Help us source the parts or manufacture them    😎 

Looking for a camera to replace this china manufactured unit

Caddx Ratel 19mm Micro Starlight 1200TVL HDR Low-Light FPV Camera

ECS   I will figure out what all the description means but the best part is the description of the electronic parts. LOL. the china hacks have to use jap components, guess they haven't figured out how to steal the manufacturing process yet.

30amp 3-5S Dshot600 Ready ESC BLHeli_S 16.5 BB2 Supports Dshot for RC Drone FPV Racing

Characteristics：

Imported Japanese Toshiba MOSFET and Japanese ceramic capacitors。

Use 3oz copper thickness PCB board.Reduce heat and increase system efficiency.Very fast response.Smooth and zero-delay operation.

What is Flash Lidar ToF Camera Technology

Time of Flight (ToF) is a highly accurate distance mapping and 3D imaging technology. Time-of-Flight 3D depth sensors emit a very short infrared light pulse and each pixel of the camera sensor measures the return time.

Flash lidar Time-of-Flight cameras have a huge advantage over other technologies, as it is able to measure the distances within a complete scene in a single shot.

ToF is one of a few techniques known as Range Imaging.  The sensor device, which is used for producing the range image is sometimes referred to as a range camera. Other range techniques are Stereo triangulation, Sheet of light triangulation, Structured light, Interferometry and Coded aperture.

Range imaging Time-of-Flight cameras are highly advanced LiDar systems, which replace the standard point by point laser beams with a single light pulse or flash to achieve full spatial awareness.

The camera can sense the time which it takes light to return from any surrounding objects, combine it with video data and create real time 3D images.

This can be used to track facial or hand movements, map out a room, remove background from an image or even overlay 3D objects in an image. Plus much more as you will see below.

This is the package we decided on for the electronics and mission capability

Flight Controller Selection
You should select a board that suits the physical constraints of your vehicle, the activities you wish to perform, and of course cost.

PX4 can run on many flight controller boards (see Autopilot Hardware, or the list of supported boards here on Github). A subset of the available options are listed below.

Pixhawk Series
Pixhawk Series open-hardware flight controllers run PX4 on NuttX OS. With many form factors, there are versions targeted towards many use cases and market segments.

If you need computer vision or other computationally intensive tasks then instead consider a board with companion computing.

Controller Description
mRo Pixhawk Popular general purpose flight controller (this is a slightly updated version of the discontinued 3DR Pixhawk 1).
Also consider: HKPilot32, Dropix, mRobotics-X2.1.
Pixracer Very small/light autopilot optimised for FPV racers. It is suited to any small frame that requires no more than 6 PWM outputs.
Also consider: Pixhawk 3 Pro, MindRacer, Pixfalcon.
Pixhawk Mini Small general purpose autopilot that has been optimised for ease of setup.
The controller has internal vibration damping and only 8 main outputs (no AUX ports), making it much less daunting to install and connect. It is not suitable for vehicles/functions that require AUX ports.
Pixhawk 2 Flexible autopilot intended primarily for manufacturers of commercial systems. It is designed to be used with a domain-specific carrier board in order to reduce the wiring, improve reliability, and ease of assembly.
Pixhawk 4 Pixhawk 4 is optimized to run PX4 version 1.7 and is suitable for academic and commercial developers. It features more computing power and 2X the RAM than previous versions, additional ports for better integration and expansion, new sensors and integrated vibration isolation.
Autopilots for Computationally Intensive Tasks
These flight controllers (and development platforms) offer on-vehicle "companion computing", enabling computer vision and other computationally intensive tasks.

Controller Description
Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight A high-end autopilot computer that runs PX4 on the DSP (on QuRT RTOS). It includes a camera and WiFi.
Intel® Aero Ready to Fly Drone A UAS development platform that integrates a Linux computer, PX4 on NuttX, and a camera in a single package.
Raspberry Pi 2/3 Navio2 RaPi can be connected to an autopilot and used as a companion computer.
Commercial UAVs that can run PX4
PX4 is available on many popular commercial drone products, including some that ship with PX4 and others that can be updated with PX4 (allowing you to add mission planning and other PX4 Flight modes to your vehicle).

For more information see Complete Vehicles.

TBS Tango II Pro

TBS Crossfire TX - Long Range R/C Transmitter

TBS.   Made in china

ESC settings, protocols, firmware

https://oscarliang.com/esc-firmware-protocols/

Nowadays, all ESC’s come with firmware pre-installed, most commonly BLHeli_S or BLHeli_32 depending on the hardware. Anyway this should be clearly stated in the product description.

make sure the firmware is up to date for bug fixes and improvement.

@billybob  we chose

Kore Carrier Board

FEATURES AT-A-GLANCE

• Up to 12-cell Lithium battery (50.4V)
• 140A continuous current with 280A surges
• Power and signal for ESCs conveniently located in corners
• 12V navigation light power available at each cornerBuilt-in power distribution
• Built-in voltage and current sense
• Redundant power supplies for flight critical components
• Payload connectors with resettable fuses for 5V, 12V, and direct battery power
• Good power and error indicator lights
• Built-in buzzer with volume control
• Connectors for every function of Pixhawk Cube
• Easily accessible PWM voltage level selector (3.3V or 5V)
• Resistant to ground bounce on PWM signal
• Connector-compatible with standard ProfiCNC carrier board
• Connector ports for debugging IO and FMU processors