First of all I think this is a great project, thanks! In the next video could you please cover how to use a 12vdc supply and also where to find the RSSI on other receivers such as the common Immersion or RMRC ground station units?
I think you time is worth a lot to people like me that do not know a lot about electronics. So from a man that like your video's Thank You Bruce, and have a great day. :-)
Bruce, You are not only supporting the sport, you are also encouraging everyone to learn, play and evolve. I love your simple and no-bullshit design approach. Just one "complaint" (not really a complaint, just a request for the future): Could you try to put links to the stores where you get your different gizmos and gadgets? Saves a lot of search time, especially when you find some gold on i.e. ebay
even with hysteresis, it will have those flicker, try RC dampening on those gate inputs instead, it will smoothen the switch transition, the switching is to sharp, we call it noiseless toggle switch in in audio circuits which eliminates pop in audio mixers when a DJ using switched scratching rapidly, anyway the video signal is also analog signals. great video Bruce.
Amazing teaching skills, I've learned more about electronics in these vids then I've read in any book. Thanks Bruce, keep up the great work :) Got to build this :)
Great video Bruce, keep it up! This controller plus a $26 RC305 and a homemade antenna will upgrade a working system very easily and on the cheap! I also like the "back to the bench" moto :)
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Really cool little circuit!! I am self taught in electronics and have tinkered with both the 741,Op amp as well as the 4066 so I have all the parts to build this little gizmo Really liked both videos keep stuff like this coming as its getting into Fall and the weather is changing (winters coming) here in the States and I love to tinker with things like this GREAT JOB!!!
Liking the wing it attitude Bruce. Apart from the hysterisis issue I can foresee it may require a voltage divider to to exactly match the RSSI voltages to account for tolerances and possibly even different models or brands of receiver. For those with misgivings about the dead bug construction method, while it may look chaotic and a pain to construct there are actually advantages from a signal integrity point of view over using say strip board and this unit is ground station based so issues with viration etc are minimal. I am sure after making the first it will become clear where it would be possible to improve the layout and wiring. Things like cutting small squares of pc board to form insulated islands on the back plain board or to cut similar islands into the back plain copper. Like Bruce said don't get too hung up on the construction even if you need to make a few up to get wher you are happy with the finished article it's still going to com in under $20.
Brilliant work...!!!!!! Typical.. I just got my Skyzone goggles for head tracking with the diversity receiver but then it accured to me, I cannot use a directional antenna on my goggles and also turn my head for the head tracking without loosing signal.. Back to using a ground station and give your diversity controller a bash.. :o) Many thanks Bruce...
Bruce, if my understanding is correct, you may have switched vid1 and vid2 on the CD4066. If RSSI1 goes into pin3 of the LM324 and goes high to pin5 of the CD4066 then vid1 should go into pin4 of the CD4066 and not pin8.. Don't think this would cause the flickering but still.
you can even integrate an audio switcher in this circuit without adding more components... for those who have an antenna tracker based on audio transmission
Ah! very useful video! I have been wanting to make one of these for a while but the "destructions" ive found on other websites are ridiculous. I followed along and made mine while watching your video and it works PERFECT! thanks once again Bruce! now to fit all this other mess onto my air titan. and just in time for the weekend! WOOO!
This got to be most complicated use of a copper circuit board. It has only one connection - GND. It is a surprising use, and I had never thought about that method. However I would suggest a perfboard (perforated prototype board). It costs only a few euros and can make nice solid implementation that can last for years.
I looked everywhere and was surprised I could not find and answer. I had the controller picking the weaker signal. I fixed the problem by switching the two wires on Pin 5 (control B) and Pin 6 (Control C) on the 4066. So Pin 7 on LM324 now goes to pin 5 of the 4066. And Pin 6 on LM324 now goes to Pin 6 on LM324. Hope It saves someone some headaches.
bruce plz help me out .... At 16:10 we can see the 2nd RX used .Its the module RX5808 ? I see you just feed 5 V into it. VCC and ground . I get that much , but I ALSO SEE A 470 uf IN THERE ? From the pin video out on the RX5808 . Am i right in assuming I put the 470uF in between the pin VID out and the actual signal out ?
