Author: Eric
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Guitar Project Kickoff
Above is a rendering of the current guitar concept. After discussion with my brother he is interested in having an audio processor built into the guitar. This will likely be accomplished by extending the pickguard above the pickup area and adding a pocket in the guitar body to fit the electronics needed.
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Miscellaneous Fly-Sight Info
Fly-Sight uses a 200mW 5.8GHz transmitter. The single cell 850 mAh battery is good for over an hour of transmission. The battery is recharged via micro USB plug like most cell phones. Fly-Sight comes with multiple bases so it can be moved from one plane to another easily. Each base has a small circuit that…
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Fly-Sight as Installed
Mounted the last pre-production Fly-Sight on my plane last night. Looks pretty good I think.
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Last of the prototypes
Finally almost all the parts are in. Still waiting on the updated shell but otherwise good to go! Pictures of the last preproduction Fly-Sight below.
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PCBs out for manufacture
Fly-Sight PCB sent out to be mass produced. Promised delivery is the 22nd. I’m excited and anxious; it feels great having passed such a large milestone, but there’s still a long way to go before I start seeing them on other people’s planes.
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Small PCBs along the way
Test board for audio circuit using all SMD, and battery protection circuit. Both worked great!
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Microphone brought in-house
While this bread board may not be the prettiest thing it worked great! Ryan’s design gives sweet sound and lets us cut $8 off the cost of the unit. Here you can see boards for V2 repurposed to hold the audio amp, and a V3 board to transmit signal. Considering the audio group goes on…
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Fly-Sight History: Part 2
The second revision was short lived. I made a printed circuit board (PCB) to hold the video transmitter, to avoid having the pads pull off. I switched reed switches and was still using an off the shelf battery charger.I never built a complete one, only the circuit board. I was still having problems with the…