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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Brucey on September 01, 2014, 06:51:44 PM

Title: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Brucey on September 01, 2014, 06:51:44 PM
http://flytron.com/camera-accessories/281-hiddenfpv-video-scrambler.html
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Coyote on September 01, 2014, 06:54:16 PM
Got the email earlier, no idea why you would really want to do that unless your really paranoid :)

Could be a great buy for jweaver :) :)
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Brucey on September 01, 2014, 07:00:36 PM
It's not cheap either! Maybe something to bare in mind when FPV goes underground 8)
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Ynot6 on September 01, 2014, 07:26:45 PM
not that secure either really.
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Badlands on September 01, 2014, 08:42:18 PM
Interesting - hard to tell but there doenst seem much on the PCB's - is it inverting the video signal or something?
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: gtv on September 03, 2014, 08:37:04 AM
Looks just like 3 diodes on each pcb?
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: Coyote on September 03, 2014, 08:43:27 AM
There is a small black chip under the heatshrink as well as the 3 capacitors.
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: FPVSteve on September 03, 2014, 10:44:09 AM
And what's to stop someone with a really big bug up their arse buying one of these to monitor anyone who's using this system on a dedicated "Encrypted FPV monitoring groundstation" ?

:D

Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: chris-s on September 03, 2014, 11:38:22 AM
Presumably since they are advertised as 'coming as a pair', each 'pair' has a unique key. I like the idea and is something I've wondered if it was possible to do for a while.

Chris
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: tdmodels on September 03, 2014, 11:58:25 AM
It mentions in the text that anyone with the Rx device can decode the signal, so they are not paired.  I suspect it is a simple circuit to remove the sync pulse from the video signal and then re-insert it at the other end, hence, without the Rx device, a TV can't lock on to the signal.  Simple to do in software on a small Atmel or PIC chip.
Title: Re: Something for the paranoid FPV'er
Post by: FPVSteve on September 03, 2014, 12:00:55 PM
It also says it's analogue, not digital which is why I asked.