FLIR VUE PRO GPS Conneciton

[ykurban]

I recently purchased flir vue pro for drone use (dji phantom 4 pro or mavick pro)
it works fine but does not have o/b gps receiver and our drones does not provide gps output.
according to user guide camera has a serial port but it receives only mavlink interface
can i connect standart nmae gps receiver to this port (got couple receivers from aliexpress lying around)
or may be an Arduino nano takes gps readings and converts it to mavlink protocol?

any ideas ?


this website sells exactly what i need but, price is ridiculously high
http://www.dronebase.it/prodotto/flir-vue-pro-gps-geotagger/

[Fraser]

Sadly the only two options I know of that work with the FLIR Vue are Pixhawk and the system you referenced.

The creation of a specialist GPS adapter for the FLIR VUE took someone some time in development, so sadly the price will be high. It may well be based upon a ATMEGA AVR microcontroller but that is a moot point as creation of the software loaded on it will require in depth knowledge of the FLIR VUE communications port and functionality. Sadly I cannot help with those as I have not worked with Mavlink or the FLIR VUE.

300+ Euros may seem like a lot if money, but how long will it take you to develop such an interface ? For 300 Euro's you get a proven system that may be used immediately.

The world of Drones is expanding fast. They are still relatively expensive for survey capable models and the FLIR VUE PRO is also an expensive product. To a surveyor, 300 Euro for the GPS interface would not be that much of a surprise. Hence that is the sort of money being asked for the interface. A good quality, light weight, self contained Serial GPS can cost 100 Euro alone.

None of this solves your problem though, and for that I am sorry. You may get more help with this challenge on the better Drone forums that deal with creating and modifying Drone electronics packages. There are already Drones with built in support for the FLIR VUE so maybe DJI will provide support in the future. Sadly that could be a long wait however.

In your position, if the need is justifiable, I would buy the module you referenced and and consider it all part of the thermal surveying costs overhead.

Fraser

[Chanc3]

Dronebase have a big presence on Facebook, so speak to them and they may give you a good discount.

[railrun]

or may be an Arduino nano takes gps readings and converts it to mavlink protocol?

I believe this is the cheapest way (but will take most time)