be connected to the GCS via internet/VPN tunneling.
The APM will connect to the board via serial I/O. The tricky part (for me) will be routing that serial traffic over a UDP connection. Any idea a simple(r) way to do this with Linux instead of any software-based routing procedures? I very familiar with Linux, just haven't done any network routing inside a client-only environment.
Any thoughts or concerns are more than welcome!
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Here is my Solution :)
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/skywalker-x8-video-and-tele...
Yes John, the Pi has it's weaknesses. But there are other small Linux devices with Quad 1.7Ghz and lot of power compared to the Pi.
@Arttu
Never really had any issues with my devices - ideally when it fails the device should just return home.
@Tommy
well let just say I am not a big fan of raspbery PI. Read a lot about problems with compatible devices and having to use powered hubs. Plus that thing draws at least 5W IIRC.
Tommy I am looking forward to a blog writeup on your setup. I think I might go a very similar fashion.
@John: It's not complicated at all. My 3g router is smaller and lighter than an Android and my serial2wifi PCB is very small and light. I also want to use my GoPro Hero2 as cam and i cannot see how i can connect this to an Android for streaming. My solution is simple and stable :-)
3G is what I meant...you guys got the idea.
Using 4G should increase data throughput better than 4G. Experimenting with FaceTime, I noticed the latency is FAR less than it used to be. I will give this a shot, while staying on the Verizon network, and report back my findings. Thank you for all the info gents!
John,
I don't think Tommy's system is over complicated. As long as it works and is robust I can't say single bad word about it. But when I'm thinking of letting my Samsung Galaxy S2 handle networking, piloting or anything else for my plane I get bad vibes. It has crashed way too often under pressure to be dependable.
The less software my plane is using and dependable on, the better I feel about it.
it's an autopilot dude - who said it has to be controller manually (flybywire) ?
can you actually fly fpv with a 300ms lag? that seems pretty dangerous
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