Florida! Usually takes him 2-3 days to get it out the door but its worth it. Using his minimosd right now, works great!

Man you nailed it. That's exactly what I was looking for. I have a v1.1 MinimOSD on order and will give this a try when it shows up. Thanks so much Chris!

Thanks Dennis, that's perfect. Don't know why I hadn't stumbled onto that page before now. Definitely what I've been looking for.

Hi, Dennis! Thanks a lot for this video - as a matter of fact I received my MinimOSD kit for my APM2.5 few weeks ago, but didn't had time to assamble it. Will do it next weekend, so great coincidence to get useful tips before I do. Thanks again!

I also purchased this cheap v0.1 minimosd clone, and updating the character set worked for me without the need to power both sides of the osd board. I used the latest CT tool firmware on the minimosd-extra page which contained the .mcm file. I would recommend this to everybody who is bypassing the voltage regulator (which tends to burn out) and already put solder blobs on each side of the board. It might save you some time.

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the link. I've seen banggood before but have never ordered from them. It looks like they have a ton of FPV stuff! Let me know how it goes if you order from them and I'll do the same.

Dennis, I agree you need to be cautious when purchasing items from China. Furthermore, I would pay the extra money and get the 3DR version on the MinimOSD. I was watching a video from another youtuber and noticed they attached wires to the single row of pins on the APM board. Since I did not solder the single row of pins on my board I was bummed, however, I did not think of just unplugging the Mavlink and using the the Mavlink telemetry port! As always keep the informative videos coming!

thankyou, thankyou thankyou. It wasn't until hearing your comment at about 7:00 about powering both sides of the board that I realised what I was doing wrong. After going back and reading the wiki page, it was there in black and white "Be sure that bough side of MinimOSD is powered. Otherwise it will not take." but in my haste, of course I didn't actually read the instructions. :)

Thanks for the heads up on the character set. It took me a while to find out that little bit of info. I'll keep that in mind when I get the V1.1 board. I do have plans to upgrade to er9x in the coming weeks so I appreciate the info. I may send you note if I need any help...if you don't mind. Sounds like a cool OSD setup you have.

please correct if i'm wrong. So the camera receive 12v from the Minim OSD board and the transmitter receive 12v from the battery ?

What was the cable you used to plug in the board to your laptop? Thanks!

No problem at all. It's not the easiest thing to navigate the ArduCopter wiki, but I do feel like it's improving. Best of luck with your setup!

Thank you for the reply. I guess what I didn't understand is that most of these guides were written for the APM2.0? which I had found, but kept thinking I should be looking for APM2.5 material instead. So I take it that the basics are the same and the INPUT and OUTPUT assignments are identical as well?

I will check them out on HK. Thanks for the tip. Do you know what updates have been made to 2.3?

Thanks....you know I read that over the weekend and heard that this is no longer a problem with v1.1. I'd like to upgrade soon.

Great video mate, thanks a lot!!

Dennis, FYI, even the 3DR minimOSD V1.1 needs both sides to be powered to update the character set. Also, do you have any plans to install ER9x on your T9X? If so, I have some good settings you can use to setup the momentary switch to toggle between the different OSD screens. It toggles between Screen1, Screen2 and no OSD.

Are there pinouts on that FDDI cable (USB to program MinimOSD)? And my MinimOSD from Banggood (v1.1) came with individual wires terminated at both ends to plug into the same pins, so I have no mini-JST (or FD13 or whatever) for the APM board. Does anyone have the pinouts for an APM board? (I could probably find them). I may have to solder to the board!

Hello Dennis do you have video of setting up other EzOSD or similar?

Glad I could help. Please do a video when you get your new v1.1 MinimOSD board. Did you buy it from 3drobotics?

Id like to know.. Why i use MinimOSD dan telemetry 915mhz but if both of them worked together... There will be problem in telemetry... There are some delays... To show data... So i have to choose.. Using fpv then i connected the osd.. But if wanna use telemetry data then disconect MinimOSD..

