<p>This looks like a typical USB pin connection: +5V, Data- (white), Data+ (green) and Ground. This camera uses a digital signal. Sorry, but it can not be used with a analog video transmitter.</p>

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2020-04-16T06:57:35.623Z
2020-04-16T06:57:35.623Z
Bambusgott
<p>Simpler and cheaper:
No, it looks like a digital camera that needs to be connected over USB. This is not compatible with analog video transmitters. (If you want to save a bit of money look for some tiny whoop all-in-one cam and vtx combos. Those are very cheap with reasonable performance.)</p>

<p>If you feel adventurous:
You can get a Raspberry Pi, Wifi dongles and try this: <a href="https://github.com/DroneBridge/DroneBridge" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/DroneBridge/DroneBridge</a> :-) I would not recommend this as a great solution for most FPV drones. But it might be a fun project to do and it will allow you to use a camera connected over USB. :)</p>

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2020-04-17T02:54:39.793Z
Interesting, I actually have a RPi and might try this just for fun.
Galaxy
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2020-04-16T15:57:32.557Z
2020-04-16T15:57:32.557Z
radimklaska
<p>These four wires are most likely a USB connection, red and black are power, and the other two are USB data. That means you can't use it neither with today's analog gear, like the VTX that you linked to (as it requires an oldschool analog TV signal), nor any of the new and shiny digital FPV systems, like the DJI system (as they use their own proprietary protocols). </p>

<p>However, you <em>can</em> use it for flying if you really want or need it — you just need a computer on your drone that can process the video feed, such as a Raspberry Pi, and some kind of digital wireless connection, such as WiFi or even 4G to stream that feed to your phone or computer on the ground. That's how a lot of commercial drones work, and you can build something similar yourself. </p>

<p>Whether you really need or want it is another question. Using such a setup for the "sporty" kind of FPV flying, i.e. racing or freestyle, is probably a bad idea, as the latency will be very high, on the order of hundreds of milliseconds if not more. Such systems are more suited for long range and autonomous craft, which generally fly themselves (and sometimes even do some onboard analysis of the video feed), or just as a not necessarily practical but fun-to-make project to prove to yourself how cool of a hacker you are (or as part of such a project, like a facial-recognition patrol drone or whatever).</p>

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2020-04-16T11:49:48.227Z
2020-04-16T11:49:48.227Z
FlashCactus
<p>I have a camera taken out of an old usb webcam. It has four wires attached to and labeled on the board: 5V (red); DM (white); DP (green); and GND (black). I was thinking I could use it just like a 'normal' FPV camera and get a video transmitter for it. However, it has four wires rather than three like most. <a href="https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=349543.0" rel="noreferrer">I read</a> that DM and DP are both data lines, but as a high/low pair or something. What do I do with these? Is the camera usable with something like <a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B06XKQ8466" rel="noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this video transmitter</a>?</p>

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2020-10-05T22:45:41.477Z
I tried streaming video through a Raspberry PI (A or B) before over wifi some time ago and found it to be super laggy 5-10 seconds delay; I haven't tried on newer equipment though. I also saw a far better setup streaming over wifi with near to no latency (<200ms) and asked about it [here](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/1515/963), I have yet to try this setup however and I'm uncertain of the hardware; if you try it and have any luck I'd be interested to know the result.
Carel
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2020-04-16T03:13:38.727Z
This is a very interesting concept and it may work but you might have issues with latency in the video feed.
Jacob B
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2020-04-16T03:32:47.953Z
I never really thought about latency, as I only have a vague idea of how it works. But since I don't have the skill to do racing or freestyle yet anyways, I wouldn't imagine a little latency having that much effect on me. Just depends on how much.
Galaxy
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2020-04-16T03:40:43.103Z
As long as you aren't doing things that require extremely low latency it might work. I just say that latency may be a problem because FPV cameras are designed to have very low latency, sometimes only a few ms, while webcams and other cameras can have 60 or even 120 ms or latency.
Jacob B
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USB Webcam Parts for FPV?
Galaxy
# USB Webcam Parts for FPV?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-16)

I have a camera taken out of an old usb webcam. It has four wires attached to and labeled on the board: 5V (red); DM (white); DP (green); and GND (black). I was thinking I could use it just like a 'normal' FPV camera and get a video transmitter for it. However, it has four wires rather than three like most. [I read](https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=349543.0) that DM and DP are both data lines, but as a high/low pair or something. What do I do with these? Is the camera usable with something like [this video transmitter](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/B06XKQ8466)?

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/yICz3.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/yICz3.png)

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**Tags:** transmitter, first-person-view, video

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: This is a very interesting concept and it may work but you might have issues with latency in the video feed.  
> **username_0**: I never really thought about latency, as I only have a vague idea of how it works. But since I don't have the skill to do racing or freestyle yet anyways, I wouldn't imagine a little latency having that much effect on me. Just depends on how much.  
> **username_2**: As long as you aren't doing things that require extremely low latency it might work. I just say that latency may be a problem because FPV cameras are designed to have very low latency, sometimes only a few ms, while webcams and other cameras can have 60 or even 120 ms or latency.  
> **username_1**: I tried streaming video through a Raspberry PI (A or B) before over wifi some time ago and found it to be super laggy 5-10 seconds delay; I haven't tried on newer equipment though. I also saw a far better setup streaming over wifi with near to no latency (<200ms) and asked about it [here](https://drones.stackexchange.com/q/1515/963), I have yet to try this setup however and I'm uncertain of the hardware; if you try it and have any luck I'd be interested to know the result.  

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2020-04-16. Score: 10 | Accepted answer

These four wires are most likely a USB connection, red and black are power, and the other two are USB data. That means you can't use it neither with today's analog gear, like the VTX that you linked to (as it requires an oldschool analog TV signal), nor any of the new and shiny digital FPV systems, like the DJI system (as they use their own proprietary protocols).

However, you *can* use it for flying if you really want or need it — you just need a computer on your drone that can process the video feed, such as a Raspberry Pi, and some kind of digital wireless connection, such as WiFi or even 4G to stream that feed to your phone or computer on the ground. That's how a lot of commercial drones work, and you can build something similar yourself.

Whether you really need or want it is another question. Using such a setup for the "sporty" kind of FPV flying, i.e. racing or freestyle, is probably a bad idea, as the latency will be very high, on the order of hundreds of milliseconds if not more. Such systems are more suited for long range and autonomous craft, which generally fly themselves (and sometimes even do some onboard analysis of the video feed), or just as a not necessarily practical but fun-to-make project to prove to yourself how cool of a hacker you are (or as part of such a project, like a facial-recognition patrol drone or whatever).


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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-04-16. Score: 5

This looks like a typical USB pin connection: +5V, Data- (white), Data+ (green) and Ground. This camera uses a digital signal. Sorry, but it can not be used with a analog video transmitter.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-04-16. Score: 3

Simpler and cheaper:
No, it looks like a digital camera that needs to be connected over USB. This is not compatible with analog video transmitters. (If you want to save a bit of money look for some tiny whoop all-in-one cam and vtx combos. Those are very cheap with reasonable performance.)

If you feel adventurous:
You can get a Raspberry Pi, Wifi dongles and try this: <https://github.com/DroneBridge/DroneBridge> :-) I would not recommend this as a great solution for most FPV drones. But it might be a fun project to do and it will allow you to use a camera connected over USB. :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Interesting, I actually have a RPi and might try this just for fun.  

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