Micro MinimOSD

[quadfather]

This looks interesting.

http://www.readytoflyquads.com/micro-minimosd

15x15mm sized MinimOSD running KV mod.

EDIT: Updated URL

[teslahed]

Very nice - i want one now as well.

[kilby]

What that needs is a short header lead to plug into the regular Sony camera socket.

Then you could tape that osd directly onto the back of the camera

[quadfather]

Now also available in the UK at http://www.hobbyrc.co.uk/micro-minimosd-for-naze32-with-multiwii-osd-kv-team-mod

If you factor in shipping from RTFQ the UK price isn';t that far off.

[ChavasRegal]

Vast improvement in size, still haven';t setup my full sized one yet...

[teslahed]

I couldn';t get the full sized version to fit neatly in my latest miniquad but the mini version is working very well for me.

[Yellow]

So I got one of these, and got the pins soldered on and plugged in fine, got a perfect place for it to sit in the frame, lovely piece of kit.

One thing I managed to do was one of the little solder patches has pulled off the board, as far as I know I soldered all the bits the same way, but this one has come clean off the board. is there a way to fix this, like gluegun it to keep the connection in place? or is it a question of having to buy a new one?

[quadfather]

So I got one of these, and got the pins soldered on and plugged in fine, got a perfect place for it to sit in the frame, lovely piece of kit.

One thing I managed to do was one of the little solder patches has pulled off the board, as far as I know I soldered all the bits the same way, but this one has come clean off the board. is there a way to fix this, like gluegun it to keep the connection in place? or is it a question of having to buy a new one?

Has it just lifted off the board or did it completely separate?

They usually come off when you use a too powerful iron (delaminates the pad) or you apply too much pull on the cable once soldered.

Which one did you lose?

[Yellow]

Has it just lifted off the board or did it completely separate?

They usually come off when you use a too powerful iron (delaminates the pad) or you apply too much pull on the cable once soldered.

Which one did you lose?

the rssi pad came off, looks like it delaminated like you said. if I could hold it in place might it still connect?

[quadfather]

the rssi pad came off, looks like it delaminated like you said. if I could hold it in place might it still connect?

If it';s just bent up but still connected to the board you can put a small drop of CA between it and the board and then clamp it down with a clothes peg.  Make sure the drop is small enough so the CA doesn';t squeeze out and bonds the peg to the board. 

If it has completely separated re-attaching it won';t work.  You could try exposing some of the track and solder the wire directly.  But if your iron was the cause for delamination it';s probably not going to work on an even smaller track.

[Yellow]

If it';s just bent up but still connected to the board you can put a small drop of CA between it and the board and then clamp it down with a clothes peg.  Make sure the drop is small enough so the CA doesn';t squeeze out and bonds the peg to the board. 

If it has completely separated re-attaching it won';t work.  You could try exposing some of the track and solder the wire directly.  But if your iron was the cause for delamination it';s probably not going to work on an even smaller track.

bugger, thanks for the help, any idea if the rest of the board will work with this one pad missing?

[DarkButterfly]

Still uses the MAX7456 OSD chip, it';s sensitive to variations in voltage, which can and does kill the chip.

Just like its full sized counterpart, you';ll be better powering it from 5v on the mavlink connector, to mitigate this problem.

looks like it could be a very neat solution and fairly easy to tack onto the back of a board cam.