ArduPilot Rover Release Notes:
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Release 4.6.3 04-Nov-2025 / 4.6.3-beta1 14-Oct-2025
Changes from 4.6.2
1) Board specific changes
- Accton Godwit G-A1 support
- ARK FPV, ARK Pi6X, and ARKV6X Extended Range support
- Blitz Wing H743 and H743 Pro I2C pullup fixes
- Blitz Wing H743 and H743 Pro now use SPA06 barometer
- BOTWINGF405 support
- Brahma F4 support
- CUAV OpenDroneID support
- CUAV-7-Nano now uses IIM-42653 accel/gyro
- CUAV-X25-EVO support
- DAKEFPV H743 and H743 Pro support
- GEPRC TAKER H743 BT support
- Orqa FC 3030 H7 QuadCore support
- RadiolinkF405 support
- S-Vehicle E2-Plus support
- SequreH743 now uses DPS310 and DPS368 baro
- SIYI N7 now uses ICM45686 accel/gyro
- SkystarsF405v2 support
- SPEDIX H743 analog VTX enabled
- TBS LUCID H7 fix VSW control
- TBS Lucid H7 Wing AIO support
- ZeroOne X6 bi-directional DShot support
2) Driver bug fixes and enhancements
- DJI goggles support for iNAV multi-page fonts
- Gremsy mounts cope with NaN in device information
- OSD can now be controlled over DroneCAN serial passthrough
3) Copter specific fixes
- Correct setting of deadzone on RC tuning channel
4) Plane specific fixes and enhancements
- Added option to disable IMU check with ICE running
- Fix landing flare when using rangefinder
- Fix landing slope when when a rangefinder exists, but is not in use
- For gliders with airspeed sensors mounted behind the prop, disable airspeed calibration when throttle is not idle
- Improve TECS behavior when using MIN_GROUNDSPEED
- Make RNGFND_LANDING a bitmask
- Quadplane terrain avoidance applet
- Remove roll-rate limit in fixed-wing recovery
5) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- Correct starting of CAN multicast server
- Cygwin SITL stability fixes
- Data race in parameter creation fixed
- ECC check no longer causes firmware wipe if error is recoverable or if only param pages impacted
- FFT uses primary gyro instead of first available
- GPS blending fix when one GPS loses lock
- Harmonic notch filter fixes for scripted motor mixers
- Lua applet for arming checks
- Lua binding for getting rally points
- More BLHeli passthrough fixes
- Networking stack overflow (and subsequent watchdog) fixed
- Pre-arm check for system initialization
- Printing extremely small numbers no longer causes an infinite loop
- Raspberry Pi 5 board-type detection fixed
- Scripting fix for parameter indices being registered out of order
- Septentrio GPS fixes
- SimNet simulator support
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Release 4.6.2 17-Jul-2025 / 4.6.2-beta2 02-Jul-2025
Changes from 4.6.2-beta1
1) Board specific changes
- AEDROX H7 support
- FoxeerF405v2, GEPRCF745BTHD now use SPA06 barometer
- Skystars H7HDv2 support
- SPEDIX F405, H743 support
2) Copter/VTOL position control PSC_VELXY_D param default reduced from 0.5 to 0.25
3) Plane specific changes
- DO_RETURN_PATH_START mission command support
- System ID feature implemented in Quadplane and enabled through an AUX switch
- VTOLs get reduce speed scaler in assisted flight at low airspeed
4) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- Copter/VTOL AutoTune fix to restore gains when tuning aborts
- ChibiOS tools fix to include bootloaders in hex files (no user impact)
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Release 4.6.2-beta1 26-Jun-2025
Changes from 4.6.1
1) Board specific changes
- GEPRC autopilots support QMC5883P compass
- JFB110 SD card speed increased (resolves startup failure)
- MicoAir743-AIO OSD type fixed
- Sequre-H743/H743v2 autopilot support
2) Plane specific changes
- LOITER_TURNS command with zero turns fixed (was skipping waypoint)
- VTOL transitions lose unnecessary bad descent protection
3) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- BLHeli passthrough fixes
- CAN race condition fixed on Linux and SITL
- ChibiOS serial driver initialisation respects options to disable TX/RX DMA
- CRSF bootstrap completes when not using passthrough
- CRSF ground speed fixed (was about 20% off)
- DroneCAN GPS ellipsoid alt only trusted if different from AMSL (avoids false impression of zero undulation)
- DroneCAN Servos/ESCs fix when commanding output PWM of zero (previously could go to min or full reverse for bidir ESCs)
- Fence and Rally point upload using older MISSION_ITEM messages fixed
- Flash ECC check fixed on H7 boards
- LD06/LD19 lidar get mode filter to reduce sensitivity to sunlight
- Linux serial driver initial baud rate fixed
- MPPT power module nullptr check added to prevent potential hardfault
- Networking PPP made much more robust
- "No ap_message for mavlink id" message removed on all boards except SITL
- Parameter writes via FTP correctly obey parameter's read-only setting
- Scripting fix for null pointer dereferences when passing incorrect types to certain functions expecting strings
- Sensor health reporting made threadsafe (previously could incorrectly report unhealthy)
- Set-message-interval mavlink messages rejected if intervals below -1
- Siyi ZT6 gets warning if using old camera firmware (should use 0.1.9 or higher)
- SLCAN potential hardfault on arming fixed
- SPLO6 baro initialisation fix
- UBlox F9P driver fix for GPSs configured to never send MSG_STATUS
- VTX hang when setting LowRace band fixed
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Release 4.6.1 19-Jun-2025 / 4.6.1-beta1 14-Jun-2025
Changes from 4.6.0
1) Bug Fixes
- Prevent firmware erasure on boards using flash for parameter storage
- bootloaders rebuilt for H7 boards using flash for parameter storage
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Release 4.6.0 21-May-2025
Changes from 4.6.0-beta6
1) Bug Fixes
- Plane landing fix to handle AGL or AMSL locations
- TBS bootloaders updated to avoid firmware erase on ECC error
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Release 4.6.0-beta6 28-Apr-2025
Changes from 4.6.0-beta5
1) Board specific changes
- ARK FPV, LumenierLuxF765, MicroAir743, StellarF4v2, X-MAV-AP-H743v2 OSD Type defaults fixed
- BETAFPV-F405-I2C UART6 fix
- BrotherHobby F405v3 and H743 support
- FlywooF405HD VTX power pin fixed
- NarinFC-H7 support
- TBS Lucid H7 Wing support
- TBS Lucid H7 support for both I2C ports
2) Driver bug fixes and enhancements
- DroneCAN semaphore bug fixed which affected MPPT battery and Serial-over-CAN
- GPS logs altitude above ellipsoid instead of undulation
- GSOF GPS protects against port misconfiguration
- UBlox GPS configuration sped up
- Lua script battery monitor failures that could cause hardfaults fixed
- Nova GPS undulation fix
- Proximity backends increased to 5
- SCHA63T IMU temperature reporting bug fixed
3) Plane specific fixes and enhancements
- Circle mode terrain alt handling fixed
- Fence re-enable after fence breach fixed
- Prevent rotation pitch calculations from running post-rotation
- Takeoff leveloff timeout check added
- Terrain guided target intermediate alt handling fixed
4) Copter SCurve navigation fix to avoid excessive vertical speed when passing through waypoints
5) Rover circle mode and QuickTune support smaller vehicles
6) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- AHRS initial orientation fixed when autopilot mounted in non-default orientation
- AIRSPEED mavlink message health flags fixed
- CAMERA_FOV_STATUS message always sent (once requested), attitude is earth-frame and FOV can be decimal numbers
- DDS / ROS2 fix to provide clock_gettime only on ChibiOS boards
- Lightware I2C and HC SR04 fixed timestamp for last reading (should only affect AP_Periph devices)
- "No ap_message for mavlink id" warning removed
- Power brick2 valid flag fixed on some boards
- Pre-arm check that gyro read rate is at least the main loop rate
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Release 4.6.0-beta5 31-Mar-2025
Changes from 4.6.0-beta4
1) Board specfic changes
- MFT-SEMA100 compass orientation fix
- SpeedyBee F405 AIO support
2) Driver bug fixes and enhancements
- Bdshot locking issue fix for slow boards that could cause the flight controller to crash
- BMP280 barometer error handling during init improved
- CADDX gimbal RC update rate fixed
- Hexsoon 77G and 24G radar support
- IE FuelCell generator data rate increased
- IIS2MDC compass support
- LD19/LD06 proximity sensor data length sanity check fix
- RC output cork/push fix to avoid potential motor knocking
- SBF MosaicX5 packets with invalid length ignored
- SPL06 barometer accuracy improvements
- Ublox M10 configuration fix
3) Plane specific fixes and enhancements
- Tiltrotor motor check fixed used in throttle control handover from VTOL to forward flight
- Improved QAssist and VTOL mode recovery from bad attitudes
- Fixed rudder output in VTOL modes
- Added fix for indecision in the roll controller close to inverted
- Ensure tiltrotors use consistent fixed wing and VTOL rates
- Clear inverted control flag on Q-mode entry
- Auto-deploy landing gear on all fixed wing landings when enabled
- Prevent learning bad ARSP_RATIO values when not flying
4) Rover specific fixes and enhancements
- Lua bindings for Follow mode
- WATER_DEPTH mavlink message rate fix
5) Parameter description improvements
- ADSB_LIST_ALT param desc improved
- Alphabetised type params for CAN, Mount, OptFlow, Proximity, Rangefinder, Serial Manager
- Copter's battery failsafe action gets "Brake or Land"
- LOG_FILE_BUFSIZE units fixed
- MOT_THST_HOVER range fixed
- SERIALx_BAUD value added for PPP networking
6) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- Arming check for EKF3 velocity innovations
- Copter's LOG_BITMASK includes PIDs by default
- DO_SET_ROI_LOCATION mission command support
- MCU min/max voltage logging fix
- MIS_OPTION parameter handling fixed
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Release 4.6.0-beta4 14-Feb-2025
Changes from 4.6.0-beta3
1) Board specfic changes
- BETAFPV F405 supports DPS310 baro
- BETAFPV F405 board variants added
2) Driver enhancements
- CADDX camera gimbal support
- UltraMotion CAN servo support
3) Copter specific fixes and minor enhancements
- SysId mode uninitialised variables fixed
- ARMING_OPTIONS gets "Require position for arming" (was in FLIGHT_OPTIONS)
4) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- AM32 ESC passthrough fixed
- BMP581 baro initialisation fix
- DDS/ROS2 driver waits indefinitely until companion computer running ROS2 starts
- Lua script potential deadlock fix when initialising mavlink in script
- Mcast and HW CAN bridging disabled by default
- Plane's TILT log message only logged on tilt-rotors
- ROMFS race condition when opening files that caused apparent script corruption fixed
- Serial flow control support on UARTS 6 to 8
- Serial passthrough fix to restore parity upon completion
- Serial protocol parameter fix to include I-Bus Telemetry
- uAvionix ping200X driver fixes
- Video stream information lua script param index fixed (avoids param conflict with other scripts)
- ViewPro object tracking fixed
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Release 4.6.0-beta3 21-Jan-2025
Changes from 4.6.0-beta2
1) Board specfic changes
- AEROFOX-H7 support
- AET-H743-Basic support
- ESP32 memory initialisation fix
- MicoAir743AIO and MicoAir743v2 support
- OrqaF405Pro supports ICM42688 IMU
- TBS Lucid Pro support
2) Plane related enhancements and bug fixes
- RC aux channel option for C++ QuikTune
- TECs uses external HAGL (if available) for landing
3) DDS/ROS2 pre-arm check and copter takeoff service
4) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- BATTx_OPTIONS param desc fixed
- BLHeli telemetry ESC index fixed on boards with IOMCU
- CAN manager logging critical race condition fixed (only occurred if CAN_LOGLEVEL was 1 or higher)
- DShot EDTv2 logging fixed
- ICM45686 IMU FIFO read rate fixed (could read unnecessarily quickly)
- LDRobot LD06 proximity driver prevents possible read buffer overrun
- LDRobot LD06 proximity driver averages over 2deg slices (was 12 deg)
- RunCam/OSD menu movements obey RC channel reversal
- Topotek camera gimbal pitch rate control direction fixed
- TradHeli AutoTune rate and accel limiting fixed