Dennis I'm ready to wire up my SK450. Where is the best source for a wiring diagram that will guide me on the APM2.5 and Rcvr interconnections as well as the Esc to Apm. Also to understand the purpose of the MinimOSD, is it only applicable to FPV flight?

Im soon going to get a minimosd+ardupilot, just wondering if the usb cable comes with the minimosd or you need to buy it seperate, if seperate where do i get it?

Hey Dennis. Great video as usual! If you ever need a minimosd again thats half the price you stated, and from America, order it from readytoflyquads. Had a couple good orders from him so far.. killer little store for quad stuff. $10 minim osd's!

No worries Dennis. I have heaps of links for modding the 9x, so I might put up a blog post somewhere. Will let you know.

I also run the kV osd branded board from witespy and use just 5v to power the board. I had read the same thing about feeding 12v in. From the vtx 5v out I use a polulu step up to give the camera 12v. Only things connected on video side of board is Vin and ground from camera and vout and ground back to vtx. I didn't have any issues upgrading firmware or character sets with just the serialtousb from arduino. Ive tried both kvosd and the newer mwosd. Currently hooked up to a naze32.

Nice video, thanks for posting. I have a quick question... If I want to "test" the board, without hooking up a camera and a Pixhawk, what exactly do I need to hook up? I tried connecting my yellow cable from my video transmitter to video out of the minimOSD. Then I hooked up a 3s lipo to the minimOSD. Shouldn't that be enough to power it and transmit a signal? Shouldn't I be able to at least see the blank OSD info? Thanks.

Okay, I'll definitely keep that in mind. Although the board is cheap we all know what a pain it is to have to wait for stuff in the mail....when you need it yesterday. Also, someone pointed out that you can get the v1.1 boards for $10 at readytoflyquads so definitely check them out. I believe the ship from Florida and I'll be ordering my next MinimOSD from there.

Hi +Dennis Baldwin. Thanks for your video. Could you share the parameters setup on your mission planner. My minimOSD (running on APM 2.6 firmware 3.1.2) doesn't stream the battery voltage, GPS long/lat, SatCount. I was thinking that the OSD is somehow broke, but it should not be the case when other functions like the horizon line, altitude and mode are updating. Please help. Thanks

Thank you for getting back with.on the.subject.However, I was relaying on.tiff input on what fpv transmitter, receiver and ground station atenna 5.8 to look at .

Got it. Well I'm definitely going to stay away from it for the time being. How do you like your Zephyr and which one are you flying with? Those wings look awesome.

Very helpful, thanks very much!

HI Dennis, I'm planing to put this on a pixhawk, do they share the same setup? thanks.

I just bought a purple clone Minim Osd. When I tried it, it showed " Waiting for Mavlink Hearbeats..." nothing else. This is my first OSD and i am assuming I gotta install a firmware .... I do have an Usbasp v2.0 , can i use it to upload the firmware ? I tried it but my pc shows "error connecting to the port " or something like that. Any idea ?

Hobby King has them as well. That's where I got mine. There is also an updated firmware and config tool. Im using vs 2.3 but having problems with it locking up. Been having lots of problems with stuff since apm went to 3.01

Thanks for the tip on readytoflyquads. That's great to know about. Any idea where they ship from? I'm going to order and if everything turns out okay I'm going to use them as the link in my video description. I appreciate your feedback.

Dennis did you have any issues with the 12V side of the OSD board? I am hearing that the 12V regulator heats up and fails? Some people are bridging the 5V side of the board and powering the transmitter from a separate power source.

I have a question, is it possible to connect 3dr radio telemetry parallel with minimosd as telemetry is there any interruption on data? Thanks in advance

cool, any way to connect it to original transmitter that comes with google skyzone Sky-02? the transmitter has different wiring

If I have a different battery for my transmitter, how should I wire everything ? (power)

You're right :) I was just frustrated after trying to get the character set updated and generally when I order parts from China I get no documentation, which is a huge pain. Ordering parts from China is generally the cheaper way to go, but not always the easiest.