Hi Bruce your work for the hobby is PRICELESS, THANK YOU!!! I wander (and I am sure it possible) to make a schematics for 3, 4 and even more receivers connected, to avoid antenna tracking just having multiple directional antennas. can you take few minutes to link schematics for multiple receivers? Regards Nick
Hi Nick if I understand you correctly it is pretty easy to add two more receivers to this circuit ,I was thinking the same thing lol I was looking at the data sheets for both chips and since this only uses 1/2 of each chip there is room for the same circuit on the other 1/2 giving you 4 receivers total all feeding one monitor but don't take my word on it as I'm self taught & not 100% sure how good it would be-I did build this one and it seems to work pretty good I have yet to fly and test it in the real world (I plan on adding the other 2 Rx to see how that works)
I added to the basic design so audio switches at the same time as the video. All you need to do is bridge pins 5 to 13 and 6 to12 so that each pair closes at the same time. Then bridge pins 2 to 10 with a connection for audio "out". Then run the wires for audio "in" to pins 1 and 10. Make sure to match audio/video input wires (pins 1 and 4 RX (A) // 8 and 11 RX (B)). I can make a video of this if anyone needs it.
I have used a commercially available version of this many years ago that already has hysteresis and works very well no soldering required.. Rangevideo's micro diversity controller...very inexpensive and works super
Are the video inputs supposed to be the 5.8GHz signals directly from the antenna'so? If so I am surprised that that would work well, but I suspect that you have the video out of separate receivers going into those. I would have designed this using small shielded Reed relay switches with antennas connecter to one end, and the other side of the relays joining together at the input of one receiver. That way you are effectively swapping antennas rather than receivers. Aluminum sheiding should stop radiation losses and interference, but let low freq. magnetic Flux penatrate to close/open the switch.
Nice work Bruce. Secondary question to ask one's self. What made it work without excessive switching on the breadboard but not on the buildup? Component placement,signal proximity, breadboard parasitic capacitance perhaps?
Bruce, what rating should I have for the LEDs? Assuming your 330/390 ohm resistors. Nice build video to get the basics and then I can be creative with my own way from there.
Great videos Bruce.....always makes me laugh seeing the "electronic exspurts!" come out of the wood work telling you to do this do the other or you should do this...bleurghh!! If you guys are so good why aint you building something like this huh! Keep up excellent work as usual Bruce.
Great video Bruce. Thanks. I wonder, is there such a thing as triversity? At the place I usually fly (our club field), I usually fly right to left. We have close to a mile of space each way, and maybe only 100 yards in front of us, so it would be nice to put two high gain antennas pointing left and right and a simple CP for the center.
Nice one Bruce, I'll give it a go for sure! Here's a question- if it has 2 Vrx's for diversity, would I get away running 2 Vtx's on an aircraft? Lets say if I put one Vtx on my quad with RH clover facing up, and the other LH clover horizontally, or both in a "V" and get 2 matching Vrx's (with the right polarization antennas of course) with each Vtx? Should work? Edit: I just realize that I would have to run 2 cams as well...
Hi Bruce, thanks for taking the time to do this... I would like to see if it is possible to make one that works the other way around? I think my airwave vtx runs an inversely proportional rssi, so good signal results in low voltage, so for me wiring the system in this way would result in the unit constantly picking the worst signal. Any pointers really appreciated. Thanks steve
Just swap the RSSI (red) wires over and it'll work with reverse RSSI. So put receiver 1's RSSI wire onto the resistor that currently has receiver 2's and v/v - then it'll work just fine.
correct me if im wrong, but the Lm 324 is a quad comparator and it seems your using only half, so you could instead use an lm393 which is a dual comparator. (i have lots of lm393's lying around as a result of making lots of line following robots XD)
Where did you get the 2 vrx from. They look tiny. Are they any good. They look like a kit. Have you are video of how to put these in a box with the diversity board?
best one yet in 2014, eh, one way to get us all to watch another part, thanks for showing us how to do this, i really hope it does what you say it will, if that is the case you could make a bunch of these for some dough,eh
i am wondering if i can use this for a range extender for example to make a 2nd reciever around the corner of a house by wire. what do you think how far can i go with the 2nd input by wire? around 50-100m would be awesome!
Great, your videos are so informative. Been waiting for this video. I noticed when looking for the CD4066 there are many variations denoted by letters at the end ..BE, BM, BCM and so on, what do I want? Resistor for the LED's, was that 330 ohm or 330k ohm?
+Steve Laminack I think I may have bought the wrong ones too. Also, I think I may have the wong resistors :-( I've asked Bruce but it seems that he never replies to comments and questions.