- VTOL-quiktune script gets QUIK_ANGLE_MAX to prevent bad oscillation if tuning algorithm fails
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Release 4.6.0-beta2 11 Dec 2024
Changes from 4.6.0-beta1
1) Board specfic changes
- FoxeerF405v2 supports BMP280 baro
- KakuteH7, H7-Mini, H7-Wing, F4 support SPA06 baro
- MUPilot support
- SkySakura H743 support
- TBS Lucid H7 support
- VUAV-V7pro README documentation fixed
- X-MAV AP-H743v2 CAN pin definition fixed
2) Copter specific enhancements and bug fixes
- AutoTune fix for calc of maximum angular acceleration
- Advanced Failsafe customer build server option
3) Plane related enhancements and bug fixes
- QuadPlane fix for QLand getting stuck in pilot repositioning
- QuikTune C++ conversion (allow running quiktun on F4 and f7 boards)
- Takeoff direction fixed when no yaw source
- TECS correctly handles home altitude changes
4) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
- AIRSPEED_AUTOCAL mavlink message only sent when required and fixed for 2nd sensor
- CAN frame logging added to ease support
- CRSF reconnection after failsafe fixed
- EKF3 position and velocity resets default to user defined source
- Ethernet IP address default 192.168.144.x
- Fence autoenable fix when both RCn_OPTION=11/Fence and FENCE_AUTOENABLE = 3 (AutoEnableOnlyWhenArmed)
- Fence pre-arm check that vehicle is within polygon fence
- Fence handling of more than 256 items fixed
- FFT protection against divide-by-zero in Jain estimator
- Frsky telemetry apparent wind speed fixed
- Inertial sensors stop sensor converging if motors arm
- Inertial sensors check for changes to notch filters fixed
- Real Time Clock allowed to shift forward when disarmed
- ROS2/DDS get/set parameter service added
- Scripting gets memory handling improvements
- Scripting promote video-stream-information to applet
- Topotek gimbal driver uses GIA message to retrieve current angle
- Tramp VTX OSD power indicator fixed
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Release 4.6.0-beta1 13 Nov 2024
Changes from 4.5.7
1) Board specific changes
- AnyLeaf H7 supports compass and onboard logging
- Blitz743Pro supports CAN
- BlueRobotics Navigator supports BMP390 baro
- Bootloader ECC failure check fixed on boards with >128k bootloader space (e.g CubeRed)
- CB Unmanned Stamp H743 support
- ClearSky CSKY405 support
- CUAV-7-Nano default batt monitor fixed
- CubeRed bootloader fixes including disabling 2nd core by default
- CubeRed supports PPP networking between primary and secondary MCU
- CubeRedPrimary supports external compasses
- ESP32 main loop rate improvements
- ESP32 RC input fixes and wifi connection reliability improved
- ESP32 safety switch and GPIO pin support
- FlyingMoon no longer support MAX7456
- Flywoo F405HD-AIOv2 ELRS RX pin pulled high during boot
- Flywoo H743 Pro support
- Flywoo/Goku F405 HD 1-2S ELRS AIO v2
- FlywooF745 supports DPS310 baro
- FPV boards lose SMBus battery support (to save flash)
- GEPRC F745BTHD support
- GEPRCF745BTHD loses parachute support, non-BMP280 baros (to save flash)
- Here4FC bootloader fix for mismatch between RAM0 and periph that could prevent firmware updates
- Holybro Kakute F4 Wing support
- iFlight 2RAW H743 supports onboard logging
- JFB110 supports measuring servo rail voltage
- JFB110 supports safety switch LED
- JHEM-JHEF405 bootloader supports firmware updates via serial
- JHEMCU GF30H743 HD support
- JHEMCU-GF16-F405 autopilot support
- JHEMCU-GSF405A becomes FPV board (to save flash)
- KakuteF7 only supports BMP280 baro (to save flash)
- KakuteH7Mini supports ICM42688 IMU
- Linux auto detection of GPS baud rate fixed
- Linux board scheduler jitter reduced
- Linux board shutdown fixes
- MakeFlyEasy PixPilot-V6Pro support
- MatekF405, Pixhawk1-1M-bdshot, revo-mini loses blended GPS (to save flash)
- MatekH7A3 support Bi-directional DShot
- MicoAir405v2 and MicoAir405Mini support optical flow and OSD
- MicoAir743 internal compass orientation fixed
- MicroAir405Mini, MicroAir743, NxtPX4v2 support
- MicroAir405v2 Bi-directional DShot and LED DMA fixes
- MicroAir405v2 defined as FPV board with reduced features (to save flash)
- ModalAI VOXL2 support including Starling 2 and Starling 2 max
- mRo Control Zero Classic supports servo rail analog input
- mRo KitCAN revC fixed
- Mugin MUPilot support
- OmnibusF7v2 loses quadplane support (to save flash)
- Pixhack-v3 board added (same as fmuv3)
- Pixhawk6C bootloader supports flashing firmware from SD card
- RadiolinkPIX6 imu orientation fixed
- RadiolinkPIX6 supports SPA06 baro
- ReaperF745 V4 FC supports MPU6000 IMU
- RPI5 support
- SDModelH7v2 SERIAL3/7/9_PROTOCOL param defaults changed
- Solo serial ports default to MAVLink1
- SpeedyBeeF405Wing gets Bi-directional DShot
- SpeedyBeeF405WING loses landing gear support, some camera gimbals (to save flash)
- Spektreworks boom board support
- TrueNavPro-G4 SPI does not share DMA
- X-MAV AP-H743v2 support
2) AHRS/EKF enhancements and fixes
- AHRS_OPTION to disable fallback to DCM (affects Plane and Rover, Copter never falls back)
- AHRS_OPTION to disable innovation check for airspeed sensor
- Airspeed sensor health check fixed when using multiple sensors and AHRS affinity
- DCM support for MAV_CMD_EXTERNAL_WIND_ESTIMATE (Plane only)
- EK2 supports disabling external nav (see EK2_OPTIONS)
- EK3 External Nav position jump after switch from Optical flow removed (see EK3_SRC_OPTION=1)
- EK3 uses filtered velocity corrections for IMU position
- EKF2, EKF3, ExternalAHRS all use common origin
- EKF3 accepts set origin even when using GPS
- EKF3 allows earth-frame fields to be estimated with an origin but no GPS
- EKF3 copes better with GPS jamming
- EKF3 logs mag fusion selection to XKFS
- EKF3 wind estimation when using GPS-for-yaw fixed
- External AHRS improvements including handling variances, pre-arm origin check
- Inertial Labs External AHRS fixes
- VectorNav driver fix for handling of error from sensor
- VectorNav External AHRS enhancements including validation of config commands and logging improvements
- VectorNav support for sensors outside VN-100 and VN-300
3) Driver enhancements and bug fixes
- ADSB fix to display last character in status text sent to GCS
- Ainstein LR-D1 radar support
- Airspeed ASP5033 whoami check fixed when autopilot rebooted independently of the sensor
- AIRSPEED message sent to GCS
- Analog temperature sensor extended to 5th order polynomial (see TEMP_A5)
- ARSPD_OPTIONS to report calibration offset to GCS
- Baro EAS2TAS conversions continuously calculated reducing shocks to TECS (Plane only)
- Baro provides improved atmospheric model for high altitude flight
- BARO_ALT_OFFSET slew slowed to keep EKF happy
- BATTx_ESC_MASK param supports flexible mapping of ESCs to batteries
- BATTx_OPTION to not send battery voltage, current, etc to GCS
- Benewake RDS02U radar support
- Bi-directional DShot on IOMCU supports reversible mask
- Bi-directional DShot telemetry support on F103 8Mhz IOMCUs
- BMM350 compass support
- CAN rangefinders and proximity sensors may share a CAN bus (allows NRA24 and MR72 on a single CAN bus)
- Compass calibration world magnetic model checks can use any position source (e.g. not just GPS)
- CRSF baro and vertical speeed fixed
- CRSF RX bind command support
- DroneCAN battery monitor check to avoid memory corruption when type changed
- DroneCAN DNA server fixes including removing use of invalid node IDs, faster ID allocation, elimination of rare inability to save info
- DroneCAN EFI health check fix
- DroneCAN ESC battery monitors calculate consumed mah
- DroneCAN ESCs forced to zero when disarmed
- DroneCAN RPM message support
- DroneCAN timeout fix for auxiliary frames
- DroneCAN to serial tunneling params accepts short-hand baud rates (e.g. '57' for '57600')
- F9P, F10-N and Zed-F9P support for GPSx_GNSS_MODE to turn on/off SBAS, Galileo, Beidou and Glonass
- FuelLevel battery monitor fix to report capacity
- GPS_xxx params renamed to GPS1_xxx, GPS_xxx2 renamed to GPS2_xxx
- Hirth EFI logging includes modified throttle
- Hirth ICEngine supports reversed crank direction (see ICE_OPTIONS parameter)
- Hott and LTM telemetry deprecated (still available through custom build server)
- i-BUS telemetry support
- ICE_PWM_IGN_ON, ICE_PWM_IGN_OFF, ICE_PWM_STRT_ON, ICE_PWM_STRT_OFF replaced with SERVOx_MIN/MAX/REVERSED (Plane only)
- ICE_START_CHAN replaced with RC aux function (Plane only)
- ICEngine retry max added (see ICE_STRT_MX_RTRY)
- IE 2400 generator error message severity to GCS improved
- INA2xx battery monitor support (reads temp, gets MAX_AMPS and SHUNT params)
- MCP9600 temperature sensor I2C address fixed
- MLX90614 temperature sensor support
- MSP GPS ground course scaling fixed
- MSP RC uses scaled RC inputs (fixes issue with RCx_REVERSED having no effect)
- Networking supports reconnection to TCP server or client
- OSD params for adjusting horizontal spacing and vertical extension (see OSD_SB_H_OFS, OSD_SB_V_EXT)
- Relay inverted output support (see RELAYx_INVERTED parameter)
- ROMFS efficiency improvements
- RS-485 driver enable RTS flow control
- Sagetech MXS ADSP altitude fix (now uses abs alt instead of terrain alt)
- Septentrio GPS sat count correctly drops to zero when 255 received
- Septentrio supports selecting constellations (see GPS_GNSS_MODE)
- Single LED for user notification supported
- SPA06 baro supported
- Sum battery monitor optionally reports minimum voltage instead of average
- Sum battery monitor reports average temp
- Torqeedo dual motor support (see TRQ1, TRQ2 params)
- Ublox GPS driver uses 64 bit time for PPS interrupt (avoids possible dropout at 1hour and 12 minutes)
- UBlox GPS time ignored until at least 2D fix
- VideoTX supports additional freq bands (RushFPV 3.3Ghz)
- Volz logs desired and actual position, voltage, current, motor and PCB temp
- Volz server feedback and logging fixed
- Volz servo output in its own thread resulting in smoother movements
- W25N02KV flash support
4) Networking enhancements and fixes
- Allow multiple UDP clients to connect/disconnect/reconnect
- Ethernet supports faster log downloading (raised SDMMC clock limit on H7)
5) Camera and gimbal enhancements
- Alexmos precision improved slightly
- CAMERA_CAPTURE_STATUS mavlink msg sent to GCS (reports when images taken or video recorded, used by QGC)
- CAMERA_FOV_STATUS mavlink reports lat,lon of what camera is pointing at
- DO_MOUNT_CONTROL yaw angle interpreted as body-frame (was incorrectly being interpreted as earth-frame)
- Dual serial camera gimbal mounts fixed
- Lua script bindings to send CAMERA_INFORMATION and VIDEO_STREAM_INFORMATION messages to GCS
- Retract Mount2 aux function added (see RCx_OPTION = 113)
- Servo gimbal reported angles respect roll, pitch and yaw limits
- Siyi driver sends autopilot location and speed (recorded in images via EXIF)
- Siyi picture and video download scripts
- Siyi ZT6 and ZT30 support sending min, max temperature (see CAMERA_THERMAL_RANGE msg)
- Siyi ZT6 and ZT30 thermal palette can be changed using camera-change-setting.lua script
- Siyi ZT6 hardware id and set-lens fixed
- Topotek gimbal support
- Trigger distance ignores GPS status and only uses EKF reported location
6) Harmonic notch enhancements
- Harmonic notch is active in forward flight on quadplanes
- Harmonic notch filter freq clamping and disabling reworked
- Harmonic notch handles negative ESC RPMs
- Harmonic notch supports per-motor throttle-based harmonic notch
7) Copter specific enhancements and bug fixes
- Attitude control fix to dt update order (reduces rate controller noise)
- Auto mode fix to avoid prematurely advancing to next waypoint if given enough time
- Auto mode small target position jump when takeoff completes removed
- Auto mode yaw drift when passing WP removed if CONDITION_YAW command used and WP_YAW_BEHAVIOR = 0/None
- Auto, Guided flight mode pause RC aux switch (see RCx_OPTION = 178)
- AutoRTL (e.g. DO_LAND_START) uses copter stopping point to decide nearest mission command
- AutoRTL mode supports DO_RETURN_PATH_START (Copter, Heli only)
- AutoTune fix to prevent spool up after landing
- AutoTune performance and safety enhancements (less chance of ESC desync, fails when vehicle likely can't be tuned well)
