Friday, May 6, 2016

Qidi Avatar IV - Camera holder for a WiFi FPV camera (SYMA X5SW camera)

Here is just another camera holder for my 3D printer, the Qidi Avatar IV. It's for the SYMA WiFi camera that is used on the SYMA X5SW quad copter, that is available as spare part for around USD 20 or EUR 20.
It'll hang into the metal frame, and the camera is to be glued to the diagonal part - that is a little short but the camera weights almost nothing.

STL on github:
https://github.com/maze1980/qidi_syma_fpv


A note regarding the power supply for the camera: It's a 3.6V camera.
I use a USB power supply for cars (that runs from 12V to 40 V) connected to the printer (24V). The  5V output is connected to the camera with two diodes (1N4007) in series. The voltage drop per diode is around 0.7V, and the camera is supplied with 3.6V. That's far from perfect but it works.

And a final note: Check the angle of the camera before you glue it - if you print only small parts you might want to lower it a little bit.