Hi Bruce, maybe you could tell how to make same sort of controller on better components like mentioned in comments to the previous clip? 1.29 is a good price but I believe many would go for 10 or 15 bucks just to make sure the thing works well and does not limit the range. Would that be possible? Thanks.
The idea was to make one as cheaply as possible from parts that anyone can get. He has been working on a much better diversity controller but mentions that cost and parts availability are not so straightforward. This is for people to play with, if you are going to be risking mass amounts of $$$$ then you would be better served spending some real cash on diversity as well.
Anthony Burt I have good GS for long range missions but I suddenly realized I have two 5.8 receivers in my drawer... Naturally, I'd like to make them work together. Someone mentioned in comments to Bruce's recent post that the controller may remain equally simple but made of better components. That's what I would love to make. Keeping it simple (as my electronics knowledge is below zero) but not necessarily hitting the very bottom of the market.
Anyone want a used Eagle Eyes controller? LOL! kidding. Great job teaching this to the masses! Nice design may even fit in goggles with a bit of planning.
Bruce, Can you share your schematic? My reverse engineered schematic shows that the control signals might be reversed. Meaning that a larger signal on RSSI #1 enables the Video 2 input.
how does this hold up when there are storng interferences? would it interpret them as a stronger signal and switch to the worse video ? or does it read the video frames and know which is the best quality video?
Bruce mate I built it but it doesn't work :-(. I bought all the components you said and followed exactly what you did. When I powered it all up the LEDs don't light up and there's no video.
I don't know why but something annoys me about using a copper-clad board. I would have used a protoboard or stripboard. You can make it smaller and cleaner looking.
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I like the development aspect of this build.
First of all I think this is a great project, thanks!
In the next video could you please cover how to use a 12vdc supply and also where to find the RSSI on other receivers such as the common Immersion or RMRC ground station units?
to pover it just use a regular ubec 5v/1a or even a 7805....
Dalvaru Ciprian Thanks, now I just need to figure out where the RSSI output is on my 1.3ghz RMRC receiver. Do you know?
I think you time is worth a lot to people like me that do not know a lot about electronics. So from a man that like your video's Thank You Bruce, and have a great day. :-)
Bruce,
You are not only supporting the sport, you are also encouraging everyone to learn, play and evolve. I love your simple and no-bullshit design approach.
Just one "complaint" (not really a complaint, just a request for the future):
Could you try to put links to the stores where you get your different gizmos and gadgets? Saves a lot of search time, especially when you find some gold on i.e. ebay
Excellent beginners project ,and very well illustrated !
I'm liking Bruce's videos more and more every time. Looking fwd to the next one!
This is the best made tutorial I have ever watched in my whole life. Brilliant Bruce!!
even with hysteresis, it will have those flicker, try RC dampening on those gate inputs instead, it will smoothen the switch transition, the switching is to sharp, we call it noiseless toggle switch in in audio circuits which eliminates pop in audio mixers when a DJ using switched scratching rapidly, anyway the video signal is also analog signals. great video Bruce.
Yeah, I'm going to look at the slew rate.
Great little build.
Get ready for the bombardment of how do I find rssi on my receiver.
I will add one foxtech 1.3g 800mw :)
Amazing teaching skills, I've learned more about electronics in these vids then I've read in any book. Thanks Bruce, keep up the great work :) Got to build this :)
Excellent - diversity - it's all coming together!
Great video Bruce, keep it up! This controller plus a $26 RC305 and a homemade antenna will upgrade a working system very easily and on the cheap!
I also like the "back to the bench" moto :)
Great video Bruce. Has made me get out my old electronics components and have a go myself. Just had a quick play for the pcb design. Great job.
Great video Bruce!! Thanks for all your time and effort with the projects and videos!! W
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This man is bloody brilliant!!! Think one day you show us how to make a 4-8 channel! Diversity receiver thank you for your intelligence kind sir.
Great job Bruce. I thought you were going keep us waiting.. Great job
Really cool little circuit!! I am self taught in electronics and have tinkered with both the 741,Op amp as well as the 4066 so I have all the parts to build this little gizmo Really liked both videos keep stuff like this coming as its getting into Fall and the weather is changing (winters coming) here in the States and I love to tinker with things like this GREAT JOB!!!
Love the bug board, any change of a printed board DIY, am going to get the components now and try it... Love your work
Great job Bruce! I think I prefer perfboard over the dead bug method though. Thanks for yet another great video!