- Autotune test gains RC aux switch function allows testing gains in any mode (see RCx_OPTION = 180)
- Config error avoided if auto mode is paused very soon after poweron
- FLIGHT_OPTIONS bit added to require position estimate before arming
- Follow mode slowdown calcs fixed when target is moving
- Ground oscillation suppressed by reducing gains (see ATC_LAND_R/P/Y_MULT)
- Guided mode internal error fix when taking off using SET_ATTITUDE_CONTROL message
- Guided mode internal error resolved when switching between thrust or climb rate based altitude control
- Guided mode yaw fixed when WP_YAW_BEHAVIOR = 0/None and CONDITION_YAW command received containing relative angle
- Landing detector fixed when in stabilize mode at full throttle but aircraft is upside down
- Landing detector logging added to ease support (see LDET message)
- Loiter unlimited command accepts NaNs (QGC sends these)
- Mavlink SYSTEM_STATUS set to BOOT during initialisation
- MOT_PWM_TYPE of 9 (PWMAngle) respects SERVOx_MIN/MAX/TRIM/REVERSED param values
- Payload place bug fix when aborted because gripper is already released
- RC based tuning (aka CH6 tuning) can use any RC aux function channel (see RCx_OPTION = 219)
- RTL_ALT minimum reduced to 30cm
- SystemID position controller support (Copter and Heli)
- TriCopter motor test and slew-up fixed
- WPNAV_SPEED min reduced to 10 cm/s (Copter only)
- Loiter mode zeros desired accel when re-entering from Auto during RC failsafe
8) TradHeli specific enhancements
- Autorotation yaw behaviour fix
- Autotune improvements including using low frequency dwell for feedforward gain tuning and conducting sweep in attitude instead of rate
- Blade pitch angle logging added (see SWSH log message)
- Constrain cyclic roll for intermeshing
- ICE / turbine cool down fix
- Inverted flight extended to non manual throttle modes
- Inverted flight transitions smoothed and restricted to only Stabilize mode
- SWSH logging fix for reversed collectives
9) Plane specific enhancements and bug fixes
- AIRSPEED_STALL holds vehicle stall speed and is used for minimum speed scaling
- Allow for different orientations of landing rangefinder
- Assistance requirements evaluted on mode change
- FBWB/CRUISE climb/sink rate limited by TECS limits
- FLIGHT_OPTION to immediately climb in AUTO mode (not doing glide slope)
- Glider pullup support (available only through custom build server)
- Loiter breakout improved to better handle destinations inside loiter circle
- Manual mode throttle made consistent with other modes (e.g battery comp and watt limit is done if enabled)
- Mavlink GUIDED_CHANGE_ALTITUDE supports terrain altitudes
- Minimum throttle not applied during SLT VTOL airbrake (reduces increase in airspeed and alt during back transition)
- Q_APPROACH_DIST set minimum distance to use the fixed wing approach logic
- Quadplane assistance check enhancements
- Quadplane Deca frame support
- Quadplane gets smoother takeoff by input shaping target accel and velocity
- Servo wiggles in altitude wait staged to be one after another
- Set_position_target_global_int accepts MAV_FRAME_GLOBAL_RELATIVE_ALT and MAV_FRAME_GLOBAL_TERRAIN_ALT frames
- Takeoff airspeed control improved (see TKOFF_MODE, TKOFF_THR_MIN)
- Takeoff fixes for fence autoenable
- Takeoff improvements including less overshoot of TKOFF_ALT
- TECS reset along with other controllers (important if plane dropped from balloon)
- Tilt quadplane ramp of motors on back transition fixed
- Tiltrotor tilt angles logged
- TKOFF_THR_MIN applied to SLT transitions
- Twin motor planes with DroneCAN ESCs fix to avoid max throttle at arming due to misconfiguration
- VTOLs switch to QLAND if a LONG_FAILSAFE is triggered during takeoff
10) Rover specific enhancements and bug fixes
- Auto mode reversed state maintained if momentarily switched to Hold mode
- Circle mode tracks better and avoids getting stuck at circle edge
- Flight time stats fixed
- MAV_CMD_NAV_SET_YAW_SPEED deprecated
- Omni3Mecanum frame support
- Stopping point uses max deceleration (was incorrectly using acceleration)
- Wheel rate controller slew rate fix
11) Antenna Tracker specific enhancements and bug fixes
- Never track lat,lon of 0,0
12) Scripting enhancements
- advance-wp.lua applet supports advancing Auto mode WP via RC switch
- AHRS_switch.lua supports switching between EKF2 and EKF3 via RC switch
- battery_internal_resistance_check.lua monitors battery resistance
- CAN:get_device returns nil for unconfigured CAN device
- copter_terrain_brake.lua script added to prevent impact with terrain in Loiter mode (Copter only)
- Copter:get_target_location, update_target_location support
- crosstrack_restore.lua example allows returning to previous track in Auto (Plane only)
- Display text on OLED display supported
- Docs improved for many bindings
- EFI get_last_update_ms binding
- EFI_SkyPower.lua driver accepts 2nd supply voltage
- ESC_slew_rate.lua example script supports testing ESCs
- Filesystem CRC32 check to allow scripts to check module versions
- forced arming support
- GPIO get/set mode bindings (see gpio:set_mode, get_mode)
- GPS-for-yaw angle binding (see gps:gps_yaw_deg)
- Halo6000 EFI driver can log all CAN packets for easier debugging
- handle_external_position_estimate binding allows sending position estimate from lua to EKF
- I2C:transfer support
- IMU gyros_consistent and accels_consistent bindings added
- INF_Inject.lua driver more robust to serial errors, improved logging, throttle and ignition control
- INS bindings for is calibrating, gyro and accel sensor values
- IPV4 address bindings (see SocketAPM_ipv4_addr_to_string) to allow UDP server that responds to individual clients
- Logging of booleans supported
- Lua language checks improved (finds more errors)
- MAVLink commands can be called from scripting
- MCU voltage binding (see analog:mcu_voltage)
- NMEA 2000 EFI driver (see EFI_NMEA2k.lua)
- "open directory failed" false warning when scripts in ROMFS fixed
- Param_Controller.lua supports quickly switching between 3 parameter sets via RC switch
- Pass by reference values are always initialized
- pelco_d_antennatracker.lua applet supports sending Pelco-D via RS-485 to PTZ cameras
- plane_aerobatics.lua minor enhancements
- REPL applet (read-evaluate-print-loop, see repl.lua) for interactive testing and experimentation
- "require" function failures in rare circumstances fixed
- "require" function works for modules in ROMFS (e.g. not on SD card)
- revert_param.lua supports more params (e.g ATC_RATE_R/P/Y, PTCH2SRV_TCONST, RLL2SRV_TCONST, TECS_)
- Scripts may receive mavlink messages which fail CRC (e.g messages which FC does not understand)
- SD card formatting supported
- Serial device simulation support (allows Lua to feed data to any supported serial protocol for e.g. sensor simulation)
- set_target_rate_and_throttle allows rate control from scripts (new for Copter)
- sitl_standby_sim.lua example shows how to switch between redundant flight controllers using an RC switch
- Slung payload oscillation suppression applet added (see copter-slung-payload.lua)
- Temperature sensor bindings added
- uint64 support
- Various performance and memory usage optimizations
- VTOL-quicktune.lua minor enhancements including increasing YAW_FLTE_MAX to 8
- x-quad-cg-allocation.lua applet corrects for the CoM discrepancy in a quad-X frame
13) GCS / mavlink related changes and fixes
- BATTERY2 message deprecated (replaced by BATTERY_STATUS)
- CMD_MISSION_START/STOP rejected if first-item/last-item args provided
- Deny attempts to upload two missions simultaneously
- Fence and Rally points may be uploaded using FTP
- GPS_INPUT and HIL_GPS handles multiple GPSs
- HIGHRES_IMU mavlink message support (used by companion computers to receive IMU data from FC)
- MAV_CMD_COMPONENT_ARM_DISARM accepts force arm magic value of 21196
- MAV_CMD_DO_SET_SAFETY_SWITCH_STATE support
- MAV_CMD_SET_HAGL support (Plane only)
- MAVFTP respects TX buffer flow control to improve FTP on low bandwidth links
- MAVLink receiver support (RADIO_RC_CHANNELS mavlink message)
- Message interval supports TERRAIN_REPORT msg
- Mission upload may be cancelled using MISSION_CLEAR_ALL
- MOUNT_CONFIGURE, MOUNT_CONTROL messages deprecated
- RC_CHANNELS_RAW deprecated
- Serial passthrough supports parity allowing STM32CubeProgrammer to be used to program FrSky R9 receivers
- SET_ATTITUDE_TARGET angular rate input frame fixed (Copter only)
- TIMESYNC and NAMED_VALUE_FLOAT messages not sent on high latency MAVLink ports
14) Logging enhancements and fixes
- AC_PID resets and I-term sets logged
- ANG provides attitude at high rate (equivalent to ATT)
- ATT logs angles as floats (better resolution than ints)
- CAND message gets driver index
- DCM log message includes roll/pitch and yaw error
- EDT2 log msg includes stress and status received via extended DShot Telemetry v2
- EFI ECYL cylinder head and exhaust temp logs in degC (was Kelvin)
- ESCX log msg includes DroneCAN ESCs status, temp, duty cycle and power pct
- FMT messages written as required instead of all at beginning
- Logging restarted after download completes when LOG_DISARMED = 1
- MISE msg logs active mission command (CMD logged when commands are uploaded)
- ORGN message logging fixed when set using SET_GPS_GLOBAL_ORIGIN
- RPM sensor logging gets instance field, quality and health fields
- Short filename support removed (e.g log1.BIN instead of 00000001.BIN)
- Temperature sensor logging option for only sensors with no source (see TEMP_LOG)
- UART data rates logged at 1hz (see UART message)
15) ROS2 / DDS support
- Airspeed published
- Battery topic reports all available batteries
- Compile-time configurable rates for each publisher
- DDS_TIMEOUT_MS and DDS_MAX_RETRY set timeout and num retries when client pings XRCE agent
- GPS global origin published at 1 Hz
- High frequency raw imu data transmission
- Joystick support
- Support sending waypoints to Copter and Rover
- Remove the XML refs file in favor of binary entity creation
16) Safety related enhancements and fixes
- Accel/Gyro inconsistent message fixed for using with only single IMU
- Battery monitor failure reported to GCS, triggers battery failsafe but does not take action
- Far from EKF origin pre-arm check removed (Copter only)
- Fence breach warning message slightly improved
- Fence enhancements incluiding alt min fence (Copter only, see FENCE_AUTOENABLE, FENCE_OPTIONS)
- Fences can be stored to SD Card (see BRD_SD_FENCE param)
- ICEngine stopped when in E-Stop or safety engaged (Plane only)
- LEDs flash green lights based on EKF location not GPS
- Parachute option to skip disarm before parachute release (see CHUTE_OPTIONS)
- Plane FENCE_AUTOENABLE of 1 or 2 deprecation warning added
- Pre-arm check if OpenDroneID is compiled in but disabled
- Pre-arm check of duplicate RC aux functions fixed (was skipping recently added aux functions)
- Pre-arm checks alert user more quickly on failure
- Prearm check for misconfigured EAHRS_SENSORS and GPS_TYPE
- Proximity sensor based avoidance keeps working even if one proximity sensor fails (Copter, Rover)
- RC aux functions for Arm, Disarm, E-Stop and Parachute ignored when RC is first turned on
- Warning of duplicate SERIALx_PROTOCOL = RCIN
17) Other bug fixes and minor enhancements
- Accel cal fixed for auxiliary IMUs (e.g. IMU4 and higher)
- Bootloader fix to reduce unnecessary mass erasing of flash when using STLink or Jlink tools
- Bootloader rejects allocation of broadcast node ID
- CAN forward registering/de-registering fix (affected Mission Planner DroneCAN UI)
- Dijkstras fix to correct use of uninitialised variable
- DShot rates are not limited by NeoPixel rates
- Ethernet and CAN bootloader fix to prevent getting stuck in bootloader mode
- Filesystem does not show entries for empty @ files
- Filesystem efficiency improvements when reading files
- Flight statistics only reset if user sets STAT_RESET to zero (avoids accidental reset)
- Flight time statistics updated on disarm (avoids issue if vehicle powered-down soon after disarm)
- Internal error thrown if we lose parameters due to saving queue being too small
