Wireless Video equipment for the electronics hobbyist

Introducing our "Brown Bag" kits, now available in both NTSC and PAL (what does this mean?)
We are pleased to introduced a new program at Black Widow A/V designed to take a lot of the hassle out of selecting the best equipment to design and build your own video system. The following kits include all the core components necessary to put together your own video system. We've watched how our previous customers have put together their systems, and created these kits around the most popular combinations of equipment that we sell. Why "Brown Bag" kits? Well if you've ever brought your lunch to work with you, you might have heard the term "brown bagging it". It refers to making your own lunch and saving a lot of money over going out and eating at a restaurant. Our "Brown Bag" kits follow the same philosophy... We provide the basic components, you design and build it, and save a lot of money in the process. Please note that these kits are NOT "plug-n-play", and requires a fair amount of work to build into flyable systems. They are only recommended for hobbyist who wish to design their own system. Black Widow AV does not offer design assistance, and instead offers a ready-to-fly system for individuals who are not familiar with what needs to be done with the bare components to make them air worthy.

What is included in the Brown Bag Kits?
Each kit includes the following components:
1) 2.4ghz wireless video transmitter with basic whip antenna
2) 2.4ghz wireless video receiver with high gain circular polarized patch antenna
3) NTSC 5v, 380 line 1 lux Color CCD Camera with long 'pigtail'
4) AV cable for the receiver
5) Receiver power plug terminating at 'pigtails' to build your own receiver power supply
6) NEW! "Buss Board"

200mw Brown Bag Kit
200mw transmitter/receiver set: $150
NTSC 5v Color CCD camera: $149
8dbi Circular Polarized Patch Antenna: $44
Receiver Pigtail: $6
Total Value: $349
Your Cost: $299: You save $50!

200mw Brown Bag Kit: $299
Buy the NTSC version
Buy the PAL version

500mw Brown Bag Kit
500mw transmitter/receiver set: $174
NTSC 5v Color CCD camera: $149
8dbi Circular Polarized Patch Antenna: $44
Receiver Pigtail: $6
Total Value: $373

Your Cost: $323: You save $50!

500mw Brown Bag Kit: $323
Buy the NTSC version
Buy the PAL version

NEW! Our Brown Bag kits now include a "Buss-Board"

The Buss-Board is a convenient way of taming the web of wires usually associated with home-brew video systems. By providing a secure location to solder all on-board and off-board connections, the Buss-Board helps eliminate broken wires and creates a clean and organized wiring layout.

What else do I need to complete the system?
Keeping in mind that we cannot offer specific design assistance when building your own system, we can suggest the following things you might want to consider:
1) A power connector for the transmitter. Any connector can work, but make sure it is polarized, since plugging the transmitter and camera in backword WILL destroy them.
2) A voltage regulator. This optional piece of equipment is nice to have if you want to use a battery that provides more voltage than the transmitters can handle. The 5v transmitters will all run fine directly from a 4 cell nicad pack, but we like to add a voltage regulator to give us more flexibility in powering the system..
3) A battery pack for the transmitter. Depending on what sort of voltage regulation you add to your system, you might be limited to a battery pack that provides exactly the voltage required by the transmitter. As noted above, a 4 cell pack will run all of the 5v transmitters fine, however we definitely recommend picking up a voltage regulator. Our current favorite pack is a two cell lithium-polymer battery regulated down to 5v with a voltage regulator.
4) A battery pack for the receiver. Since you will most likely be operating the systems where there is no AC power, you'll need to consider how you will power the receiver. The receiver included with our Brown Bag kits is tolerant of a fairly wide input voltage (9v to 12v) so an 8 cell nicad pack will power it just fine, as will a 3 cell lithium-polymer pack. You can use the included power plug pigtail to make your own pack that will plug right into the receiver.