You Da Man Bruce! I am just starting to build my tricopter, and this will come in handy!!! Keep up the good work...
Interesting project for winter time. I simply love todo diy things, thanks a lot!
Liking the wing it attitude Bruce. Apart from the hysterisis issue I can foresee it may require a voltage divider to to exactly match the RSSI voltages to account for tolerances and possibly even different models or brands of receiver.
For those with misgivings about the dead bug construction method, while it may look chaotic and a pain to construct there are actually advantages from a signal integrity point of view over using say strip board and this unit is ground station based so issues with viration etc are minimal. I am sure after making the first it will become clear where it would be possible to improve the layout and wiring. Things like cutting small squares of pc board to form insulated islands on the back plain board or to cut similar islands into the back plain copper. Like Bruce said don't get too hung up on the construction even if you need to make a few up to get wher you are happy with the finished article it's still going to com in under $20.
11:12
Bruce, you are an engineering artist! :)
Brilliant work...!!!!!!
Typical.. I just got my Skyzone goggles for head tracking with the diversity receiver but then it accured to me, I cannot use a directional antenna on my goggles and also turn my head for the head tracking without loosing signal..
Back to using a ground station and give your diversity controller a bash.. :o)
Many thanks Bruce...
Bruce, if my understanding is correct, you may have switched vid1 and vid2 on the CD4066. If RSSI1 goes into pin3 of the LM324 and goes high to pin5 of the CD4066 then vid1 should go into pin4 of the CD4066 and not pin8..
Don't think this would cause the flickering but still.
great tutorial Bruce... as usual. Thanks
you can even integrate an audio switcher in this circuit without adding more components... for those who have an antenna tracker based on audio transmission
Ah! very useful video! I have been wanting to make one of these for a while but the "destructions" ive found on other websites are ridiculous. I followed along and made mine while watching your video and it works PERFECT! thanks once again Bruce! now to fit all this other mess onto my air titan. and just in time for the weekend! WOOO!
hey I made it but I am having problems. refer to the latest comment to Bruce, can you help?
very interested in this, i watch a fair few of ur vids. i like how you go into so much detail :) keep em coming.
Thanks, Bruce! Great project!
I love this type of video. Well done.
Great video Bruce!
Looking forward to more of these projects!
This got to be most complicated use of a copper circuit board. It has only one connection - GND. It is a surprising use, and I had never thought about that method. However I would suggest a perfboard (perforated prototype board). It costs only a few euros and can make nice solid implementation that can last for years.
Pro of using the entire copper base as ground: It's a nice shield.
That is such a cool little project and cheap I like BRUCE
Looking forward to building one
I looked everywhere and was surprised I could not find and answer. I had the controller picking the weaker signal. I fixed the problem by switching the two wires on Pin 5 (control B) and Pin 6 (Control C) on the 4066.
So Pin 7 on LM324 now goes to pin 5 of the 4066. And Pin 6 on LM324 now goes to Pin 6 on LM324. Hope It saves someone some headaches.
I love your energy! Great video!!
Great stuff, well done. (could the copper plate be reflecting the signal) no problem on the breadboard.
bruce plz help me out ....
At 16:10 we can see the 2nd RX used .Its the module RX5808 ?
I see you just feed 5 V into it. VCC and ground . I get that much , but I ALSO SEE A 470 uf IN THERE ?
From the pin video out on the RX5808 .
Am i right in assuming I put the 470uF in between the pin VID out and the actual signal out ?
Really great Bruce. Thank you so much for taking the time. :D
Super interesante!!!! Thanks for your time, like the way you explain...Can you add antenna tracker??...Gracias
Great video Bruce!!! Hope you guys are all ok over in NZ that cyclone is looking pretty nasty!!! Stay safe mate. From an Aussie friend ;)
Hi Bruce
your work for the hobby is PRICELESS, THANK YOU!!!
I wander (and I am sure it possible) to make a schematics for 3, 4 and even more receivers connected, to avoid antenna tracking just having multiple directional antennas. can you take few minutes to link schematics for multiple receivers?
Regards
Nick
Hi Nick if I understand you correctly it is pretty easy to add two more receivers to this circuit ,I was thinking the same thing lol I was looking at the data sheets for both chips and since this only uses 1/2 of each chip there is room for the same circuit on the other 1/2 giving you 4 receivers total all feeding one monitor but don't take my word on it as I'm self taught & not 100% sure how good it would be-I did build this one and it seems to work pretty good I have yet to fly and test it in the real world (I plan on adding the other 2 Rx to see how that works)
Thanks. I hope you add the audio diversity too which can be done on the same chip I think.