- MAVLink via DroneCAN baud rate fix
- SPI pins may also be used as GPIOs
- Terrain cache size configurable (see TERRAIN_CACHE_SZ)
18) Developer focused fixes and enhancements
- AP_Camera gets example python code showing how to use GStreamer with UDP and RTSP video streams
- Cygwin build fix for non-SITL builds
- Cygwin build fixed with malloc wrap
- DroneCAN and scripting support FlexDebug messages (see CAN_Dn_UC_OPTION, FlexDebug.lua)
- EKF3 code generator documentation and cleanup
- GPS jamming simulator added
- MacOS compiler warnings reduced
- SFML joystick support
- SITL support for OpenBSD
- Text warning if older Fence or Rally point protocols are used
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.7 08 Oct 2024
Changes from 4.5.7-beta1
1) Reverted Septentrio GPS sat count correctly drops to zero when 255 received
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.7-beta1 26 Sep 2024
Changes from 4.5.6
1) Bug fixes and minor enhancements
- VUAV-V7pro support
- CUAV-7-Nano correction for LEDs and battery volt and current scaling
- DroneCAN deadlock and saturation of CAN bus fixed
- DroneCAN DNA server init fix (caused logging issues and spam on bus)
- F4 boards with inverter support correctly uninvert RX/TX
- Nanoradar M72 radar driver fix for object avoidance path planning
- RC support for latest version of GHST
- Septentrio GPS sat count correctly drops to zero when 255 received
2) ROS2/DDS and other developer focused enhancements
- AP quaternions normalised for ROS2 to avoid warnings
- Dependencies fixed for easier installation
- ROS2 SITL launch file enhancements including displaying console and map
- ROS_DOMAIN_ID param added to support multiple vehicles or instances of ROS2
- Python 3.12 support
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.6 03 Sep 2024
No changes from 4.5.6-beta1
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.6-beta1 20 Aug 2024
Changes from 4.5.5
1) Board specific enhancements and bug fixes
- 3DR Control Zero H7 Rev G support
- CUAV-7-Nano support
- FoxeerF405v2 servo outputs increased from 9 to 11
- Holybro Pixhawk6C hi-power peripheral overcurrent reporting fixed
- iFlight 2RAW H7 support
- MFT-SEMA100 support
- TMotorH743 support BMI270 baro
- ZeroOneX6 support
2) Minor enhancements and bug fixes
- Cameras using MAVLink report vendor and model name correctly
- DroneCAN fix to remove occasional NodeID registration error
- GPS NMEA and GSoF driver ground course corrected (now always 0 ~ 360 deg)
- ICP101XX barometer slowed to avoid I2C communication errors
- IMU temp cal param (INSn_ACCSCAL_Z) stored correctly when bootloader is flashed
- IMU gyro/accel duplicate id registration fixed to avoid possible pre-arm failure
- Logging to flash timestamp fix
- OSD displays ESC temp instead of motor temp
- PID controller error calculation bug fix (was using target from prev iteration)
- Relay on MAIN pins fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.5 1st Aug 2024
No changes from 4.5.5-beta2
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.5-beta2 27 July 2024
Changes from 4.5.5-beta1
1) Board specific enhancements and bug fixes
- CubeRed's second core disabled at boot to avoid spurious writes to RAM
- CubeRed bootloader's dual endpoint update method fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.5-beta1 1st July 2024
Changes from 4.5.4
1) Board specific enhancements and bug fixes
- fixed IOMCU transmission errors when using bdshot
- update relay parameter names on various boards
- add ASP5033 airspeed in minimal builds
- added RadiolinkPIX6
- fix Aocoda-RC H743Dual motor issue
- use ICM45686 as an ICM20649 alternative in CubeRedPrimary
2) System level minor enhancements and bug fixes
- correct use-after-free in script statistics
- added arming check for eeprom full
- fixed a block logging issue which caused log messages to be dropped
- enable Socket SO_REUSEADDR on LwIP
- removed IST8310 overrun message
- added Siyi ZT6 support
- added BTFL sidebar symbols to the OSD
- added CRSF extended link stats to the OSD
- use the ESC with the highest RPM in the OSD when only one can be displayed
- support all Tramp power levels on high power VTXs
- emit jump count in missions even if no limit
- improve the bitmask indicating persistent parameters on bootloader flash
- fix duplicate error condition in the MicroStrain7
5) Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
- specify pymonocypher version in more places
- added DroneCAN dependencies to custom builds
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.4 12th June 2024
Changes from 4.5.3
Disable highres IMU sampling on ICM42670 fixing an issue on some versions of Pixhawk6X
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.3 28th May 2024
No changes from 4.5.3-beta1
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.3-beta1 16th May 2024
Changes from 4.5.2
1) Board specific enhancements and bug fixes
- correct default GPS port on MambaH743v4
- added SDMODELV2
- added iFlight Blitz H7 Pro
- added BLITZ Wing H743
- added highres IMU sampling on Pixhawk6X
2) System level minor enhancements and bug fixes
- fixed rare crash bug in lua scripting on script fault handling
- fixed Neopixel pulse proportions to work with more LED variants
- fixed timeout in lua rangefinder drivers
- workaround hardware issue in IST8310 compass
- allow FIFO rate logging for highres IMU sampling
3) Rover specific changes
- correct clamping of RTL_SPEED for fractional speed values
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.2 14th May 2024
No changes from 4.5.2-beta1
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.2-beta1 29th April 2024
Changes from 4.5.1
1) Board specific enhancements and bug fixes
- FoxeerF405v2 support
- iFlight BLITZ Mini F745 support
- Pixhawk5X, Pixhawk6C, Pixhawk6X, Durandal power peripherals immediately at startup
2) System level minor enhancements and bug fixes
- Camera lens (e.g. RGB, IR) can be selected from GCS or during missions using set-camera-source
- Crashdump pre-arm check added
- Gimbal gets improved yaw lock reporting to GCS
- Gimbal default mode fixed (MNTx_DEFLT_MODE was being overriden by RC input)
- RM3100 compass SPI bus speed reduced to 1Mhz
- SBUS output fix for channels 1 to 8 also applying to 9 to 16
- ViewPro gimbal supports enable/disable rangefinder from RC aux switch
- Visual Odometry delay fixed (was always using 1ms delay, see VISO_DELAY_MS)
- fixed serial passthrough to avoid data loss at high data rates
3) AHRS / EKF fixes
- Compass learning disabled when using GPS-for-yaw
- GSF reset minimum speed reduced to 1m/s (except Plane which remains 5m/s)
- MicroStrain7 External AHRS position quantization bug fix
- MicroStrain7 init failure warning added
- MicroStrain5 and 7 position and velocity variance reporting fix
4) Other minor enhancements and bug fixes
- DDS_UDP_PORT parameter renamed (was DDS_PORT)
- Harmonic Notch bitmask parameter conversion fix (see INS_HNTCH_HMNCS)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.1 8th April 2024
This release fixes a critical bug in the CRSF R/C protocol parser that
can lead to a handfault and a vehicle crashing. A similar fix was
applied to the GHST protocol, although we believe that GHST could not
be affected by the bug, so this was just a precaution.
There are no other changes in this release.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.0 2nd April 2024
No changes from 4.5.0-beta4
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.0-beta4 22nd March 2024
Changes from 4.5.0-beta3
1) system changes
- fixed a cache corruption issue with microSD card data on H7 based boards
- rename parameter NET_ENABLED to NET_ENABLE
- fixed FDCAN labels for adding new H7 boards
- avoid logging dma.txt to save CPU
- fixed roll/pitch in viewpro driver
- added band X in VideoTX
- fixed quaternion attitude reporting for Microstrain external AHRS
- add RPLidarC1 proximity support
2) new boards
- added MicoAir405v2
- add Orqa F405 Pro
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Release 4.5.0-beta3 14-March-2024
Changes from 4.5.0-beta2
1) Board specific changes
- added PixFlamingo F7 board
- support ICM42688 on BlitzF745AIO
- fixed IMU orientation of CubeRedSecondary
- enable all FPV features on SpeedyBeeF405WING
2) System level changes
- improved robustness of CRSF parser
- reduced memory used by DDS/ROS2
- added filesystem crc32 binding in lua scripting
- support visual odometry quality metric and added autoswitching lua script
- allow for expansion of fence storage to microSD for larger pologon fences
- allow FTP upload of fence and rally points
- fixed vehicle type of ship simulation for ship landing
- make severity level depend on generator error level in IE 2400 generator
- speed up initial GPS probe by using SERIALn_BAUD first
- allow NanoRadar radar and proximity sensor to share the CAN bus
- added MR72 CAN proximity sensor
- only produce *_with_bl.hex not *.hex in builds if bootloader available
- fixed check for GPS antenna separation in moving baseline yaw
- added GPS_DRV_OPTIONS options for fully parsing RTCMv3 stream
- fixed logging of RTCM fragments in GPS driver
- fixed video recording while armed
- robostness and logging improvements for ExternalAHRS
- fixed RPM from bdshot on boards with IOMCU
- fixed accel cal simple to remove unused IMUs
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.5.0-beta2 14th February 2024
Changes from 4.5.0-beta1:
1) New Autopilots supported
- YJUAV_A6Ultra
- AnyLeaf H7
2) System level changes
- fixed float rounding issue in HAL_Linux millis and micros functions
- fixed loading of defaults.parm parameters for dynamic parameter subtrees
- fixed discrimination between GHST and CRSF protocols
- fixed bug in DroneCAN packet parsing for corrupt packets that could cause a crash
- fixed handling of network sockets in scripting when used after close
- fixed bit timing of CANFD buses
3) Camera and gimbal enhancements
- wait for non-zero camera version in SIYI driver
4) Miscellaneous
- do relay parameter conversion for parachute parameters if ever has been used
- broaden acceptance criteria for GPS yaw measurement for moving baseline yaw
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.5.0-beta1 30-Jan-2025
Changes from 4.4.4
1) New autopilots supported
- ACNS-F405AIO
- Airvolute DCS2 onboard FMU
- Aocoda-RC-H743Dual
- BrainFPV RADIX 2 HD
- CAN-Zero
- CM4Pilot
- CubeRed
- Esp32-tomte76, esp32nick, esp32s3devkit
- FlyingMoonH743
- Flywoo F405 Pro
- FlywooF405S-AIO with alternative IMUs
- Here4 GPS as flight controller
- Holybro 6X revision 6
- Holybro6X-45686 with 3x ICM45686 IMUs
- JAE JFB110
- KakuteH7 using ICM42688
- PixFlamingo (uses STM32L4PLUS CPU)
- PixPilot-C3
- PixSurveyA1-IND
- QiotekAdeptF407
- Sierra TrueNavIC
- SPRacing H7RF
- SW-Nav-F405
- YJUAV_A6
- YJUAV_A6SE, YJUAV_A6SE_H743
2) Autopilot specific changes
- 1MB boards lose features to save flash (Payload Place, some battery monitors, NMEA Output, bootloaders, Turtle mode)
- CubeOrangePlus supports IMU high resolution sampling (works with ICM42688, ICM42652, ICM42670, ICM45686 IMUs)
- F4 processors with only 1 IMU gain Triple Harmonic Notch support
- F765-SE bdshot support on 1st 4 pin
- F7 and H7 boards lose DMA on I2C ports (not required, limited DMA better used elsewhere)
- FlyingMoonH743, FlyingMoonF427 2nd and 3rd IMU order swapped
- HEEWING-F405 supports CRSF
- MatekL431-RC bootloader added, DMA used for RC and GPS
- PH4-mini, PH4-mini-bdshot, Swan-K1 and TBS-Colibri-F7 BRD_SER4_RTSCTS param conflict fixed
- Pixhawk6C supports BMI088 baro
- TMotorH743, Heewing-F405 serial parameter definitions fixed
3) AHRS/EKF enhancements and fixes
- AHRS_OPTIONS supports disabling fallback to DCM
- BARO_ALT_OFFSET slews more slowly (was 20sec, now 1min)
- EKF2 removed (can be re-enabled with Custom build server)
- External AHRS support for multiple GPSs
- InertialLabs INS-U external AHRS support
- Lord external AHRS renamed to MicroStrain5
- MAV_CMD_EXTERNAL_POSITION_ESTIMATE supports setting approximate position during dead-reckoning
- Microstrain7 (aka 3DM-QG7) external AHRS support
4) Driver enhancements
- 3DR Solo supports up to 6S batteries
