3-ch-diversity-system

3 Channel Automatic FPV Video Selector Diversity System

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ReferencesQtyDescriptionManufacturerMPNDigikeyMouserRSFarnell
LED1, LED2, LED33SMD LED GREEN 0603BroadcomHSMG-C190516-1425-1-ND630HSMGC1904509852497374
12V, OUT1, OUT2, RX1, RX2, RX36PIN HEADER VERT 2 POSM20-9990246952-2262-ND855M20999024674570651022247
C2, C3, C6, C7, C9, C10, C12, C13, C14, C16, C17, C1812100nF 0805 X7RAVX08053C104KAT2A311-1140-6-ND603CC805KRX7R9BB10461979923019949
C19110uF 35V Tantalum 7343Vishay293D106X0035D2TE3718-1046-6-ND74293D106X0035D2TE313603142777998
R7, R10, R1431K 0805YageoRC0805JR-071KL311-1.00KCRCT-ND603RC0805FR071KL74090632303550
C1, C5, C1131nF 0603 X7RYageoCC0603KRX7R9BB102399-1082-6-ND603CC603KRX7R9BB10226445511414608
C20133uF tantalum 7343Vishay293D336X9010D2TE3478-4111-1-ND74293D336X9016D2TE368440891754190

This is an Arduino code for a Wemos D1 board (ESP8266 chip), coupled to 3 LM1881 video sync separators, and a MAX4545 video switch. Compared to the popular RSSI-based systems, the advantages a video-based diversity are:

  • No need to open the receivers to get the RSSI [Receiver Signal Strength indication] signals. You just have to plug in your different receivers, and they can be of different types.
  • There is no need to calibrate the RSSi signals of the different receivers (this is often the tricky part).
  • It is also frequent to get a strongly distorted image, while the RSSI is high.
  • When the reception level is low (flying far for instance), some receivers have RSSI close to zero, although the image is still viewable. In that case an RSSI-based system is not really efficient.