Monthly Archives: January 2011

A Good Board Camera for FPV Lovers

Before introduce a board camera, let me introduce FPV first.  FPV is known by many people and becomes more popular now. What is FPV? It is called First Person View, the term is used in describing what a person would be seeing if they where there in-person. For instance, if you placed a video camera on your forehead and allowed someone to watch your views via wireless video link, they would be watching the First Person Views of whatever you are looking at. So the term FPV caught on with the help of one of the pioneers of FPV piloting (cyber-flyer).
 With the assistance of a wireless video transmitter and receiver the user will see what the Remote Controlled helicopter/plane/car sees from the driver/pilot seat. This gives the user a real sense of controlling their aircraft/vehicle in the skies or on the ground. Most of the people who enjoy FPV piloting and do well with it are typically persons who like video simulation games for example, flight simulators, auto racing, etc.
 Generally, the FPV system includes the following components:
·         Head Movement Tracking System
·         Small camera
·         2.4G audio-visual transmitter
·         2.4G audio-visual receiver
·         7.4V800mAh lipoly for receiver
·         11.1V800mAh lipoly for transmitter
·         Pan/tilt(including two 9g servoes)
·         2-3S lipoly charger
 Well, for the FPV system the most important part is camera. For many FPV lovers will buy mini spy cameras or board cameras to be their film equipments. Board cameras are essentially tiny cameras that can take color or black and white photos or videos that are affixed to a circuit board. They are so small that emerging models are about the size of a quarter, making it easy to install, mount and hide.
 Here I highly recommend a latest new board camera—- DSP 1/3 SONY CCD DNR High Resolution 650TVL SONY Effio-E without IR Board Camera. As its name, this camera is operated by Sony Effio-E CPU. With the HD 650TVL resolution it provides better and clearer images than 540TVL. Moreover, it gets the better color and less noisy point. However, one thing should remind you that this camera does not include IR function.
 This camera is a great choice for FPV lovers. They should get one and enjoy catching and viewing the awesome beautiful images. Of course, this camera is not only for FPV but also can be used in a surveillance system. What are you waiting for? Just move and get it!

News—Nelson ‘Revenge’ House Raider Is Caught on CCTV

A Man who raided his former stepfather’s home and stole cash claimed he did it in revenge for the way the victim allegedly treated his mother, a court heard.
Benjamin McDonald had been caught on CCTV, installed after victim John Carr’s valuable stamp collection had started going missing. The defendant, who had a criminal record going back to 1999, had convictions for burglary, but none for invading houses.
McDonald (30,) of Marsden Hall Road, Nelson, admitted burglary allegations at Burnley Crown Court. He was given 52 weeks in jail, suspended for two years, with 200 hours’ unpaid work. Sentencing him, Judge Beverly Lunt told him the fact he struck “out of the blue” after no contact with Mr. Carr for 12 months was very worrying.
She continued: “You don’t appear to be a problem for society. You appear to be a problem for this poor man.”
Mr. Brian McKenna (prosecuting) said Mr. Carr, who lived in Hallam Road, Nelson, had been divorced from the defendant’s mother for eight years.
At the beginning of this year, the victim started to notice property going missing from his home, including parts of a valuable stamp collection. There was no sign of forced entry or any search taking place. He was concerned and set up a CCTV at the front of the property.
Mr. McKenna said, on April 9th, Mr. Carr returned from his work as a landscape gardener to find £60 had gone from a kitchen drawer. The CCTV footage showed the defendant entering the premises just after 10 a.m. and leaving after seven minutes. It also revealed he had been in the day before for two minutes. The prosecution could not say if anything was stolen on that occasion.
McDonald clearly had a key for the house and Mr. Carr recalled one went missing two years before when the defendant had been staying with his daughter. McDonald was arrested, denied the offences and when confronted with the CCTV evidence made no comment.
Mr. Martin Hackett (for McDonald) said he need not be deprived of his liberty. He had been to prison in 2003 but his last conviction was in 2007. Mr. Hackett said McDonald, father of a five-month-old child, would say he had committed the offences to get back at the victim because of difficulties there had been between Mr. Carr and the defendant’s mother. The barrister continued: “He feels the complainant did not behave well towards his mother.”