- Airspeed health checks vs GPS use 3D velocity
- BDshot on the first four channels of boards with F103-based IOMCUs (e.g. Pixhawk 6X)
- Dshot on all IOMCU channels on all boards with an IOMCU (e.g. all CubePilot autopilots)
- Dshot commands (e.g. motor reversal abd beeps) and EDT supported on IOMCU
- DroneCAN battery monitors calculate consumed energy if battery doesn't provide directly
- DroneCAN RC and Ghost RC protocol support
- EFI MAVLink driver
- Extended DShot Telemetry support (requires BLHeli32 ver 32.10 or BlueJay, set SERVO_DSHOT_ESC=3 or 4)
- GPS L5 band health override to enable L5 signal use (see GPS_DRV_OPTIONS)
- GPS-for-yaw works at lower update rate (3hz minimum)
- GSOF GPS supports GPS_COM_PORT parameter
- Hirth ICEngine support
- ICE option to enable/disable starting while disarmed
- ICE support for starter via relay
- IMUDATA serial protocol outputs raw IMU data on serial port (only available using custom build server)
- Innomaker LD06 360deg lidar support
- Intelligent Energy fuel cells new protocol support
- IRC Tramp supports 1G3 bands A and B
- IRC Ghost support
- JAE JRE-30 radar
- KDECAN driver rewrite (params moved to KDE_, works on all vehicles)
- MCP9601 temperature sensor support
- NanoRadar NRA24 rangefinder support
- NeoPixelsRGB support
- NoopLoop TOFSense, TOFSenseF-I2c rangefinder support
- OSD shows flashing horizon when inverted
- OSD2 support (e.g. second OSD)
- QMC5883P compass support
- Relay refactored to support RELAYx_FUNCTION, RELAY_STATUS message support added
- Reventech fuel level support (extends existing analog driver, see BATT_FL_xx parameters)
- RPLidarS1 360 deg lidar support and improved reliability for all RPLidars
- SBF GPS supports yaw from dual antennas
- Temperature sensor using analog voltages supported
- Trimble PX-1 support added as a GPS
- Winch driver enhancements including stuck protection, option for spin-free on startup
5) Control and navigation changes and enhancements
- Auto missions can always be cleared while disarmed (would fail if mission still running)
- DO_ENGINE_CONTROL allows starting engine even when disarmed
- DO_SET_MISSION_CURRENT command can reset mission (see Reset Mission field)
- DO_SET_SERVO, DO_REPEAT_SERVO work with servo outputs set to RCInxScaled
- Fractional Loiter Turn Support in missions
- HarmonicNotch supports up to 16 harmonics
- JUMP command sends improved text msg to pilot (says where will jump to)
- MAV_CMD_AIRFRAME_CONFIGURATION can control landing gear on all vehicles
- MAV_CMD_NAV_SET_YAW_SPEED deprecated
- MOT_OPTIONS allows voltage compensation to use raw battery voltages (instead of current corrected voltage)
- PID controllers get DFF/D_FF (derivative feed-forward), NTF (target notch filter index) and NEF (error notch filter index)
- PID controllers get PDMX param to limit P+D output (useful for large vehicles and/or slow actuators)
- PID notch filter configured via new filter library using FILT parameters
6) Parameters renamed
- COMPASS_TYPEMASK renamed to COMPASS_DISBLMSK
7) ROS2 / DDS support
- Added support for EProsima MicroXRCEDDS as a transport in SITL and hardware
- Added sensor data topic support such as NavSatStatus and BatteryState
- Added a new AP_ExternalControl library for generic control support in SI units
- Added support for building ArduPilot with the colcon build system
- DDS topics comply with ROS REP-147
- Added Gazebo Garden and Gazebo Harmonic simulation with examples
- Added support for ROS 2 services such as Arm and Mode control
- Added high level goal interface for waypoints
- Wiki updated to support ROS 2
- Added ROS 2 launch scripts for SITL, MAVProxy and micro-ROS agent
- Add pytests for DDS client and ROS 2 launch scripts and integrate into CI
8) Camera and gimbal enhancements
- Calculates location where camera gimbal is pointing (see CAMERA_FOV_STATUS)
- CAMx_MNT_INST allows specifying which mount camera is in
- Camera lens (e.g. live video stream) selectable using RC aux function
- Interval timer (for taking pictures at timed intervals)
- Image tracking support (ViewPro only)
- MAVLink Gimbal Protocol v2 support for better GCS integration
- MNTx_SYSID_DFLT allows easier pointing gimbal at another vehicle
- MOUNT_CONTROL, MOUNT_CONFIGURE messages deprecated
- RangeFinder support (only logged, only supported on Siyi, Viewpro)
- Pilot's RC input re-takes manual control of gimbal (e.g. switches to RC_TARGETING mode)
- Siyi driver gets Zoom control, sends autopilot attitude and time (reduces leans)
- Video recording may start when armed (see CAMx_OPTIONS)
- ViewPro driver (replaces equivalent Lua driver)
- Xacti camera gimbal support
- Zoom percentage support (for both missions and GCS commands)
9) Logging and reporting changes
- Battery logging (e.g. BAT) includes health, temperature, state-of-health percentage
- CAM and MNT messages contain camera gimbal's desired and actual angles
- INS_RAW_LOG_OPT allows raw, pre-filter and post-filter sensor data logging (alternative to "batch logging", good for filtering analysis)
- PID logging gets reset and I-term-set flags
- Rangefinder logging (e.g. RFND) includes signal quality
- RC aux functions sorted alphabetically for GCS
- RC logging (RCI, RCI2) include valid input and failsafe flags
- RTK GPS logging includes number of fragments used or discarded
10) Scripting enhancements
- Autopilot reboot support
- Baro, Compass, IMU, IOMCU health check support
- Battery cell voltage bindings
- Battery driver support
- BattEsimate.lua applet estimates SoC from voltage
- Camera and Mount bindings improved
- CAN input packet filtering reduces work required by Lua CAN drivers
- DJI RS2/RS3 gimbal driver supports latest DJI firmware version (see mount-djirs2-driver.lua)
- EFI drivers for DLA serial, InnoFlight Inject EFI driver
- EFI bindings improved
- Fence support
- Generator drivers for Halo6000, Zhuhai SVFFI
- GCS failsafe support
- Hobbywing_DataLink driver (see Hobbywing_DataLink.lua)
- is_landing, is_taking_off bindings
- led_on_a_switch.lua sets LED brightness from RC switch
- MAVLink sending and receiving support
- Mission jump_to_landing_sequence binding
- mount-poi.lua upgraded to applet, sends better feedback, can lock onto Location
- Networking/Ethernet support
- Plane dual-aircraft synchronised aerobatics
- Proximity driver support
- Rangefinder drivers can support signal quality
- revert_param.lua applet for quickly reverting params during tuning
- RockBlock.lua applet supports setting mode, fix for battery voltage reporting
- Serial/UART reading performance improvement using readstring binding
- sport_aerobatics.lua rudder control fixed
- Thread priority can be set using SCR_THD_PRIORITY (useful for Lua drivers)
- Wind alignment and head_wind speed bindings
11) Safety related enhancements and fixes
- Arm/Disarmed GPIO may be disabled using BRD_OPTIONS
- Arming check that Auto mode requires mission
- Arming check of compass vs world magnetic model to detect metal in ground (see ARMING_MAGTHRESH)
- Arming check of GPIO pin interrupt storm
- Arming check of Lua script CRC
- Arming check of mission loaded from SD card
- Arming check of Relay pin conflicts
- Arming check of emergency stop skipped if emergency stop aux function configured
- Arming check that at least some outputs are configured
- Arming failures reported more quickly when changing from success to failed
- ARMING_OPTIONS allows supressing "Armed", "Disarmed" text messages
- BRD_SAFETY_MASK extended to apply to CAN ESCs and servos
- Buzzer noise for gyro calibration and arming checks passed
- Dijkstras object avoidance supports "fast waypoints" (see AVOID_OPTIONS)
- Fence breach failsafe gets disarm action
- FENCE_OPTIONS supports union OR intersection of all polygon fences
- FLTMODE_GCSBLOCK blocks GCS from changing vehicle to specified modes
- Main loop lockup recovery by forcing mutex release (only helps if caused by software bug)
- Mandatory arming checks cannot be skipped (previously setting ARMING_CHECKS=0 skipped all)
- Rally points supports altitude frame (AMSL, Relative or Terrain)
- SERVO_RC_FS_MSK allows outputs using RC passthrough to move to SERVOx_TRIM on RC failsafe
12) System Enhancements
- CAN port can support a second CAN protocol on the same bus (2nd protocol must be 11 bit, see CAN_Dn_PROTOCOL2)
- CAN-FD support (allows faster data transfer rates)
- Crash dump info logged if main thread locksup (helps with root cause analysis)
- Ethernet/Networking support for UDP and TCP server and client (see NET_ENABLED) and PPP (see SERIALx_PROTOCOL)
- Firmware flashing from SD card
- Linux board SBUS input decoding made consistent with ChibiOS
- Linux boards support DroneCAN
- Parameter defaults stored in @ROMFS/defaults.parm
- SD Card formatting supported on all boards
- Second USB endpoint defaults to MAVLink (instead of SLCAN) except on CubePilot boards
- Serial over DroneCAN (see CAN_D1_UC_SER_EN) useful for configuring F9P DroneCAN GPSs using uCenter
13) Custom Build server include/exclude features extended to include
- APJ Tools
- Bootloader flashing
- Button
- Compass calibration
- DroneCAN GPS
- ExternalAHRS (e.g. MicroStrain, Vectornav)
- Generator
- Highmark Servo
- Hobbywing ESCs
- Kill IMU
- Payload Place
- Plane BlackBox arming allows Plane to be used as logger (see ARMING_BBOX_SPD)
- Plane's TX Tuning
- Precision landing
- Proximity sensor
- RC Protocol
- Relay
- SBUS Output
- ToneAlarm
- Winch
14) Developer specific items
- ChibiOS upgrade to 21.11
- UAVCAN replaced with DroneCAN
- AUTOPILOT_VERSION_REQUEST message deprecated (use REQUEST_MESSAGE instead)
- PREFLIGHT_SET_SENSOR_OFFSETS support deprecated (was unused by all known ground stations)
- MISSION_SET_CURRENT message deprecated (use DO_SET_MISSION_CURRENT command instead)
- MISSION_CURRENT message sends num commands and stopped/paused/running/complete state
- Python version requirement increased to 3.6.9
- mavlink_parse.py shows all suported mavlink messages
- COMMAND_INT messages can be used for nearly all commands (previously COMMAND_LONG)
15) Bug fixes:
- 3DR Solo gimbal mavlink routing fixed
- Bootloop fixed if INS_GYRO_FILTER set too high
- Button Internal Error caused by floating pin or slow device power-up fixed
- CAN Compass order maintained even if compass powered up after autopilot
- Compass device IDs only saved when calibrated to ensure external compasses appear as primary on new boards
- Currawong ECU EFI does not send exhaust gas temperature
- DCM fallback in order to get better GPS is disabled if GPS is not used
- DJI RS2/RS3 gimbal reported angle fix
- DO_SET_ROI, ROI_LOCATION, ROI_NONE bug fix that could lead to gimbal pointing at old target
- Generator parameter init fix (defaults might not always have been loaded correctly)
- GPS_TC_BLEND parameter removed (it was unused)
- Harmonic Notch gets protection against extremely low notch filter frequencies
- IE 650/800 Generators report fuel remaining
- INS calibration prevents unlikely case of two calibrations running at same time
- LPS2XH Baro supported over I2C fixed
- MatekH743 storage eeprom size fixed
- MAVLink routing fix to avoid processing packet meant for another vehicle
- Mount properly enforces user defined angle limits
- MPU6500 IMU filter corrected to 4k
- NMEA output time and altitude fixed
- OSD gets labels for all supported serial protocols
- OSD RF panel format fixed
- Omni vehicle support fixed
- RobotisServo initialisation fix
- RPM accuracy and time wrap handling improved
- Sagetech ADSB MXS altitude fix (needs amsl, was sending alt-above-terrain)
- SageTechMXS ADSB climb rate direction fixed
- SBUS out exactly matches SBUS in decoding
- Serial port RTS pins default to pulldown (SiK radios could getting stuck in bootloader mode)
- SERIALx_ parameters removed for ports that can't actually be used
- Servo gimbal attitude reporting fix
- Servo output fix when using scaled RC passthrough (e.g. SERVOx_FUNCTION = RCinXScaled)
- Siyi continuous zoom stutter fixed
- Siyi gimbal upside-down mode fixed (avoid bobbing if upside-down)
- SmartRTL premature "buffer full" failure fixed
- ST24 RC protocol fixed
- STM32L496 CAN2 init fix (AP_Periph only?)