I purchased the $10 one from readytoflyquads. I actually purchased a couple of them. I couldn't get myself to pay 5X from 3D Robotics, but will be interested to find out if there's a difference.

i see the 12 v connector. but my drone use 14,8. is there a way to use this osd?

Its a great flying wing just really heavy and a pain to get in the air. building a Sweepwings Behemoth wing now to try out

Hi Dennis, I'm looking in to buying the HKPilot Mega 2.7 Master Set With OSD, LEA-6H GPS, Power module, Telemetry Radio (915Mhz) (XT-60) system and will try to set it up in the TBS, do you think it's good for the money? Nice video.

Sorry for the misprint of words. I was trying to say. Your input of products, like the diversity transmiter and antenna, for ground station. As well as transmitter,receiver combination set up. Most ground station antenna are 8 to 11db.

Ho, any clue as how to connect that OSD to the flight controller on a Cheerson CX-20 that I have already connected a telemetry unit too?

#1 Complaint with updating the charset on MinimOSD boards (Dual power!) Another thing I discovered is NEVER touch / unplug camera connection when 12V is supplied. I had 2 camera and decided to switch while the board was powered and fried my MinimOSD. Since I know the dual power trick I bought another $15 minimOSD from china. Its hard to justify paying 3x more for essentially the same product from 3DR.

Thats the one, but i got the one with sockets not pins so it plugs straight onto the minimosd's pins.

Yes, with the pads soldered the character generator runs cooler. I use Multiwii and get my boards from Witespy.com for $10 each. The pads are alredy soldered so you can power both sides of the board from the FC. Also must use different software for the firmware flash and different firmware.

Hello, great video I am planing on instaling some kind of OsD chip in my walkera qr x350 with a fpv Boscam 832 transmiter/reciver, and using a gopro 3+ silver. Could you help me by ahowing the instalation Ty.

Thanks for the comment. The best thing to do is post on garagepilots . com. That way we can help you and make the content publicly available for others to learn from. Best of luck!

Hi, what type of battery used and the amount of voltage?

Hello. ezWifibroadcast, do you know of it? If you don't, could you look into it please? If you do, could you post a step-by-step video on the setup for a Pixhawk Cube, please Dennis?

Looks good Dennis. nice job on the video. to bad it will not work with a Naza. I have to find a good but low cost OSD for my quad. I still have the new Eagle Tree OSD if some one wants one.

I know...I wish it would work with the NAZA as well. I'd really like a cheap version vs buying the expensive DJI one.

Great tutorial! I have a question... I purchased a minimOSD board and it came with a "Y" cable. the small connector goes to the APM (can't miss that) Then it splits to what I'm guessing one end to "R"adio and the other to "O"SD But on the video I see the Radio connection coming from the OSD, not from the APM through the "Y" cable My intention is to have Video and Telemetry just like you on your video. what should I do? ignore that split and go ahead and connect the radio on the V out just like on this video? Thank you in advance!

Does the MinimOSD need flight controller? Can it work without controller only with GPS module?

Hi Dennis, I just watched your video on setting up gov and would like to say that a Web sight called banggood.com has a lot of fpv products. However , I am not sure of what's good, If you would not mind looking and giving your in put on it. I would be greatful thank you.

You'll have to get it separate. You can get it from 3DRobotics, but it's expensive ~ $18. As Legacylout pointed out you can probably get it off eBay.

Great to hear. I hope you get it up and running quickly. Feel free to post any questions on garagepilots . com if you need help with it. Good luck.

Hi, can is use 5v for two ports?

I can handle 2-3 days vs 2-3 weeks to get it out the door! Thanks.

Ah, nice tip. I'm going to look into that. If you have the video handy please post in the comments or message me directly if you don't mind. I appreciate the info!

