Description:

On-Screen Display Ardupilot Mega MinimOSD Rev. 1.1 OSD diy drones APM2  APM2.5 APM2.6 APM2.8

APM has an companion OSD board called MinimOSD. It reads all the MAVLink data in the APM telemetry stream and overlays it on the video stream if you're using an on-board camera and wireless video transmitter. This is useful if you're flying in First Person View (FPV) mode or don't want to use a laptop at the field to see your telemetry data in the Mission Planner.

Instructions on connecting and using the MinimOSD board via the APM telemetry port are here. Connection photos with APM 1 and APM 2 are below.

Important note:

You cannot connect use the OSD when your APM 2. is also connected via USB (they share the same port). Make sure you disconnect your USB cable from the APM 2 board before attempting to use the OSD.