Thursday, 22 May 2014

Repair a fried mobius

I have actually managed to supply the mobius with 12V! It worked for not even 1sec and it fried it!
Not a huge drama. Replacement board can be bought here: http://www.minidvcameras.co.uk/viewitem.php?productid=65

Open the case:
Unplug the battery and unscrew the circuit board:
Now the fiddly bit is to unplug the CMOS sensor. The little brown bit on left side of the plug has to be flipped up and then the ribbon cable comes out easily. Do not try to force anything. Install the sensor into the new board and put everything back together. All in all it was a 5 minute job.


Video out cable for Mobius camera

The mobius action camera supports live video out for example to use it as FPV cam or just to be able to see the recording video and check framing.

Live video out can be enabled with the mSetup program (get it here: http://www.mytempfiles.info/mobius/):


I ordered a video out cable for the mobius from here: http://www.minidvcameras.co.uk/viewitem.php?productid=35


Nice,  but a bit clunky to mount all these adapters on a copter. So switching cables into one plug. In order BLACK (ground), RED (5V power), YELLOW (video signal).

Finally I clip the redundant cables and remove the black shield. And we have a nice small video out cable with enough flexibility to use it on a gimbal mount:
Word of warning: NEVER connect 12V to the mobius! It will die!