+1 (The voltage regulator has been known to run hot and fail....) If you not do this, you gone fly in the dark soon Dennis. just to inform you, Look out for static electricity when playing around and taking up the minimosd connected to the apm when powered on, it has cost me my apm2.0 (RIP). As always, good video.

No, but if I get around to purchasing one then I'll be glad to do it. Or you can always ship me yours and I'll do a video then send it back. Just a thought :)

here is the video, go to time stamp 8:52 (youtube /watch?v=Msr7I6ApcUk) Also if you turn the APM board over and look at the bottom single row of pins, notice that UART0 pins match UART0 pins of the Mavlink in the upper right hand corner of the board. You only need to connect 3 wires to the APM board (UART0 RX0, +5V, GND) from the MinimOSD board. So you can leave the Mavlink attached and use the APM UART0 single row of pins for the MinimOSD.

Dennis you cant say dont buy part from China because there is good and bad parts and now a day everything is from China haha. For this kind of hobby by ordering part from China I saved a lot of money.

ok thanks

The best guide that I've found is in the ArduCopter wiki: code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/APM2RC Yes, MinimOSD is generally only applicable to FPV but you could use to get data to your GCS even if you're flying line of sight. I hope that helps.

Hi there Dennis, you needn't reply to me. This is for your viewers. Much has been written and discussed about the voltage regulator on various iterations of the the Minim OSD. As you are wading knee deep in the data and methodology,....There has been problems with the vregulator getting hot and failing on some versions and/or production runs, and that the best way of powering the device is by soldering the coupling pads on the board (two must be made; one on the top and the bottom). Once this is done 5V will be provided for the entire board from the APM alone (digital side), I spent good money on my dedicated UBEC that makes nice clean constant power for the APM and the peripherals it provides power to. 12V power is routed to the VTx and Camera directly and exclusive of the Minim's analogue side. If it is true that you must have power from both ends (digital and analog) of the board to get the FW update and character sets etc, then you may as well do the soldering of the "link pads" and have it done with before you attempt to do the FW and character set update. Better safe than sorry. By the way, I will be using a much less expensive FTDI-USB dongle that connects directly to the pinouts on the Minim. Regards All

Does it work on apm 2.8??

Can I PLEASE have your PID's for the TBS Discovery? It would save me SOOO much time! Thanks!

Yeah let me know for sure if you do. One thing I might suggest is signing up to garagepilots . com and posting over there. We'd love to have you as a member and even better if you'd share your modding knowledge. No worries if you don't...just wanted to suggest. Take care.

the OSD is only for FPV, so you can see things like ground speed, altitude etc.. you can try going to the arducopter wiki "copter . ardupilot . com" or try RC groups and look for thread no 1820773, then go to post 6 by jabram. One of the best and most detailed build logs.

Awesome... Can I skate the mini ramp after fly'n? Lol

Sorry, I was trying to word fpv, not gov.:0)

The following guide is for APM 2.5 and should help you out: copter . ardupilot . com/wiki/connecting-your-rc-input-and-motors/ I don't know if they're identical to the 2.0 as I've only ever used the 2.5 version. Good luck and let me know if you run into any problems.

It has some more options but it doesn't work worth a damn. Ended up taking it out of my Zephyr because it kept locking up and killed the video range. Video works fine now that its out. Eversince they updated everything its all went to crap.

Your better off powering the minimosd from the APM side by soldering the pads on the board and leaving the 12v feed off the video side of the Board..... The voltage regulator has been known to run hot and fail....

Lol u said u would post picture of wiring diagram? What the hell?

If you don't mind would you check out garagepilots . com and post in the forums over there? Either myself or someone in the community will be glad to help you out and it will be easier than trying to communicate through KZfaq. Thanks and good luck.

Hi there. Will you check out garagepilots . com and post in the forums over there? Either myself or another member will try and help you out. It's easier to do that than using KZfaq comments. Thanks and good luck.

you just need a FTDI breakout board off ebay.... about $5

I don't appreciate the ad at the beginning