OSD choice is difficult. Balancing budget with functionality is pretty difficult. When I first looked at OSDs, HK had double the number of options to what it has now. I remember thinking I wanted to get the most basic and cheapest osd with GPS and home direction, and looked at v1 of the G-OSD. I was immediately put off by the lack of a return home arrow. Why would you have GPS coordinates with a home arrow?!?
A couple of weeks ago I got a pair of Fatshark Predators, and after the first FPV flight, I knew I'd need an OSD to help me find home and monitor battery. I jumped back on to HK, BevRC and ReadymadeRC to have a look at what was out there. BevRC and ReadymadeRC had the NOVA, but really it's out of my budget for now. I know, RTH will save planes, but I'm good at judging how far to push things (touch wood). I also noticed that HK's range has shrunk by about 50%, and the G-OSD was up to version II.
Wanting to find out if this version was better, I chucked it into Google and started reading through the RCG thread on it. Turns out someone's programmed some firmware to make this thing useful! I've heard that somewhere before... I only flashed my 9x a couple of months ago, and it's both easy and wonderful! Hopefully cl-OSD will do the job of transforming this ugly duckling into a beautiful butterfly.
Well, my G-OSD II arrived today. I cut off the heat shrink from the main board and pulled out my AVR programmer. Oops, I used up the last of my solder on my cp antennas!!!
Anyhow, here's how to solder the AVR programmer on to the board for re-flashing:
Here's the board:
Wire 1 (MOSI, the red one) connects to the left-most pad (let's call it 1).
Wire 9 (MISO) connects to pad 2
Wire 7 (SCK) connects to pad 3
Wire 5 (RST) connects to pad 4
Wire 10 (GND) connects to pad 5
Wire 2 (VTG) connects to pad 6
From there, you need to get the EEP and HEX files from here and run your programmer!
I look forward to doing it soon...
A couple of weeks ago I got a pair of Fatshark Predators, and after the first FPV flight, I knew I'd need an OSD to help me find home and monitor battery. I jumped back on to HK, BevRC and ReadymadeRC to have a look at what was out there. BevRC and ReadymadeRC had the NOVA, but really it's out of my budget for now. I know, RTH will save planes, but I'm good at judging how far to push things (touch wood). I also noticed that HK's range has shrunk by about 50%, and the G-OSD was up to version II.
Wanting to find out if this version was better, I chucked it into Google and started reading through the RCG thread on it. Turns out someone's programmed some firmware to make this thing useful! I've heard that somewhere before... I only flashed my 9x a couple of months ago, and it's both easy and wonderful! Hopefully cl-OSD will do the job of transforming this ugly duckling into a beautiful butterfly.
Well, my G-OSD II arrived today. I cut off the heat shrink from the main board and pulled out my AVR programmer. Oops, I used up the last of my solder on my cp antennas!!!
Anyhow, here's how to solder the AVR programmer on to the board for re-flashing:
Here's the board:
Wire 1 (MOSI, the red one) connects to the left-most pad (let's call it 1).
Wire 9 (MISO) connects to pad 2
Wire 7 (SCK) connects to pad 3
Wire 5 (RST) connects to pad 4
Wire 10 (GND) connects to pad 5
Wire 2 (VTG) connects to pad 6
From there, you need to get the EEP and HEX files from here and run your programmer!
I look forward to doing it soon...