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Xtreme Power Systems is the
premiere developer of high tech R/C electronics.
March 25th, 2012
Congratulations to James Cameron!
Today, James Cameron
was the first man in history to complete a solo dive to
the Mariana Trench. Jim Drew, CEO of XPS, spent
time with James Cameron last week going over the
electronic 'flight' control system that XPS developed for the
expedition's ROV. XPS has been under contract for
the last 10 months, working with Mike Cameron (James'
brother) who developed all of the ROVs used by James
Cameron for exploration of the Titanic and Bismarck.
During this time, virtually all progress on our future
products was halted so that we could be part of this
historic event.
James Cameron prior to his historic
dive (credit: National Geographic)
2.4GHz
Spread Spectrum Air Product Comparison Guide
| Product Feature /
Description |
Spektrum DSM |
Spektrum DSM2 |
Futaba FASST |
XPS
XtremeLink® |
| Radio Speed
(effective throughput) |
31.25Kbps |
128Kbps |
128Kbps |
256Kbps |
| Frequency
Hopping |
No |
No |
Yes |
YES(1) |
| Specified
range |
~1000
feet |
"line
of sight" |
"line
of sight" |
Up
to 5 miles |
| Resolution |
256
(8 bits) |
1024
(10 bits) |
32768
(15 bits) |
65536
(16 bits) |
| Number of
systems that can be in use simultaneously |
39 |
~80 |
???? |
500 |
| Real time,
built in telemetry interface |
No |
No |
No |
YES |
| True bi-directional
communications |
No |
No |
No |
YES |
| Module
pricing (MSRP of transmitter module/receiver) |
N/A |
$239-$299 |
$249-$399 |
$99 |
| Receiver
pricing (MSRP of receivers) |
$49.99 |
$49.99-$169.99 |
$59.99-$219.99 |
$29.95-$99 |
| Latency
(measured from stick input to receiver output) |
Several
frames |
Up
to 1 frame |
Up
to 1 frame |
2ms
to 1 frame |
| Failsafe
programmable for each individual channel |
No |
No |
No |
YES |
| Operating
voltage range |
4.7v-10v |
3.5v-10v |
2.7v-16v |
2.0v-30v |
| Support for
all transmitters, regardless of age (requires trainer port) |
No |
No |
No |
YES |
| Product
warranty |
???? |
???? |
???? |
LIFETIME(2) |
(1) 5 different types of hopping are available!
(2) Limited lifetime warranty applies to
parts and workmanship, labor charges may apply.
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Our products are developed
in-house by electronic and software engineers having more than 30 years
of experience. These same engineers also happen to be R/C pilots
and drivers.
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