- VFR_HUD climb rate reports best estimate during high vibration events (previously it would stop updating)
- Visual Odometry healthy check fix in case of out-of-memory
- VTX_MAX_POWER restored (allows setting radio's power)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0 19-Dec-2023 / Rover 4.4.0-beta11 05-Dec-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta10
1) Autopilot related enhancement and fixes
- CubeOrange Sim-on-hardware compilation fix
- RADIX2HD supports external I2C compasses
- SpeedyBeeF405v4 support
2) Bug fixes
- DroneCAN battery monitor with cell monitor SoC reporting fix
- NTF_LED_TYPES parameter description fixed (was missing IS31FL3195)
- ProfiLED output fixed in both Notify and Scripting
- Scripting bug that could cause crash if parameters were added in flight
- STAT_BOOTCNT param fix (was not updating in some cases)
- don't query hobbywing DroneCAN ESC IDs while armed
3) Rover specific changes
- Auto mode keeps navigating while paused at waypoints (reduces overshoot)
- QuikTune script simplification (only tunes rate and speed controllers)
- Torqeedo battery nearly empty reporting fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta10 14-Nov-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta9
1) AP_GPS: correct uBlox M10 configuration on low flash boards
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta9 07-Nov-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta8
1) Autopilot related enhancements and fixes
- BETAFTP-F405 board configuration fixes
- CubeOrangePlus-BG edition ICM45486 IMU setup fixed
- YJUAV_A6SE_H743 support
2) Minor enhancements
- GPS_DRV_OPTION allows using ellipsoid height in more GPS drivers
- Lua script support for fully populating ESC telemetry data
3) Bug fixes
- AK09916 compass being non-responsive fixed
- IxM42xxx IMUs "stuck" gyros fixed
- Notch filtering protection when using uninitialised RPM source in ESC telemetry
- SIYI gimbal driver parsing bug fixed (was causing lost packets)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta8 13-Oct-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta7
1) Autopilot related enhancements and fixes
- BETAFPV-F405 support
- MambaF405v2 battery and serial setup corrected
- mRo Control Zero OEM H7 bdshot support
- SpeedyBee-F405-Wing gets VTX power control
- SpeedyBee-F405-Mini support
- T-Motor H743 Mini support
2) EKF3 supports baroless boards
3) GPS-for-yaw allows base GPS to update at only 3Hz
4) INA battery monitor supports config of shunt resistor used (see BATTx_SHUNT)
5) Log VER message includes vehicle type
6) OpenDroneId option to auto-store IDs in persistent flash
7) RC SBUS protection against invalid data in first 4 channels
8) Bug fixes
- BMI088 IMU error value handling fixed to avoid occasional negative spike
- Dev environment CI autotest stability improvements
- OSD correct DisplayPort BF MSP symbols
- OSD option to correct direction arrows for BF font set
- Sensor status reporting to GCS fixed for baroless boards
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta7 14-Sep-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta6
1) Autopilot related enhancements
- H750 external flash optimisations for to lower CPU load
- MambaF405Mini fixes to match manufacturer's recommended wiring
- RADIX2 HD support
- YJUAV_A6SE support
2) Bug fixes
- Airbotf4 features minimised to build for 4.4
- ChibiOS clock fix for 480Mhz H7 boards (affected FDCAN)
- RPI hardware version check fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta6 05-Sep-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta5
1) Autopilot related fixes and enhancements
- KakuteH7-wing get 8 bit directional dshot channel support
- Luminousbee5 boards defaults updated
- Navigator autopilot GPIOs fix (PWM output was broken)
- Pixhawk6C Serial RTS lines pulled low on startup
- QiotekZealotF427 and QiotekZealotH743 battery monitor default fixed
- SDMODELH7V1 supporta
2) Driver enhancements
- DroneCAN battery monitors allow reset of battery SoC
- Himark DroneCAN servo support
- Hobbywing DroneCAN ESC support
3) Asymmetrical thrust support for skid steering rovers (see MOT_THST_ASYM)
4) EKF3 high vibration handling improved with EK3_GLITCH_RADIUS option
5) Custom build server gets mission storage on SDCard selection
6) SITL default parameter handling bug fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta5 12-Aug-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta4
1) Autopilots specific changes
- SIYI N7 support
2) Bug fixes
- DroneCAN airspeed sensor fix to handle missing packets
- DroneCAN GPS RTK injection fix
- Notch filter gyro glitch caused by race condition fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta4 27-July-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta3
1) Autopilots specific changes
- Diatone-Mamba-MK4-H743v2 uses SPL06 baro (was DPS280)
- DMA for I2C disabled on F7 and H7 boards
- Foxeer H743v1 default serial protocol config fixes
- HeeWing-F405 and F405v2 support
- iFlight BlitzF7 support
2) Rover specific enhancements
- QuikTune Lua script
- Circle mode safety improvements including handling when CIRC_SPEED set too high
- Velocity controller I-term build-up avoided when steering reaches limits
3) Bug fixes
- BLHeli returns battery status requested via MSP (avoids hang when using esc-configurator)
- CRSFv3 rescans at baudrates to avoid RX loss
- EK3_ABIAS_P_NSE param range fix
- Scripting restart memory corruption bug fixed
- Siyi A8/ZR10 driver fix to avoid crash if serial port not configured
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta3 03-July-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta2
1) Autopilots specific changes
- Holybro KakuteH7-Wing support
- JFB100 external watchdog GPIO support added
- Pixhawk1-bdshot support
- Pixhawk6X-bdshot support
- SpeedyBeeF4 loses bdshot support
2) Device drivers
- added LP5562 I2C LED driver
- added IS31FL3195 LED driver
3) Circle mode accuracy improvement
4) Camera and Gimbal related changes
- DO_SET_ROI_NONE command support added
5) Bug fixes
- ADSB sensor loss of transceiver message less spammy
- EKF vertical velocity reset fixed on loss of GPS
- GPS pre-arm failure message clarified
- SERVOx_PROTOCOL "SToRM32 Gimbal Serial" value renamed to "Gimbal" because also used by Siyi
- SERIALx_OPTION "Swap" renamed to "SwapTXRX" for clarity
- SBF GPS ellipsoid height fixed
- Ublox M10S GPS auto configuration fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta2 05-Jun-2023
Changes from 4.4.0-beta1
1) Autopilots specific changes
- FlywooF745 update to motor pin output mapping and baro
- FoxeerH743 support
- JFB100 support
- Mamba-F405v2 supports ICM42688
- Matek-F405-TE/VTOL support
- Matek-H743 IMU SPI slowed to 1Mhz to avoid init issues
- SpeedyBee-405-Wing support
2) Rover specific changes
- Circle mode and Auto mode LOITER_TURNS support
- Dock mode added to INITIAL_MODE and MODE1 parameter list
3) AHRS/EKF related fixes and Enhancements
- EKF allocation failure handled to avoid watchdog
- EKF3 accel bias calculation fix and tuning for greater robustness
- Airspeed sensor remains enabled during dead-reckoning (few copters have airspeed sensors)
- Wind speed estimates updates reduced while dead-reckoning
4) Other Enhancements
- Attitude control slew limits always calculated (helps tuning reporting and analysis)
- INA228 and INA238 I2C battery monitor support
- LOG_DISARMED=3 logs while disarmed but discards log if never eventually armed
- LOG_DARM_RATEMAX reduces logging while disarmed
- Serial LEDs threading enhancement to support longer lengths without dshot interference
4) Bug fixes
- Analog battery monitor2 current parameter default fixed
- AutoTune fix for loading Yaw Rate D gains
- BRD_SAFETYOPTION parameter documentation fix (ActiveForSafetyEnable and Disable were reversed)
- Compassmot fix to protect against bad gyro biases from GSF yaw
- ICE engine fix for starting after reaching a specified altitude
- LED thread locking fix to avoid watchdog
- Logging rotation on disarm disabled if Replay logging active (avoids gaps in logs)
- RC input on IOMCU bug fix (RC might not be regained if lost)
- Serial passthrough fixed
5) Custom build server fix to which features are included/excluded
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.4.0-beta1 19-Apr-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta12
1) New autopilots supported
- ESP32
- Flywoo Goku F405S AIO
- Foxeer H743v1
- MambaF405-2022B
- PixPilot-V3
- PixSurveyA2
- rFCU H743
- ThePeach K1/R1
2) Autopilot specific changes
- Bi-Directional DShot support for CubeOrangePlus-bdshot, CUAVNora+, MatekF405TE/VTOL-bdshot, MatekL431, Pixhawk6C-bdshot, QioTekZealotH743-bdshot
- Bi-Directional DShot up to 8 channels on MatekH743
- BlueRobotics Navigator supports baro on I2C bus 6
- BMP280 baro only for BeastF7, KakuteF4, KakuteF7Mini, MambaF405, MatekF405, Omnibusf4 to reduce code size (aka "flash")
- CSRF and Hott telemetry disabled by default on some low power boards (aka "minimised boards")
- Foxeer Reaper F745 supports external compasses
- OmnibusF4 support for BMI270 IMU
- OmnibusF7V2-bdshot support removed
- KakuteF7 regains displayport, frees up DMA from unused serial port
- KakuteH7v2 gets second battery sensor
- MambaH743v4 supports VTX
- MatekF405-Wing supports InvensenseV3 IMUs
- PixPilot-V6 heater enabled
- Raspberry 64OS startup crash fixed
- ReaperF745AIO serial protocol defaults fixed
- SkystarsH7HD (non-bdshot) removed as users should always use -bdshot version
- Skyviper loses many unnecessary features to save flash
- UBlox GPS only for AtomRCF405NAVI, BeastF7, MatekF405, Omnibusf4 to reduce code size (aka "flash")
- VRBrain-v52 and VRCore-v10 features reduced to save flash
3) Driver enhancements
- ARK RTK GPS support
- BMI088 IMU filtering and timing improved, ignores bad data
- CRSF OSD may display disarmed state after flight mode (enabled using RC_OPTIONS)
- Daiwa winch baud rate obeys SERIALx_BAUD parameter
- EFI supports fuel pressure and ignition voltage reporting and battery failsafe
- ICM45686 IMU support
- ICM20602 uses fast reset instead of full reset on bad temperature sample (avoids occasional very high offset)
- ICM45686 supports fast sampling
- MAX31865 temp sensor support
- MB85RS256TY-32k, PB85RS128C and PB85RS2MC FRAM support
- MMC3416 compass orientation fix
- MPPT battery monitor reliability improvements, enable/disable aux function and less spammy
- Multiple USD-D1-CAN radar support
- NMEA output rate configurable (see NMEA_RATE_MS)
- NMEA output supports PASHR message (see NMEA_MSG_EN)
- OSD supports average resting cell voltage (see OSD_ACRVOLT_xxx params)
- Rockblock satellite modem support
- Serial baud support for 2Mbps (only some hardware supports this speed)
- SF45b lidar filtering reduced (allows detecting smaller obstacles
- SmartAudio 2.0 learns all VTX power levels)
- UAVCAN ESCs report error count using ESC Telemetry
- Unicore GPS (e.g. UM982) support
- VectorNav 100 external AHRS support
- 5 IMUs supported
4) EKF related enhancements
- Baro compensation using wind estimates works when climbing or descending (see BAROx_WCF_UP/DN)
- External AHRS support for enabling only some sensors (e.g. IMU, Baro, Compass) see EAHRS_SENSORS
- Magnetic field tables updated
- Non-compass initial yaw alignment uses GPS course over GSF (mostly affects Planes and Rover)
5) Control and navigation enhancements
- DO_SET_ROI_NONE command turns off ROI
- JUMP_TAG mission item support
- Manual mode steering expo configurable (see MANUAL_STR_EXPO)
- Missions can be stored on SD card (see BRD_SD_MISSION)
- NAV_SCRIPT_TIME command accepts floating point arguments
- Pause/Resume returns success if mission is already paused or resumed
8) Camera and gimbal enhancements
- BMMCC support included in Servo driver
- DJI RS2/RS3-Pro gimbal support
- Dual camera support (see CAM2_TYPE)
- Gimbal/Mount2 can be moved to retracted or neutral position
- Gremsy ZIO support
- IMAGE_START_CAPTURE, SET_CAMERA_ZOOM/FOCUS, VIDEO_START/STOP_CAPTURE command support
- Paramters renamed and rescaled
- CAM_TRIGG_TYPE renamed to CAM1_TYPE and options have changed
- CAM_DURATION renamed to CAM1_DURATION and scaled in seconds
- CAM_FEEDBACK_PIN/POL renamed to CAM1_FEEBAK_PIN/POL
- CAM_MIN_INTERVAL renamed to CAM1_INTRVAL_MIN and scaled in seconds
- CAM_TRIGG_DIST renamed to CAMx_TRIGG_DIST and accepts fractional values
- RunCam2 4k support
- ViewPro camera gimbal support
8) Logging changes
- BARD msg includes 3-axis dynamic pressure useful for baro compensation of wind estimate
- MCU log msg includes main CPU temp and voltage (was part of POWR message)
- RCOut banner message always included in Logs
- SCR message includes memory usage of all running scripts
- CANS message includes CAN bus tx/rx statistics
- Home location not logged to CMD message
- MOTB message includes throttle output
9) Scripting enhancements
- EFI Skypower driver gets improved telem messages and bug fixes
- Generator throttle control example added
- Heap max increased by allowing heap to be split across multiple underlying OS heaps
- Hexsoon LEDs applet
- Logging from scripts supports more formats
- Parameters can be removed or reordered
- Parameter description support (scripts must be in AP's applet or driver directory)
- Rangefinder driver support
- Runcam_on_arm applet starts recording when vehicle is armed
- Safety switch, E-Stop and motor interlock support
- Scripts can restart all scripts
- Script_Controller applet supports inflight switching of active scripts
10) Custom build server enhancements
- AIS support for displaying nearby boats can be included
- Battery, Camera and Compass drivers can be included/excluded
- EKF3 wind estimation can be included/excluded
- PCA9685, ToshibaLED, PLAY_TUNE notify drivers can be included/excluded
- RichenPower generator can be included/excluded
- RC SRXL protocol can be excluded
- SIRF GPSs can be included/excluded
