Is it possible to use an UP air drone screen on a Phantom 3?

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Sry, if this has been asked... I was given an up Air controller with a screen. Has anyone tried or figured out how to make one of these work on a phantom 3 controller? There has to be a way, Just curious if someone knows the tricks.
 
Sry, if this has been asked... I was given an up Air controller with a screen. Has anyone tried or figured out how to make one of these work on a phantom 3 controller? There has to be a way, Just curious if someone knows the tricks.
Never heard of Up Air drones, so had to search.
Presumably you mean something like this:

Tou don't mention which Phantom 3 you are asking about.
If you have the P3 Pro or Advanced, they use DJI's proprietary transmission system, Lightbridge.
There is no chance the controller would work with Lightbridge.

If you had the more basic P3 Standard, it's possible the controller uses similar frequencies, but getting the controller to pair with the drone might be difficult.
You would also have to be able to load the DJI flight app on the Up controller screen.
I'd guess your chances of using the controller would be between a very long shot and impossible.
 
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There is no chance the controller would work with Lightbridge.
Ha, don't draw conclusions too hastily. Let's think.

Problem statement:
There are lots of cheap crappy drones on the market. It is possible to use such cheap drone with a DJI RC with build-in screen?

Considerations:
The DJI RC with build-in display it really, internally, just a standard RC connected internally to a tablet. Not much niuanse in there, this is what it is.

All the cheap drones use WiFi for communication. Often they don't even have RCs included, you just run an app on your phone to make it fly, and displays simple touch areas representing control sticks on screen.

The SoCs of tablets always have WiFi controller, so if only the SoC outputs are connected to some antennas, WiFi capability is available within the DJI RC with screen.

The issues are:
* DJI RC tablet would require rooting to be able to tell if WiFi is available and to install applications (probably not very hard, I'm sure DJI used a generic cheap SoC like Mediatech)
* The sticks on the RC are mot likely not visible to the tablet as gamepad, but as DUML packets; these packets can be parsed and stick positions used for something else, but that is non-standard - would require writing a software
* The applications for the crap drones typically only support on-screen sticks and Bluetooth RCs, no other source for input. So, our DUML packets parser would either have to simulate a bluetooth controller, or the cheap drone app would have to be modified/replaced with one which supports other input methods. Or the on-screen control could be used, but that defies the purpose of the RC.

Conclusions:
It could be doable, but definitely a lot of effort to just fly a crappy drone. Considering the time required for the project, buying a proper drone is cheaper.
 
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I'm sry, I wasn't really clear. My writing stinks. I wanted to take the screen from an UP air, jail break it, and use it on a p3p controller. I may have not thought this through when I asked, I'm not sure that the screen is touch screen which throws that whole idea away. If it's touch screen, I could possibly jail break it somehow, and load it with DJI go, then leave it on the controller, was the thought. It doesn't have its own battery and powers up with the controller. Here's a pic of it plugged into A DJI remote, but again, I'm not sure if its touch screen yet, if not, that throws the whole Idea in the trash. Now, it does have it's own wifi board and antenna in the up air controller and can be taken out as a unit maybe that could be used to "Jailbreak" it somehow. I guess it's still possible that it could be used on the DJI controller as just a bigger Monitor when using a cell as a device? Every thing would still have to be operated through the phone, but this would be on the controller as a bigger screen to see. Hahaha I have some junk laying around and was just trying to see if anything could be done with it I guess.
 

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I wanted to take the screen from an UP air

This is a drone at technological level of Phantom 2. Like, here's the RC receiver:
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It uses RTC6705 - 5.7GHz FM transmission, similar to Ph2.

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For FC, it uses STM32F427. So more similar to Ph3 on that front.
Though the whole FC is on vibration damping board - DJI puts only IMU on damping rubbers, which allows to do inertial measures more precisely, even in Ph2.

Looks like some people are modding these by connecting thick USB cable to the damped board, removing any damping completely. They don't seem to notice the difference - so the damping must barely work anyway.

For wi-fi transmission - not sure what the board looks like, but considering the rest, I'd expect something slightly better than FC40, as proper dipole antenna is required to allow ~200m distance. Most likely a single antenna though.

In conclusion, this is not Ph3 era drone.
 
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This is a drone at technological level of Phantom 2. Like, here's the RC receiver:
View attachment 126240
It uses RTC6705 - 5.7GHz FM transmission, similar to Ph2.

View attachment 126241
For FC, it uses STM32F427. So more similar to Ph3 on that front.
Though the whole FC is on vibration damping board - DJI puts only IMU on damping rubbers, which allows to do inertial measures more precisely, even in Ph2.

Looks like some people are modding these by connecting thick USB cable to the damped board, removing any damping completely. They don't seem to notice the difference - so the damping must barely work anyway.

For wi-fi transmission - not sure what the board looks like, but considering the rest, I'd expect something slightly better than FC40, as proper dipole antenna is required to allow ~200m distance. Most likely a single antenna though.

In conclusion, this is not Ph3 era drone.
Ok, If I unplug, the wifi board from the UPAir screen, Im wondering if I could "slave" it to my P3P just as a stand alone monitor.I would have cell connected also as the control for the app and drone, the monitor would just be a bigger screen to look at. It's a bigger screen than a cell. So, now, I just need to tap into the video signal? I guess I'm wondering if I could mirror the cell screen somehow. I know this all sounds like a waste of time, but I have parts laying around, wire, and a soldering iron. hahaha I have the screen figured out down to power, and video signal wires. now, to make it work with my P3P controller even if it has to be hardwired or tapped into the phone in some way. May not be possible, just playing around with some left over junk I have laying around.
 
If you're just for mirroring the screen on mobile device:
* There are solution for this independent of drones, allowing you to clone screen at any time
* To use a custom display with DJI GL300-series RC, you can install HDMI output board to that RC and connect display to this. (you also need to change some options for both HDMI and USB to work at the same time).
* Finally, some tablets/phones have HDMI output capabilities. I use NVidia Shield for that.

Anyway, on the LCD part, you will need HDMI input. Or a complete Android to install the screen mirroring over WiFi.
 
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easy fix , just get a tablet, personally cant see it working but more than happy to be proved wrong and good on ya for trying something new
 
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