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Guest jtroutt19

Hey Peeps!

So I have frequented this page over the years and had an Idea for something but am needing some assistance in how to build it. I fly RC and am wanting to design a small HD video recorder that will fit within the canopy of one of my gliders. I have a FLIP MINI HD that doesn't work anymore. I was thinking I could use the CCD inside of it and design a new PCB has the circuity to run the camera and record to an SD card. I don't need sound just video. I have experience making PCB's as well as a entry level knowledge of electronic theory and operation. I feel like It would be hard to find a datasheet for the CCD. Any Ideas on how I could accomplish this? I want at least 720p video. I know I could buy a camera on a board and hook it up to an arduino but that would not be doing it myself. I have this obsession of trying to build things from scratch, within reason of course. So please lets hear some Ideas!

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Unless you are dead keen to make one yourself, have you considered buying one of these very cheap Chinese camcorders?
You couldn't make anything as light and as cheap.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-MD80-DV-Camcorder-DVR-Digital-Video-Recorder-Sport-Camera-SPY-Hidden-Webcam-/201208835814?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Camcorders&hash=item2ed8fb2ee6

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Smallest-Mini-5MP-HD-DV-Spy-Digital-Camera-Video-Recorder-Camcorder-Webcam-DVR-/141075746093?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_Video_Camcorders&hash=item20d8c50d2d

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Yeah I have but the issue here is the height of that. I need something custom build for what I am trying to accomplish. That is why I am wanting to build it myself. I am not against buying a camera module and using a micro arduino, or even printing up a circuit board that will hold an atmel MC. I kinda suck at programming.....one of my tougher subjects I am trying to learn. I am also into not spending a lot of money. I harvest a lot of my components I use and have gobs of stuff literally an amount so large my wife is on me constantly trying to get me to thrown them away...lol. Anyway so yeah I am open to any ideas though. That link you provided would be great if the after the camera the body bent at a 90 degree angle.

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It is a pusher glider. But no I am trying to save space in the canopy for other things eventually. That is why I am wanting to put this together myself. So I can build it to suit my needs.

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