Progress – POV Camera for Quadcopter

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Spent some time in the workshop today in between meetings, and finally got the POV camera powered up and working. I fashioned a little custom wiring harness using JST connectors for power, reconfigured the A/V cable that came with the transmitter, and powered up the system.  Behold – video!  From left to right:  LiPo battery (in this case powering Tx and Rx), camera, battery powered field monitor, transmitter (this and the camera will be housed on the quadcopter), receiver, and antenna.

In other news, the HoverFly Pro (a version of the flight control board that has some useful features, including auto level) arrived as well, so I’m working on upgrading the quadcopter with that and the POV video system. I hope to be flying again – and exploring local lakes with the OpenROV – in the next couple of weeks!

Build Log – Wiring Harness

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Finished with the LED wiring, which for whatever reason was a total pain, and then set to work on the wiring harness to connect the battery to the ESCs and other powered components. It took quite a long time, but I’m happy with the result.  I added two JST connectors – I need to update the diagram to reflect two connectors instead of one – which will power the LEDs and the video transmitter (which hasn’t yet arrived) for first-person flight.  Next up is a procedure to make sure the propellers spin in the appropriate directions – two clockwise, two counterclockwise.  That procedure, however, requires the battery, which has yet to arrive.