I added to the basic design so audio switches at the same time as the video. All you need to do is bridge pins 5 to 13 and 6 to12 so that each pair closes at the same time. Then bridge pins 2 to 10 with a connection for audio "out". Then run the wires for audio "in" to pins 1 and 10. Make sure to match audio/video input wires (pins 1 and 4 RX (A) // 8 and 11 RX (B)). I can make a video of this if anyone needs it.
Andrew Goldberg Forgot to specify those connections are on the 4066 chip
Andrew Goldberg ****Correction*** the Audio "in" pins are 1 and 11
I have used a commercially available version of this many years ago that already has hysteresis and works very well
no soldering required.. Rangevideo's micro diversity controller...very inexpensive and works super
Thanks another great learning circle. Thanks, bring on more.
I hope you can make a similar project to convert digital rssi to analog signal. for frsky rx.
Are the video inputs supposed to be the 5.8GHz signals directly from the antenna'so? If so I am surprised that that would work well, but I suspect that you have the video out of separate receivers going into those.
I would have designed this using small shielded Reed relay switches with antennas connecter to one end, and the other side of the relays joining together at the input of one receiver. That way you are effectively swapping antennas rather than receivers. Aluminum sheiding should stop radiation losses and interference, but let low freq. magnetic Flux penatrate to close/open the switch.
FYI HobbyKing does some 42x25mm bread-board PCB that would make a nice base for a really tidy build of this :)
So does JayCar Electronics, and dont have to wait a week to get it :-)
thanks for these vid im a bit behind the 8 ball but im going to make this and others of your designs
Nice work Bruce.
Secondary question to ask one's self. What made it work without excessive switching on the breadboard but not on the buildup? Component placement,signal proximity, breadboard parasitic capacitance perhaps?
This is REALLY helpful! I'm going to try to build one as soon as I can!
Great job Bruce and thank you for this.
Wicked build! thanks for sharing!!!!
wow, Thanks for going through this for us... Hope to build one next week or 2.
Thanks again for sharing your skills.
Doug :)
Go for the LM339 instead of the LM324, check the app notes for the hysteresis, just 2 more resistors. Also the chip is REALLY cheap and fairly common.
The LM339 will do the job better, but isn't a drop in replacement. Bruce's circuit would have to be altered somewhat by swapping it.
Bruce, what rating should I have for the LEDs? Assuming your 330/390 ohm resistors. Nice build video to get the basics and then I can be creative with my own way from there.
nice work this is great! so i need this for my fpv unit but i am running the 5.8g so will this work for me also.
Nice one Bruce. Thanks.
Great videos Bruce.....always makes me laugh seeing the "electronic exspurts!" come out of the wood work telling you to do this do the other or you should do this...bleurghh!! If you guys are so good why aint you building something like this huh! Keep up excellent work as usual Bruce.
Great video Bruce. Thanks. I wonder, is there such a thing as triversity? At the place I usually fly (our club field), I usually fly right to left. We have close to a mile of space each way, and maybe only 100 yards in front of us, so it would be nice to put two high gain antennas pointing left and right and a simple CP for the center.
That is where the other RCModelReviews diversity controller will come in handy -- it has the capacity to support four receivers.
This the coolest project! Do parts 2 and 3 exist yet?
Jim
Nice one Bruce, I'll give it a go for sure! Here's a question- if it has 2 Vrx's for diversity, would I get away running 2 Vtx's on an aircraft? Lets say if I put one Vtx on my quad with RH clover facing up, and the other LH clover horizontally, or both in a "V" and get 2 matching Vrx's (with the right polarization antennas of course) with each Vtx? Should work?
Edit: I just realize that I would have to run 2 cams as well...
Hi Bruce, thanks for taking the time to do this... I would like to see if it is possible to make one that works the other way around?
I think my airwave vtx runs an inversely proportional rssi, so good signal results in low voltage, so for me wiring the system in this way would result in the unit constantly picking the worst signal.
Any pointers really appreciated. Thanks steve
Just swap the RSSI (red) wires over and it'll work with reverse RSSI. So put receiver 1's RSSI wire onto the resistor that currently has receiver 2's and v/v - then it'll work just fine.