11) Safety related enhancements and fixes
- Arming check for servo outputs skipped when SERVOx_FUNCTION is scripting
- Arming check fix if both "All" and other bitmasks are selected (previously only ran the other checks)
- GCS failsafe timeout is configurable (see FS_GCS_TIMEOUT)
- "EK3 sources require RangeFinder" pre-arm check fix when user only sets up 2nd rangefinder (e.g. 1st is disabled)
- Pre-arm check that low and critical battery failsafe thresholds are different
- Pre-arm message fixed if 2nd EKF core unhealthy
- Pre-arm check if reboot required to enabled IMU batch sampling (used for vibe analysis)
- RC failsafe timeout configurable (see RC_FS_TIMEOUT)
12) Minor enhancements
- Boot time reduced by improving parameter conversion efficiency
- BRD_SAFETYENABLE parameter renamed to BRD_SAFETY_DEFLT
- Compass calibration auxiliary switch function (set RCx_OPTION=171)
- Disable IMU3 auxiliary switch function (set RCx_OPTION=110)
- Rangefinder and FS_OPTIONS param conversion code reduced (affects when upgrading from 3.6 or earlier)
- MAVFTP supports file renaming
- MAVLink in-progress reply to some requests for calibration from GCS
13) Bug fixes:
- ADSB telemetry and callsign fixes
- Battery pct reported to GCS limited to 0% to 100% range
- Bi-directional DShot fix on H7 boards after system time wrap (more complete fix than in 4.3.6)
- DisplayPort OSD screen reliability improvement on heavily loaded OSDs especially F4 boards
- DisplayPort OSD artificial horizon better matches actual horizon
- EFI Serial MS bug fix to avoid possible infinite loop
- EKF3 Replay fix when COMPASS_LEARN=3
- ESC Telemetry external temp reporting fix
- Fence upload works even if Auto mode is excluded from firmware
- FMT messages logged even when Fence is exncluded from firmware (e.g. unselected when using custom build server)
- Hardfault avoided if user changes INS_LOG_BAT_CNT while batch sampling running
- ICM20649 temp sensor tolerate increased to avoid unnecessary FIFO reset
- IMU detection bug fix to avoid duplicates
- IMU temp cal fix when using auxiliary IMU
- Message Interval fix for restoring default rate https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot/pull/21947
- RADIO_STATUS messages slow-down feature never completely stops messages from being sent
- SERVOx_TRIM value output momentarily if SERVOx_FUNCTION is changed from Disabled to RCPassThru, RCIN1, etc. Avoids momentary divide-by-zero
- Scripting file system open fix
- Scripting PWM source deletion crash fix
- MAVFTP fix for low baudrates (4800 baud and lower)
- ModalAI VOXL reset handling fix
- MPU6500 IMU fast sampling rate to 4k (was 1K)
- NMEA GPGGA output fixed for GPS quality, num sats and hdop
- Position control reset avoided even with very uneven main loop rate due to high CPU load
- Throttle notch FFT tuning param fix
- VTX protects against pitmode changes when not enabled or vehicle disarmed
14) Developer specific items
- DroneCAN replaces UAVCAN
- FlighAxis simulator rangefinder fixed
- Scripts in applet and drivers directory checked using linter
- Simulator supports main loop timing jitter (see SIM_TIME_JITTER)
- Simulink model and init scripts
- SITL on hardware support (useful to demo servos moving in response to simulated flight)
- SITL parameter definitions added (some, not all)
- Webots 2023a simulator support
- XPlane support for wider range of aircraft
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta14 12-Aug-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta13
1) Bug fixes
- DroneCAN GPS RTK injection fix
- INAxxx battery monitors allow for battery reset remaining
- Notch filter gyro glitch caused by race condition fixed
- Scripting restart memory corruption bug fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta13 27-Mar-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta12
1) Bug fixes
a) EKF3 accel bias calculations bug fix
b) EKF3 accel bias process noise adjusted for greater robustness
c) GSF yaw numerical stability fix caused by compassmot
d) INS batch sampler fix to avoid watchdog if INS_LOG_BAT_CNT changed without rebooting
e) Memory corruption bug in the STM32H757 (very rare)
f) RC input on IOMCU bug fix (RC might not be regained if lost)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta11/beta12 27-Mar-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta10
1) Bi-directional DShot fix for possible motor stop approx 72min after startup
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta10 01-Mar-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta9
1) Bug fixes
a) GPS unconfigured error fix for non-M10 uBlox GPS
b) Gremsy gimbal fix when attached to autopilot's serial3 (or higher)
c) MambaF405 2022 gets VTX power on support
d) MCU voltage enabled on H757 CPUs (including CubeOrangePlus)
e) PiccoloCAN fix for ESC voltage and current scaling
f) Servo gimbal mount yaw handling fix (only affects 3-axis servo gimbals)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta9 14-Feb-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta8
1) AutoPilot specific enhancements
a) CubeOrangePlusBG support
b) Foxeer ReaperF745 supports external compass
c) MambaH743v4 supports VTX power
2) Bug fixes
a) Arming check fix if BARO_FIELD_ELEV set
b) Compass calibration diagonals set to 1,1,1 if incorrectly set to 0,0,0
c) Gimbal's yaw feed-forward set to zero when landed (affects Gremsy gimbals)
d) IOMCU double reset and safety disable fix
e) Logging fix for duplicate format messages
f) OpenDroneId sets emergency status on crash or chute deploy
g) Peripheral firmware updates using MAVCAN fixed
h) RC protocol cannot be changed once detected on boards with IOMCU
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta8 20-Jan-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta7
1) Bug fixes
a) MAVFTP fix to terminate session error (could cause FTP failures)
b) IMU fast fifo reset log message max frequency reduced
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta7 09-Jan-2023
Changes from 4.3.0-beta6
1) Autopilot related changes
a) AIRLink LTE module enable pin and HEAT_ params added
b) CUAV Nora/Nora+ bdshot firmware (allows Bi-directional DShot)
c) CubeOrange, CubeYellow gets fast reset of ICM20602
d) MambaH743v2 with dual ICM42688 supported
e) PixPilot-V6
2) MAVFTP speed improvement including faster param download
3) Bug fixes
a) Analog rangefinder GPIO pin arming check fixed
b) Arming check of AHRS/EKF vs GPS location disabled if GPS disabled
c) CRSF gets RC_OPTIONS for ELRS baudrate to avoid RC failsafes
d) Null pointer checks avoid watchdog when out of memory
e) Servo gimbal yaw jump to opposite side fixed
f) Siyi A8 gimbal driver's record video feature fixed
g) SToRM32 serial gimbal driver actual angle reporting fixed (pitch and yaw angle signs were reversed)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta6 10-Dec-2022
Changes from 4.3.0-beta5
1) Arming check that main loop is running at configured speed (e.g. SCHED_LOOP_RATE)
2) uBlox M10 support
3) Autopilot specific changes
a) CubeOrange defaults to using 2nd IMU as primary
b) SIRF and SBP GPS disabled on BeastF7v2, MatekF405-STD, MAtekF405-Wing, omnibusf4pro
4) Bug fixes
a) Camera driver's CAM_MIN_INTERVAL fixed if pilot manually triggers extra picture
b) Main loop slowdown after arming fixed (parameter logging was causing delays)
c) Main loop's fast tasks always run (caused twitches in Loiter on heavily loaded CPUs)
d) MAVLink commands received on private channels checked for valid target sysid
e) ModalAI cameras support fixed (ODOMETRY message frame was consumed incorrectly)
f) Param reset after firmware load fixed on these boards
- BeastF7v2
- CubeYellow-bdshot
- f405-MatekAirspeed
- FlywooF745Nano
- KakuteF4Mini
- KakuteF7-bdshot
- MatekF405-bdshot
- MatekF405-STD
- MatekF405-Wing-bdshot
- MatekF765-SE
- MatekF765-Wing-bdshot
g) Siyi A8 gimbal support fixed
h) Windows builds move to compiling only 64-bit executables
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Rover 4.3.0-beta5 17-Nov-2022
Changes from 4.3.0-beta4
1) Autopilot specific enhancements
a) ARKV6X support
b) MatekH743 supports 8 bi-directional dshot channels
c) Pixhawk boards support MS5607 baros
d) SpeedbyBee F405v3 support
2) Balancebot pitch control improvements and pitch limiting
3) DroneCAN Airspeed sensor support including hygrometer (aka water vapour) readings
4) EFI support (electronic fuel injection engines)
5) Harmonic Notch support (Rover only)
6) Pre-arm warning if multiple UARTs with SERIALx_PROTOCOL = RCIN
7) Siyi gimbal support
8) Bug fixes
a) AtomRCF405NAVI bootloader file name fixed
b) BRD_SAFETY_MASK fixed on boards with both FMU safety switch and IOMCU
c) Compass calibration continues even if a single compass's cal fails
d) Gremsy gimbal driver sends autopilot info at lower rate to save bandwidth
e) Invensense 42605 and 42609 IMUs use anti-aliasing filter and notch filter
f) OSD stats screen fix
g) RC input on serial port uses first UART with SERIALx_PROTOCOL = 23 (was using last)
h) RunCam caching fix with enablement and setup on 3-pos switch
i) RTK CAN GPS fix when GPSs conneted to separate CAN ports on autopilot
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta4 24-Oct-2022
Changes from 4.3.0-beta3
1) Scripting supports implementing AUX functions
2) Bug fixes
a) BMI085 accel scaling fixed
b) Build with gcc 11.3 fixed (developer only)
c) EKF3 alt discrepancy if GPS or baro alt changed soon after startup fixed
d) Harmonic Notch and ESC telem fix when motor outputs are non-contiguous
e) NMEA GPS's KSXT message parsing fixed (affected position accuracy)
f) Scripting random number generator fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta3 14-Oct-2022
Changes from 4.3.0-beta2
1) Pixhawk1-1M, fmuv2, fmuv3 display warning if firmware mismatches board's flash size (1M and 2M)
2) Scripting support for multi-byte i2c reads
3) Bug fixes
a) Airspeed CAN sensor ordering fixed (ordering could change if using multiple airspeed sensors)
b) BRD_SAFETY_MASK fix for enabling outputs when safety is on
c) Defaults.parm file processing fixed when a line has >100 characters and/or no new line (developer only)
d) NMEA serial output precision fixed (was only accurate to 1m, now accurate to 1cm)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta2 04-Oct-2022
Changes from 4.3.0-beta1
1) Autopilot specific fixes and enhancements
a) AIRLink autopilot supports UART2
b) CUAV V6X supports CAN battery monitor by default
c) MatekF405-CAN board uses less memory to fix compass calibration issues
d) Pixhawk1-1M only supports uBlox and NMEA GPSs to save flash space
e) SkystarsH7HD-bdshot (allows Bi-directional DShot)
f) SkystarsH7HD supports VTX power by default
2) EFI support
a) Currawong ECU support (added as Electronic Fuel Injection driver)
b) Scripting support for EFI drivers (allows writing EFI drivers in Lua)
c) SkyPower and HFE CAN EFI drivers (via scripting)
3) Safety features
a) Arming check that SPIN_MIN less than 0.3 and greater than SPIN_ARM
b) Arming option to disable itermittant display of pre-arm warnings (see ARMING_OPTIONS)
4) Minor enhancements
a) Autopilot board names max length increased to 23 characters (was 13)
b) CAN actuators can report PWM equivalent values (eases debugging)
c) Log download speed improved for boards with "block" backends
d) Notch filter slew limit reduces chance of notch freq moving incorrectly
e) SLCAN disabled when vehicle is armed to reduce CPU load
5) Bug fixes
a) DO_JUMP mission command fixed if active command changed before changing to Auto mode
b) EKF3 altitude error fix when using dual GPSs and affinity enabled
c) FFT indexing bug fixed
d) Gimbal mount fix to default mode (see MNTx_DEFLT_MODE parameter)
e) MSP fix to report arm status to DJI FPV goggles
f) Notch fix for non-throttle notch (was being incorrectly disabled)
g) OSD fixes for params, font and resolution
h) RPM reporting from harmonic notch fixed
i) "Sending unknown message (50)" warning removed
j) SBF/GSOF/NOVA GPS auto detction of baud rate fixed
k) VideoTX fixes for buffer overruns and Tramp video transmitter support
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.3.0-beta1 14-Sep-2022
Changes from 4.2.3
1) Rover specific enhancements
a) Aux switch for SaveWP displays, "Mission Cleared" if vehicle not armed
b) Dock mode using modified precision landing library
c) Manual mode steering scaling with speed can be disabled using MANUAL_OPTIONS parameter
d) S-Curves for Auto, Guided, RTL
2) Rover specific bug fixes
a) Wheel encoder timestamp fix (WRC_xx params may need to be changed)
b) Auto mode stick mixing fixed (see STICK_MIXING parameter)
c) Arming check removed to support mixed Ackerman and skid-stering vehicles
3) New autopilot support
a) AtomRCF405
b) CubeOrange-SimOnHardWare
c) DevEBoxH7v2
d) KakuteH7Mini-Nand
e) KakuteH7v2
f) Mamba F405 Mk4
g) SkystarsH7HD
h) bi-directional dshot (aka "bdshot") versions for CubeOrange, CubeYellow, KakuteF7, KakuteH7, MatekF405-Wing, Matek F765, PH4-mini, Pixhawk-1M
4) EKF enhancements and fixes
a) EK3_GPS_VACC_MAX threshold to control when GPS altitude is used as alt source
b) EKF ring buffer fix for very slow sensor updates (those that update once every few seconds)
c) EKF3 source set change captured in Replay logs
5) Gimbal enhancements
a) Angle limit params renamed and scaled to degrees (e.g. MNT1_ROLL_MIN, MNT1_PITCH_MIN, etc)
b) BrushlessPWM driver (set MNT1_TYPE = 7) is unstabilized Servo driver
c) Dual mount support (see MNT1_, MNT2 params)
d) Gremsy driver added (set MNT1_TYPE = 6)
e) MAVLink gimbalv2 support including sending GIMBAL_DEVICE_STATUS_UPDATE (replaces MOUNT_STATUS message)
f) "Mount Lock" auxiliary switch supports follow and lock modes in RC targetting (aka earth-frame and body-frame)
g) RC channels to control gimbal set using RCx_OPTION = 212 (Roll), 213 (Pitch) or 214 (Yaw)
h) RC targetting rotation rate in deg/sec (see MNT1_RC_RATE which replaces MNT_JSTICK_SPD)
