Seek thermal camera attached to P4 gimbal

[snekooei]

You can do live streaming from a phone too, worst case trough 4G.

Do you know how to do it without Internet?

 

[FlyingUser]

Do you know how to do it without Internet?

I am no android guru unfortunately, this seems to do just that (local or internet streaming): Turn Android Phone into a WiFi (or internet) IP /CCTV camera

 

[snekooei]

I am no android guru unfortunately, this seems to do just that (local or internet streaming): Turn Android Phone into a WiFi (or internet) IP /CCTV camera

Great. Thank you ))

 

[KR W]

Such a nice solution. I had a FLIR + an Android i mounted to the P4, but the whole thing got so unstable i had to quit. Are you maybe selling this solution?

 

[snekooei]

Such a nice solution. I had a FLIR + an Android i mounted to the P4, but the whole thing got so unstable i had to quit. Are you maybe selling this solution?

thanks for ur interest. but for now, its way far from final.

 

[Brojon]

Sorry for delay in response.
The mounts are designed and 3d printed by myself. I do not intend to sell them, cause various phone type and thermal camera types (such as flir one) have different sizes. So the thing I designed and 3d printed might not be good for everyone.
Besides, mounting the camera to the gimbal adds a weight to the gimbal. I have encountered "gimbal overload warning" at some occasions, especially in strong winds.
Altogether, this is not a completed and mature project yet. But I am working to make things better, When done, I'll be glad to share the results.
To me, this is not a profitable project.
p.s. The delay in response is because I didn't receive post notifications in my Email. Do you know why?

Brilliant idea buddy - I have a Seek that I've been using for a couple of years now to do thermal imaging on homes to detect losses/leaks.
Yours is a much better solution to anything I've cobbled up which was at a fixed angle. Interested to hear what OTG cable you used that's light and flexible enough to allow the gimbal to move freely.
My other question is to the necessity for the counterweight. You have it aligned for front/rear compensation but in fact the camera (very light BTW) is on the horizontal axis. I'm betting that if you provide a counterbalance opposite the Seek camera you could make it both lighter and shorter - or maybe eliminate altogether. Or perhaps it's there to counter the OTG cable drag?

 

[Brojon]

Maybe a Raspbery PI project with a video transmitter?
I am thinking about it if I have some free time...

Now that's an interesting thought - I'm pretty sure the Seek sends digital video through the OTG connection. Perhaps you could wire it directly into a digital transmitter like they use in some FPV quads. I'm registered as a dev for the Seek - I will look into the USB pinout to see if I can find out.
I know that there are some folks that have written apps in .NET to image process the Seek on a PC.

 

[snekooei]

Brilliant idea buddy - I have a Seek that I've been using for a couple of years now to do thermal imaging on homes to detect losses/leaks.
Yours is a much better solution to anything I've cobbled up which was at a fixed angle. Interested to hear what OTG cable you used that's light and flexible enough to allow the gimbal to move freely.
My other question is to the necessity for the counterweight. You have it aligned for front/rear compensation but in fact the camera (very light BTW) is on the horizontal axis. I'm betting that if you provide a counterbalance opposite the Seek camera you could make it both lighter and shorter - or maybe eliminate altogether. Or perhaps it's there to counter the OTG cable drag?

I have tried to compensate in both axes, partialy successful, but not ideal yet.
The cable must have 5 wires (some microusb extensions have only four wires).
To make it very flexibld, I made my own cable, four tiny wires plus the sheild. For the sheild i used a ribon of aluminum foil around the wires....

 

[snekooei]

grea

Now that's an interesting thought - I'm pretty sure the Seek sends digital video through the OTG connection. Perhaps you could wire it directly into a digital transmitter like they use in some FPV quads. I'm registered as a dev for the Seek - I will look into the USB pinout to see if I can find out.
I know that there are some folks that have written apps in .NET to image process the Seek on a PC.

great, i'm looking for your news.

 

[Brojon]

I have tried to compensate in both axes, partialy successful, but not ideal yet.
The cable must have 5 wires (some microusb extensions have only four wires).
To make it very flexibld, I made my own cable, four tiny wires plus the sheild. For the sheild i used a ribon of aluminum foil around the wires....

Don't forget to attach to ground at one end - and only one end.
FYI you can get flexible fabric sheathing that has conductive fibers woven in.

 

[snekooei]

Don't forget to attach to ground at one end - and only one end.
FYI you can get flexible fabric sheathing that has conductive fibers woven in.

sure i did

 

[dr.woodson]

One question. Do you manually start the phone recording at takeoff or are you able to activate “record” in flight?

 

[snekooei]

One question. Do you manually start the phone recording at takeoff or are you able to activate “record” in flight?

start recording before take off.

 

[With The Birds]

As has been mentioned raspberry pi is probably the go- have a look at the wifibroadcast FPV forum. Lightbridge equivalent performance for peanuts. You can even download prebuilt SD card packages ready to run. Will outperform the mobile phone option.