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Quadcopter with Raspberry Pi Camera

Former Member

I just finished my new Quadcopter and on the first flight I tested the Raspberry Pi Camera (1080p @ 30fps)image vs my old 808 keychain cam.

( Sorry for the shaky video! The quad is not "PID tuned" yet. (My first flight with this quad). )

 

  • Congatulations! The video with Rasberry Pi is much better.

  • in reply to Former Member

    Thanks :-)

     

    Just adding my new quad video recorded with the Raspberry Pi Camera :)

     

    and

    The last video is captured using raspivid with the following command:

    raspivid -o testvideo.h264 -t 240000 -vf -fps 30 -vs -b 30000000 -ex antishake -awb sun

     

    Snatshot from the last video:


    image


  • in reply to Former Member

    Very cool. Are you using the Pi for the camera module only or does it have other responsibilities on the copter?  Also, is this a kit or did you design the copter from the ground up?  I really like your project and the comparative video!  Thanks for sharing this with us!

  • in reply to interested1

    Anyone else having issues with the videos and trying to use the G+ share button for this discussion?

  • in reply to interested1

    Well done.

    Fairly brave flying in that field ..it would be rather hard to find if it didn't return as planned.

     

    I have to stop watching because I was all set to buy a multi-rotor and something else came up ....

    Pi is a perfect platform to record and do downlinking of realtime video..

     

     

    Mark

  • in reply to mcb1

    Mark Beckett wrote:

     

    Well done.

    Fairly brave flying in that field ..it would be rather hard to find if it didn't return as planned.

     

    You have a point there ;-) crops are a little high right now. :-)

     

    For the same reason I have equipped my quad with a 433 MHz telemetry link that sends GPS coordinates and other data back to my computer during the flight.image

    I'm using the following telemetry hardware http://www.rctimer.com/product_832.html

     

    / Jorgen


    More of my quad videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/JBAnovling

  • in reply to Former Member

    Good idea Jorgen.

    I'll have to remember that if I ever manage to getting one.

     

    Thanks

    Mark

  • I tried doing something similar, inspired by your video, but the camera draws so much power, that the Pi crashes. Did you have similar problems? I plan to stream the video over a wifi network. Do you have any suggestions for me to try out?

  • Sir,I want to built a quadcopter...So,can u plz help me!!!

  • I am thinking about using  Raspberry Pi as autopilot for quadcopter. Has anyone tried Navio for this? I would really like to just use one device for streaming video and piloting.