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Digital Night Vision Cameras (Zero Lux) - Are they possible yet?

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After watching Joshua Bardwell and others fly FPV with Caddx Infra camera systems, I'm dedicating my next build to support infrared video and a small 850 nm spotlight. It's an amazing updrade that I think will add immense value to a drone. Does anyone know if the newer digital VTX systems (Walksnail, HDzero, etc) can support thermal or infrared cams yet? There's some really cool analog ones out there for obtainable prices but if a digital VTX can be adapted to support analog cams or if a digital version exists I'm interested. I can't seem to find any by searching. Is it even possible to convert an analog drone cam into a format that will work with a digital VTX?

Added this later after chatting with Grok: Analog Video to MIPI converter

See pic related. This looks promising. Is it really going to be compatible with Drone MIPI connectors?
 

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You can get thermals for the Walksnail avatar system It takes some doing tho. certainly not plug and play.
 

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