There is no magic to a “real” Pixhawk. Pick another H743 based Flight Controller that better suits your budget.
And Pixhawk 4, F7 based, was discontinued some time ago.
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Rotorgeeks in Ontario sells Matek flight controllers. CAD prices and no border issues for shipping. https://rotorgeeks.com/
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I don’t have any issues buying from them from the US. Good outfit.
I know your pain. I bought EV800D goggles and found they were unusable
with glasses, fortunately i found a very cheap (in both senses)
“smartphone VR adapter” at a thrift store that was made of foam and
fabric, i cut out the parts that held the lenses and the EV800D
detachable screen was a snug fit inside the opening, i just had to glue
in some foam to hold the fresnel lens and get the proper spacing, and
some velcro to hold the screen securely. It seems awful but it works
well now.
As long as it works, that’s great! How the thing looks is unimportant.
I ended up using my EV800D just as a small monitor. I use just the rear
part, without any lenses, and mount it on a tripod. Then I can look at
my drone directly, or at the FPV screen, switching quickly between them.
It’s quite tiny for such a use, of course, but for me that ended up
working better than wearing the goggles as intended, and having to tear
them off and put on my normal glasses to land the drone visually.
I’m generally unsatisfied with the video system on my drone. I would
love to replace the whole setup by a good digital video system, but I
have high requirements, that apparently no off-the-shelf system satisfies:
- True 1920x1080 resolution
- Settable white balance (NOT automatic!)
- Transmission on a relatively low frequency band, to get through trees.
Not 5.8GHz, not 2.4GHz, and probably not even 1.2GHz! Being a ham, I
could legally transmit my video around 432MHz, or 225MHz, but of course
I would have to build the equipment myself… - Receivable with a suitable receiver that can be connected to a
standard monitor or TV.
The DJI flight unit with its 720p resolution is now available at
acceptable cost, but it needs $400 DJI goggles to receive. No thanks!
Someday something will show up, and then I will buy it and replace my
blurry, unreliable, horrible video system, along with the tiny
googles-turned-monitor!
Manfred