Questions 1. would it be possible to solder and mmcx female plug to the board? 2. can you use bigger cameras? 3. are they usually 5 volts? I was worried about burning them up attaching them to the micro FC.
Albert, two questions: 1) What pico-size stand-alone cameras have you found that are quite good clarity, resolution, color and light handling, etc? 2) You mentioned some alternate camera/vtx wiring schemes where the power comes in the back side but is just passed through to the cam board, then elsewhere power and ground (and vid) are routed back to the VTX. You didn't explain how we can tell the difference by visual or meter inspection. (?) ---Thanks in advance!---
Just about all the stand alone pico cameras are bad. But if you need to know the "best of the worst", look at the KingKong one. I think it only comes in PAL. The long story of the camera powering the VTX is that EVERY model seems to do it a little differently. I could make a 1 hour video on every model but I'm not gonna do that, I have a life to live. The way to figure it out is to power it up and use a multimeter to follow the power and see what is powered where. Look for 3.3v and 5v connections. Obviously you'll need to learn how to use a multimeter and also have some knowledge of electronics otherwise this is kinda like martian to you.
Albert Kim yep, I'm with you. I'm fairly adept with my meter, use it all the time, and that shouldn"t be too much of a problem as you described. I'm just (efficient) and thought there might have been a way to tell by observation the ones that pass-through versus the ones that don't. Here's another question for you: you mentioned disassembling an AIO so you could attach the VTX to a different camera. But by your own admission the small stand alone cameras all suck, and in my experience the worst AIO I've used was better then the 1000tvl 170 fov stand-alone Pico camera I've got from banggood last month. So here's my actual question, other than when the AIO camera fails, why would you want to attach that VTX to a stand-alone Pico camera?
It would depend on what model you have and if the regulator is on the camera board or vtx board. It might be salvageable if you separate them and power the vtx independently.
My ur65 came with a bad vtx but I like the camera so i'd like to do this mod. How did you know which pads to solder your cam to and how can I ? Using the UR 65 aio cam.
I need to replace the aurora 100 aio camera, (it got destroyed) with one that only has one red one black wire. I' know I won't have the osd wires now so what would be the easiest way to make the swap? Use the original connector but only the black and red wires? Or is there another place I can get 5v on the board? I'm also curious how to even access the flight controller given its connected by pins? I had considered using an fs-a8s rx in place of the flysky built in but not exactly sure how it would be done with the connection pins.
I'm not 100% sure of your setup, but I think just connecting the power should work. Obviously you'll lose the OSD. If you want to use a different receiver, you have to desolder the existing receiver board. No way around that.
hey Albert, quick question, how do you determine where power, ground and vid are located, do you have a schematic, for i have a lot of diff downed aio cams that i would like to get goin, also in instances where reverse polarity was accidentally connected, i know there is only a minute amount of choices of components that could have failed such as capacitor , resistor, usually, do you have any tips on how to isolate the faulty smd, and identify its rating like a 100 ohm resistor since the smd's are not marked for rating, is there an archive somewhere on the net that shows the pcb's population and ratings
Great video as always, thanks Albert. Do you know anything about this camera www.banggood.com/Eachine-E010C-E010S-Spare-Part-p-1119217.html?rmmds=search . Judging by the photos its the EF-02 used on the E010c. I want to split the video signal to use on a brushed board with OSD but not sure which pin is video and how to go about cutting it. Should be a good little camera as it's a 800tvl 1/3 CMOS as opposed to most of the others which are 1/4. Thanks in advance.
I think the pinout is the same on that one. Video is on top. It's easy to confirm with a multimeter. Turn it on and put the multimeter on the bottom two pins. You should see a steady voltage between 4 and 5v. To split up for OSD usage you have to cut the video pin and solder wires to your OSD for v-in and v-out.
Considering how much stuff accumulates in this hobby, videos like this are awesome.
If it aint broke, we can still use it!
Questions 1. would it be possible to solder and mmcx female plug to the board? 2. can you use bigger cameras? 3. are they usually 5 volts? I was worried about burning them up attaching them to the micro FC.
Amigo posso ligar um vtx 03 em uma camera tx06 com vtx da mesma removido?
I have ran the tx02 and tx03 on 5v with no problems.
Albert, two questions:
1) What pico-size stand-alone cameras have you found that are quite good clarity, resolution, color and light handling, etc?