Excellent video,
correct me if im wrong, but the Lm 324 is a quad comparator and it seems your using only half, so you could instead use an lm393 which is a dual comparator. (i have lots of lm393's lying around as a result of making lots of line following robots XD)
Where did you get the 2 vrx from. They look tiny. Are they any good. They look like a kit. Have you are video of how to put these in a box with the diversity board?
You Sir, are a genius. Hope all is well :)
Hot glue is a really cheap & fast way to protect dead-bug PCBs, once they're working good.
Could you please do a video on the video output buffering.
great stuff Bruce
one improvement would be to use 2 4066 gates for each video in to out junction. this will decrease resistance between in and out.
best one yet in 2014, eh, one way to get us all to watch another part, thanks for showing us how to do this, i really hope it does what you say it will, if that is the case you could make a bunch of these for some dough,eh
i am wondering if i can use this for a range extender for example to make a 2nd reciever around the corner of a house by wire. what do you think how far can i go with the 2nd input by wire? around 50-100m would be awesome!
Your a clever fellow, well done
Hey,
I can only find the LM324N 14-pin DIP chips not the LM324 14-pin DIP, does that matter?
Thanks JT
Don't worry it's the same thing.
Excellent! Thank you for the explanation!
Hello!, a cuestion, What is the working voltage of the microchip used? it can be a 3s battery? (11,1 to 12,6v?) thx very much....
Great, your videos are so informative. Been waiting for this video.
I noticed when looking for the CD4066 there are many variations denoted by letters at the end ..BE, BM, BCM and so on, what do I want?
Resistor for the LED's, was that 330 ohm or 330k ohm?
+Steve Laminack I think I may have bought the wrong ones too. Also, I think I may have the wong resistors :-(
I've asked Bruce but it seems that he never replies to comments and questions.
i rather like the birds nest method of electronics. i also like the look of bare copper so. excellent video
How would one go about making a 4 channel receiver?
Is the centre pin of a RCA connector signal and the outer bit ground?
+blueflamingo1 yes...
hey Bruce, do you have a build for the receiver
Could you show how to wiring 4 set of RX module please?
Hi Bruce, maybe you could tell how to make same sort of controller on better components like mentioned in comments to the previous clip? 1.29 is a good price but I believe many would go for 10 or 15 bucks just to make sure the thing works well and does not limit the range.
Would that be possible?
Thanks.
Bruce is indeed preparing a full diversity controller... This is just the lite version
The idea was to make one as cheaply as possible from parts that anyone can get. He has been working on a much better diversity controller but mentions that cost and parts availability are not so straightforward. This is for people to play with, if you are going to be risking mass amounts of $$$$ then you would be better served spending some real cash on diversity as well.
Anthony Burt I have good GS for long range missions but I suddenly realized I have two 5.8 receivers in my drawer... Naturally, I'd like to make them work together. Someone mentioned in comments to Bruce's recent post that the controller may remain equally simple but made of better components. That's what I would love to make. Keeping it simple (as my electronics knowledge is below zero) but not necessarily hitting the very bottom of the market.
Anyone want a used Eagle Eyes controller? LOL! kidding. Great job teaching this to the masses! Nice design may even fit in goggles with a bit of planning.
wow. :DD
nice one Bruce. Thanks.
GOOD JOB BRUCE
Great video, thanks.
Bruce,
Can you share your schematic? My reverse engineered schematic shows that the control signals might be reversed. Meaning that a larger signal on RSSI #1 enables the Video 2 input.
how does this hold up when there are storng interferences? would it interpret them as a stronger signal and switch to the worse video ? or does it read the video frames and know which is the best quality video?
its RSSI based it doesnt look at the video.
Will this be able to run say two sets of goggles and a recorder?
Bruce mate I built it but it doesn't work :-(. I bought all the components you said and followed exactly what you did. When I powered it all up the LEDs don't light up and there's no video.
Is there any update on this project?
hello,
I want too build a diversity video. have you a check list from your device ?
And where is buying?
regard's
I don't know why but something annoys me about using a copper-clad board.
I would have used a protoboard or stripboard.
You can make it smaller and cleaner looking.
Wow! Fantastic!
you mean that you'll make something like a delay for the flickering?
Sort of. Hysteresis means that once it switches, the other RSSI has to be a certain amount higher than the first to switch back.
You inspire me.
Fantastic !!!! Thank You !