Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

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Lost Bob
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Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

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my new camera arrived from HK. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... duct=64501
EzCap http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B004IRE ... ge_o00_s00
baluns http://www.pimfg.com/Product-Detail/NVA-700-WH-YL

Mini CMOS FPV Camera 520TVL 120deg Field Of Vision 0.008LUX 17x17x24mm (NTSC)
Cmos camera from Hobby King
Cmos camera from Hobby King
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The wired up camera.
The wired up camera.
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To make sure everything works, I just used electrical tape for now. I started by cutting one end off an old rca cord. It has two wires; an inner, which is connected to signal/camera yellow and an outer, which is connected to ground/camera black.
Then I connected camera-plug ground/black to battery ground/black. And finally, camera power/red to battery power/red, adding a switch to make testing easier.
The yellow rca plug will plug into one balun, run down cat5 to a surface balun, and then plug into an EzCap connected to my laptop.

Here's a quick video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxt93Fh ... e=youtu.be
gumma
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Re: Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

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Nice! What software do u use for screen capture?
Lost Bob
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Re: Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

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Ezcap comes with it's own software for capturing and editing, though I have not tried editing yet. Just press record on the screen and it starts recording. The ezcap also has a button on it for taking screen shots. So far I like the ezcap, now to mount the camera on a pan/tilt.
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KR2_Diving
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Re: Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

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Looks Great!
So how does the camera perform in darker conditions?
a_shorething
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That does look good. It didn't look like 120 deg to me, but I'm sure it's accurate.

Thanks for the post.
Jacob
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Re: Mini CMOS FPV Camera set up

Post by Jacob »

Lost Bob,
I am currently looking for a wired fpv camera setup, and yours seems to fit the bill. I know nothing whatever about this however, and I would like to know something. My rov is in a 2" pvc hull, that is about eleven inches long. What part of the camera setup in your pictures, is actually in the rov? The size and weight matters a ton here for me.
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