2) You mentioned some alternate camera/vtx wiring schemes where the power comes in the back side but is just passed through to the cam board, then elsewhere power and ground (and vid) are routed back to the VTX. You didn't explain how we can tell the difference by visual or meter inspection. (?)
---Thanks in advance!---
Just about all the stand alone pico cameras are bad. But if you need to know the "best of the worst", look at the KingKong one. I think it only comes in PAL. The long story of the camera powering the VTX is that EVERY model seems to do it a little differently. I could make a 1 hour video on every model but I'm not gonna do that, I have a life to live. The way to figure it out is to power it up and use a multimeter to follow the power and see what is powered where. Look for 3.3v and 5v connections. Obviously you'll need to learn how to use a multimeter and also have some knowledge of electronics otherwise this is kinda like martian to you.
Albert Kim yep, I'm with you. I'm fairly adept with my meter, use it all the time, and that shouldn"t be too much of a problem as you described. I'm just (efficient) and thought there might have been a way to tell by observation the ones that pass-through versus the ones that don't.
Here's another question for you: you mentioned disassembling an AIO so you could attach the VTX to a different camera. But by your own admission the small stand alone cameras all suck, and in my experience the worst AIO I've used was better then the 1000tvl 170 fov stand-alone Pico camera I've got from banggood last month. So here's my actual question, other than when the AIO camera fails, why would you want to attach that VTX to a stand-alone Pico camera?
i have many of this ones that die on me ..they dont turn the light of the tramiter on ...i dont know if is the camera o the trasmiter ...
It would depend on what model you have and if the regulator is on the camera board or vtx board. It might be salvageable if you separate them and power the vtx independently.
My ur65 came with a bad vtx but I like the camera so i'd like to do this mod. How did you know which pads to solder your cam to and how can I ? Using the UR 65 aio cam.
I used a multimeter and some logical deduction reasoning.
can do, cheers @@AlbertKimTV
I need to replace the aurora 100 aio camera, (it got destroyed) with one that only has one red one black wire. I' know I won't have the osd wires now so what would be the easiest way to make the swap? Use the original connector but only the black and red wires? Or is there another place I can get 5v on the board? I'm also curious how to even access the flight controller given its connected by pins? I had considered using an fs-a8s rx in place of the flysky built in but not exactly sure how it would be done with the connection pins.
I'm not 100% sure of your setup, but I think just connecting the power should work. Obviously you'll lose the OSD. If you want to use a different receiver, you have to desolder the existing receiver board. No way around that.
Awesome video! I've done this for my micros and it works very, very well :-) was a pain figuring out the pins though lol
hey Albert, quick question, how do you determine where power, ground and vid are located, do you have a schematic, for i have a lot of diff downed aio cams that i would like to get goin, also in instances where reverse polarity was accidentally connected, i know there is only a minute amount of choices of components that could have failed such as capacitor , resistor, usually, do you have any tips on how to isolate the faulty smd, and identify its rating like a 100 ohm resistor since the smd's are not marked for rating, is there an archive somewhere on the net that shows the pcb's population and ratings
I use a multimeter to test continuity against known power sources... Hint - start with the ground...
Hey there is there a way i can connect that standalone camera directly to a ts832?
just find the video signal lines.
yes i do have the same camera you showing at minute : 4:55
I have a container full of these cameras. I'm going to give it s try.
Thanks man! this is exactly the video I asked for! I tried it my self to use a camera with a broken vtx on a new VTX03 but i couldn't get it to work.
what what that mini drone you showed with the micro swift? what that a modded lizard?
Prototype... it's not out yet. I'll have a video eventually.
Great video as always, thanks Albert. Do you know anything about this camera www.banggood.com/Eachine-E010C-E010S-Spare-Part-p-1119217.html?rmmds=search . Judging by the photos its the EF-02 used on the E010c. I want to split the video signal to use on a brushed board with OSD but not sure which pin is video and how to go about cutting it. Should be a good little camera as it's a 800tvl 1/3 CMOS as opposed to most of the others which are 1/4. Thanks in advance.
I think the pinout is the same on that one. Video is on top. It's easy to confirm with a multimeter. Turn it on and put the multimeter on the bottom two pins. You should see a steady voltage between 4 and 5v. To split up for OSD usage you have to cut the video pin and solder wires to your OSD for v-in and v-out.
Thanks Albert, that makes sense. Picking up the camera from the post office tomorrow so will give it go.
Very useful video! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Good information brother!