You said it's very hard to make these characters.
So I made a little program for doing this. I hope this could help you with the OSD development.

It's written in Java. So if you haven't installed it yet, go on www.java.com and download the Java Runtime (JRE). Then you can start it with a double click on the .jar file.

Originally Posted by jflyer2

You said it's very hard to make these characters.

Narh it's not very difficult, it's just take quite some time to test.

Originally Posted by jflyer2

So I made a little program for doing this. I hope this could help you with the OSD development.

It's written in Java. So if you haven't installed it yet, go on www.java.com and download the Java Runtime (JRE). Then you can start it with a double click on the .jar file.

Wow, that's very nice
May I ask how long it took you to make that?

I have just tried it, and it works very well. Awesome
It's really nice that you can write the bit's directly like this;
0b00011111,0b11000000,
0b00011111,0b11000000,
0b11111111,0b11111000,
0b11111111,0b11111000,
0b11000000,0b00011000,
0b11000000,0b00011000,
0b11000000,0b00111000,
0b11000000,0b01111000,
0b11000000,0b11011000,
0b11000001,0b10011000,
0b11000011,0b00011000,
0b11000110,0b00011000,
0b11001100,0b00011000,
0b11011000,0b00011000,
0b11111111,0b11111000,
0b11111111,0b11111000,

Would you mind if I attach your program in post 1? It's a great tool for creatig graphic etc.

Top notch work ... May i ask how is it with the compatibility of other gps's for example the dealextreme 21 dollar em-411..

I updated the program. It's now in this format.
You can put it in the first post.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/arduino-nano-v3-0-81877
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/em-411-...-chipset-80037

Can i use this stuff for yours OSD?
Also i want INA139 support

Originally Posted by IceWind

Hi Dennis,

Great project you got there, congrats!

Do you think there is still processing power/time free to be able to add a attitude indicator?

Graphically it needs to draw a cross and a line in the screen. Or a dotted line.



AS inputs it needs 2 analogic, that represent the reading for two axis from accelerometers.
I have similar working with the eagletree OSD and getting data out from my tricopter board. But the eagletree osd is too messy for the tricopter, to many wires and I need a cleaner and simple solution.

Originally Posted by msev

Top notch work ... May i ask how is it with the compatibility of other gps's for example the dealextreme 21 dollar em-411..

The GPS-reading should be compatible with more or less all standard GPS. Just be aware, that the analyzing of latitude an longitude needs to be updated. At the moment it assumes a flat earth with Denmark in center

It was just meant as a hobby project for myself and perhaps a friend or two. But as quite a few seems to be interested I might update the code to be more flexible.
But that want happen before I have tested it IRL a couple of times :P

These things should be updated for a more flexible solution. Feel free to help out.

• NTSC support (I use PAL and as I don't have any NTSC cameras I want be able to make this)
• Calculations done with latitude and longitude should be re-written to support a round earth
• More flexible current calculation (Shouldn't take long)

Originally Posted by vipix

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/arduino-nano-v3-0-81877
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/em-411-...-chipset-80037

Can i use this stuff for yours OSD?
Also i want INA139 support

Wow, cheap Arduino.. Very nice. If AIN0, AIN1 and MOSI is breaked out you should be fine. I will have a look later and probably buy one
That would make a great and cheap solution (cheaper than Arduino Pro, and you don't need an external FTDI chip to program it)

Originally Posted by jflyer2

I updated the program. It's now in this format.
You can put it in the first post.

Very nice, thanks a lot

Originally Posted by vipix

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/arduino-nano-v3-0-81877
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/em-411-...-chipset-80037

Can i use this stuff for yours OSD?
Also i want INA139 support

AIN0, AIN1 and MOSI is available, so Arduino Nano should be a great choice as well.
With a 17 $ Arduino Nano and 23 $ GPS this could make a pretty cheap OSD

Now we just need a cheap current sensor. The one I use costs about 10 $

Just got an idea to simplify/change the circuit a little.
The diode used to generate the biasing voltage and reference voltage can be replaced with a filtered PWM output - which will give a DC-voltage. The DC-voltage can be directly controlled by changing the duty cycle of the PWM signal (to give a DC voltage from 0 - 5 volt).

I have made a few tests on breadboard, and I'm able to get a good synch with just 4 components. The RC-filter, a diode and the AC-coupling capacitor. A 10K (or something like that) pull-down resistor in the climping circuit might be a good idea.
To use as few components as possible I have used ground as reference voltage

This code can be used to generate fast PWM on pin 9 (OC1A/PB1)
TCCR1A =
(1<<COM1A0)|
(1<<COM1A1)|
(0<<WGM11)|
(1<<WGM10) ;

TCCR1B =
(1<<WGM12)|
(0<<CS12)|
(0<<CS11)|
(1<<CS10);

OCR1AL = 207; // Compare register - used to control voltage.

nice if you can make 8k version for hk e-osd
you first version i success ported to mega88
but 2.0 is too large (12k)

Originally Posted by redsonic

nice if you can make 8k version for hk e-osd
you first version i success ported to mega88
but 2.0 is too large (12k)

Can I ask how much you had to change to make it work with the HK e-osd? I suppose only the analog comparator vector had to be changed? Or does the HK e-osd use the analog comparator as well? In that case I guess it's more or less plug-n-play

The HK e-osd would be an easy hardware-solution, if just the RX and TX pin was available (Without modding) it would have been perfect. Unfortunately this is not the case.
If the RX and TX pin was available I would be happy to make a version for e-osd. But with limited pin-access and memory I don't plan to do any work on that. Sorry.

If you wan't to use V0_02 with the e-osd it shouldn't be very difficult to do a little cleaning and save some memory. But quite a few lines of codes have been added since V0_01

That arduino is really priced good, who's gonna be the guinea pig and try it out

Originally Posted by msev

That arduino is really priced good, who's gonna be the guinea pig and try it out

I ordered one yesterday - so guess that will be me

The OSD was tested shortly on a quad today. Unfortunately the RC-control glitched with a broken prop as result. So unfortunately only a quick test.

Anyway, it seems to work fine, but the characters at the top can be quite difficult to read with a white background. I might have to dim the background a bit.

Originally Posted by Dennis Frie

AIN0, AIN1 and MOSI is available, so Arduino Nano should be a great choice as well.
With a 17 $ Arduino Nano and 23 $ GPS this could make a pretty cheap OSD

Now we just need a cheap current sensor. The one I use costs about 10 $

Even cheaper - Use the throttle position as a current draw indicator!
i.e. Y off the throttle and use the pwm signal as indicator of current. Cheaper, simple and pretty accurate. Surprised no other OSD;'s offer this option.