i) Yaw can be disabled on 3-axis gimbals (set MNTx_YAW_MIN = MNTx_YAW_MAX)
6) Notch filter enhancements
a) Attitude and filter logging at main loop rate
b) Batch sampler logging both pre and post-filter
c) FFT frame averaging
d) In-flight throttle notch parameter learning using averaged FFTs
e) Triple harmonic notch
7) RemoteId and SecureBoot enhancements
a) Remote update of secure boot's public keys (also allows remote unlocking of bootloader)
8) Safety enhancements
a) crash_dump.bin file saved to SD Card on startup (includes details re cause of software failures)
b) Disabling Fence clears any active breaches (e.g. FENCE_TYPE = 0 will clear breaches)
c) "GPS Glitch" message clarified to "GPS Glitch or Compass error"
d) Pre-arm check that configured AHRS is being used (e.g. checks AHRS_EKF_TYPE not changed since boot)
e) Pre-arm check that gimbals are healthy (currently only for Gremsy gimbals, others in future release)
f) Pre-arm check that scripts are running
g) Pre-arm messages are correctly prefixed with "PreArm:" (instead of "Arm:")
h) RC auxiliary switch option for Arm / Emergency Stop
9) Scripting enhancements
a) CAN2 port bindings to allow scripts to communicate on 2nd CAN bus
b) ESC RPM bindings to allow scripts to report engine RPM
c) Gimbal bingings to allow scripts to control gimbal
d) Pre-arm check bindings (allows scripts to check if pre-arm checks have passed)
e) Semicolon (:) and period (.) supported (e.g both Logger:write() and Logger.write will work)
10) Sensor driver enhancements
a) Benewake H30 radar support
b) BMI270 IMU performance improvements
c) IRC Tramp VTX suppor
d) Logging pause-able with auxiliary switch. see RCx_OPTION = 165 (Pause Stream Logging)
e) Proximity sensor support for up to 3 sensors
f) Precision Landing consumes LANDING_TARGET MAVLink message's PositionX,Y,Z fields
g) RichenPower generator maintenance-required messages can be suppressed using GEN_OPTIONS param
h) TeraRanger Neo rangefinder support
i) GPS support to provide ellipsoid altitude instead of AMSL (see GPS_DRV_OPTIONS)
j) W25N01GV 1Gb flash support
11) Bug fixes
a) Accel calibration throws away queued commands from GCS (avoids commands being run long after they were sent)
b) Cygbot proximity sensor fix to support different orientations (see PRXx_ORIENT)
c) Lutan EFI message flood reduced
d) Missions download to GCS corruption avoided by checking serial buffer has space
e) Safety switch disabled if IOMCU is disabled (see BRD_IO_ENABLE=0)
f) Script restart memory leak fixed
12) Developer items
a) Fast loop task list available in real-time using @SYS/tasks.txt
b) Parameter defaults sent to GCS with param FTP and recorded in onboard logs
c) ROS+ArduPilot environment installation script
d) Sim on Hardware allows simulator to run on autopilot (good for exhibitions)
e) Timer info available in real-time using @SYS/timers.txt
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.3 30-Aug-2022
Changes from 4.2.3-rc3
1) OpenDroneId bug fix to consume open-drone-id-system-update message
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.3-rc3 20-Aug-2022
Changes from 4.2.3-rc2
1) OpenDroneId improvements including reporting if operator location is lost
2) Firmware ID and CRC check (disabled by default)
3) Bug Fixes
a) Revert Notch filter ordering on loss of RPM source (see 4.2.3-rc1's 3g below) because fix is incomplete
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.3-rc2 13-Aug-2022
Changes from 4.2.3-rc1
1) BlueRobotics Navigator autopilot filesystem fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.3-rc1 12-Aug-2022
Changes from 4.2.2
1) OpenDroneId support (aka RemoteID)
2) New autopilot support
a) CubeOrange+
b) Foxeer Reaper F745
c) MFE PixSurveyA1
d) Pixhawk6C and Pixhawk6X
3) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
a) Battery monitor health check fixed to check all enabled monitors
b) ICE Lutan EFI update serial flood fixed
c) ICM42xxx IMU filter settings improved and allow for faster sample rates
d) INA2xx batteries may init after startup
e) KakuteH7 OSD parameter menu enabled
f) Lua script support to set desired speed in Auto mode
g) Notch filter ordering bug on loss of RPM source fixed
h) PreArm check of Rangefinder pin conflict and servo outputs
i) SCurve logs debug if internal error occurs
j) WSL2 upload fixed (developer issue only)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.2 28-Jun-2022 / 4.2.2-rc1 21-Jun-2022
Changes from 4.2.1
1) MambaH743v4 and MambaF405 MK4 autopilot support
2) Second full harmonic notches available (see INS_HNTC2_ parameters)
3) UAVCAN memory usage reduced (see CAN_Dn_UC_POOL parameter to control DroneCAN pool size)
5) Watchdog (caused by hardfault) saves crash dump logs to SD card
6) Bug fixes
a) CRSF protection against watchdog on bad frames
b) CRSF reset in flight handled
c) FFT init watchdog fix when ARMING_REQUIRE=0
d) OSD flight modes menu includes newer flight modes
e) Param download (via MAVFTP) fixed for params with overlapping names
f) PWM rangefinder bug fix and added SCALING parameter support
g) Replay bug fix when EK3_SRCs changed
h) SERIALx_OPTION fix when "Don't forward mavlink to/from" selected (resolves MAVLink gimbal detection)
i) VL53L1X rangefinder preserves addresses
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.1 07-Jun-2022 / 4.2.1-rc1 28-May-2022
Changes from 4.2.0
1) CAN ESCs bus bandwidth efficiency improvements (see CAN_Dx_UC_ESC_OF parameter)
2) DShot timing improvements to support for ESC variants
3) Luftan EFI measures fuel consumption (see EFI_COEF1, EFI_COEF2)
4) Bug fixes
b) CAN ESCs work on boards with no safety switch (e.g. MatekH743)
b) Inflight Compass calibration checks GSF yaw estimate is good
c) NeoPixel colour fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0 23-May-2022 / 4.2.0-rc4 14-May-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-rc3
1) FlyingMoon F407 and F427 autopilots supported
2) Bug fixes
a) Log file list with over 500 logs fixed
b) RSSI when using IOMCU pin 103 fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-rc3 07-May-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-rc2
1) Bug fixes
a) Blended Z axis accel calculation fix when not using first IMU
b) Custom compass orientation for DroneCAN compasses
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-rc2 29-Apr-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-rc1
1) Minor Enhancements
a) Button, Relay and RPM GPIO pin conflict pre-arm check improved
b) DShot uses narrower bitwidths for more accurate timing (allows BLHeli BlueJay to work)
c) INS_NOTCH parameters renamed to INS_HNTC2
d) Matek F765-Wing-bdshot firmware added
e) Matek H743 supports ICM42688
f) QiotekZealot H743 supports ICM4xxxx
g) Scripting heap size increased to 100k on F7/H7
h) SPRacingH7 improvements including external flash performance improvements
2) Bug fixes
a) BMI088 IMU FIFO overruns fixed
b) DO_SET_SERVO with SERVOn_FUNCTION=0 fixed, added pre-arm check of servo functions configured on disabled channels
c) Log file descriptor init fixed (issues only seen on Linux autopilots)
d) Log list cope with gaps, performance improvement to reduce impact on EKF and some ESCs
e) Proximity sensor fix when using MAVLink lidars in non-forward orientations
f) RPM sensor fix to avoid "failed to attach pin" spam to GCS
g) STM32 DMA fatal exceptions disabled (caused watch dogs reboots with zero information)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-rc1 10-Apr-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-beta3
1) Minor Enhancements
a) Log and monitor threads stack size increased
b) SPro H7 Extreme QSPI support improved
2) Bug fixes
a) EKF3 accel bias fixed when an IMU is disabled
b) MatekH743 buzzer fixed by reverting to 16 bit timer
c) STM32 H7 flash storage bug fixed that caused re-init on overflow
d) @SYS file logging fixed
e) Timer bug fixed that could cause a watchdog on boards using flash storage
f) UART driver incorrect lock class fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-beta3 30-Mar-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-beta2
1) Minor Enhancements
a) BATT_OPTIONS supports sending resting voltage (corrected for internal resistance) to the ground station
b) KakuteH7-bdshot support
c) MatekH743 uses a 32 bit timer to resolve occasional 68ms timing glitch
d) RC input protocol text message sent to GCS (helps pilot awareness during RC handover)
2) Bug fixes
a) Balance bot stands in acro mode even with no GPS
b) Battery remaining percentage fixed when using Sum battery
c) DShot reversal bug with IOMCU based boards (see SERVO_BLH_RVMASK)
d) DShot commands fixed (could cause random motor movements)
e) GPS blending fix that could have resulted in the wrong GPS being used for a short time
f) Param conversion bug (impacted airspeed enable)
g) RC handover between IOMCU RC input and a secondary RC input on a serial port fixed
h) QioTek Zealot H743 SLCAN port and relays fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-beta2 10-Mar-2022
Changes from 4.2.0-beta1
1) Follow mode supports FOLLOW_TARGET message (sent by QGC ground station)
2) Bug fixes
a) Arming checks ignore SERVOx_MIN, MAX if setup as GPIO pin
b) BeastH7v2 BMI270 baro support
c) DShot prescaler fix (ESCs were not initialising correctly)
d) EKF3 variance constraint fix used to prevent "ill-conditioning"
e) POWR log message MCU voltage fix (min and max voltage were swapped)
f) Sailboats loiter fix (could get stuck pointing directly into the wind)
g) SPRacingH7 firmware install fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.2.0-rc1 28-Feb-2022
Changes from 4.1.5
1) AHRS/EKF improvements
a) EKF startup messages reduced
b) LORD Microstrain CX5/GX5 external AHRS support
c) ModalAI VOXL non-GPS system supported (set VISO_TYPE=3, uses ODOMETRY mavlink msg)
2) Rover specific enhancements
a) AIS support
b) Attitude control gains defaults reduced
- ATC_STR_ANG_P reduced to 2
- ATC_STR_RAT_MAX reduced to 120 deg/sec
- ATC_STR_ACC_MAX reduced to 120 deg/sec
- ATC_ACCEL_MAX reduced to 1m/s
c) Boats loiter by default at end of mission (see MIS_DONE_BEHAVE parameter)
d) DPTH message supports multiple rangefinders
e) Omni motor saturation improvement (scaling applied evenly to all motors)
f) Pivot turn overshoot reduced (would happen with bad combination of ATC_STR_ACC_MAX and ATC_STR_ANG_P)
g) Speed control improvement when motor hits limits (especially when MOT_SLEWRATE was set to a low number)
h) Speed control PID logging and reporting includes FF
i) Stops maintain zero turn rate (previously steering was straight but trim could lead to turning)
j) Torqeedo motor support
3) Custom build server support (see https://custom.ardupilot.org)
4) Lua scripting improvements
a) ahrs::get_location replaces get_position (get_position still works for now)
b) Auto support for NAV_SCRIPT_TIME commands (Lua within Auto)
c) Frame string support (allows scripting based frame to display custom description after startup)
d) Parameter support (no need to always use SCR_USERx)
e) Script logged to onboard log (can be disabled by setting SCR_DEBUG_OPTS)
f) Set_turn_rate_and_speed control support
5) New autopilots supported
a) AirLink
b) BeastF7v2, BeastH7v2
c) JHEMCU GSF405A
d) KakuteH7, KakuteH7Mini
e) MambaF405US-I2C
f) MatekF405-TE
g) ModalAI fc-v1
h) PixC4-Jetson
i) Pixhawk5X
j) QioTekZealotH743
k) RPI-Zero2W
l) SPRacingH7 Extreme
m) Swan-K1
6) Safety improvements
a) Dijkstra's avoidance performance improvements including converting to A*
b) Parachute option to leave servo in open position (see CHUTE_OPTIONS parameter)
c) Pre-arm check of IMU heater temp
d) Pre-arm check of rangefinder health
e) Pre-arm check that not in RC/throttle failsafe
7) Sensor driver enhancements
a) ADIS16470, ADIS16507 and BMI270 IMU support
b) AK09918 compass support
c) Battery monitor supports voltage offset (see BATTx_VLT_OFFSET)
d) Benewake TFMiniPlus I2C address defaults correctly
e) Buzzer can be connected to any GPIO on any board
f) Compass calibration (in-flight) uses GSF for better accuracy
g) CRSFv3 support, CSRF telemetry link reports link quality in RSSI
h) Cybot D1 Lidar
i) DroneCan (aka UAVCAN) battery monitors support scaling (see BATTx_CURR_MULT)
j) DroneCan (aka UAVCAN) GPS-for-yaw support
k) Electronic Fuel Injection support incl Lutan EFI
l) FETtecOneWire resyncs if EMI causes lost bytes
m) Hondex underwater sonar custom message support
n) IMU heater params renamed to BRD_HEAT_xxx
o) Lightware SF40C ver 0.9 support removed (ver 1.0 and higher still supported)
p) Maxbotix serial sonar driver support RNGFNDx_SCALING parameter to support for varieties of sensor
q) MPPT solar charge controller support
r) MTK GPS driver removed
s) Ping200x support
t) Proximity sensor min and max range (see PRX_MIN, PRX_MAX)
u) QSPI external flash support
v) uLanding (aka USD1) radar provides average of last few samples
w) Unicore NMEA GPS support for yaw and 3D velocity
8) Other System enhancements
a) Board ID sent in AUTOPILOT_VERSION mavlink message
b) DO_SET_CAM_TRIG_DIST supports instantly triggering camera
c) DJI FPV OSD multi screen and stats support
d) GPIO pin configured by setting SERVOx_FUNCTION to -1 (also see SERVO_GPIO_MASK. BRD_PWM_COUNT removed)
e) GPIO pin support on main outputs on boards with IOMCU
f) GyroFlow logging (see LOG_BITMASK's "VideoStabilization" option)
g) Firmware version logged in VER message
h) Log rate limiting to more easily reduce log sizes (see LOG_FILE_RATEMAX parameter)
i) SD card format via MAVLink
j) Serial port option to disable changes to stream rate (see SERIALx_OPTIONS)
k) Serial port passthrough via USB supports baud rate changes (eases UBlox F9P firmware updates)
l) VIBE logging units to m/s/s
9) Bug fixes
a) Auto mode infinite loop with nav commands that fail to start fixed
b) BLHeli passthrough reliability improvements
c) Compass learning (inflight) fixed to ignore unused compasses (e.g. those with COMPASS_USE = 0)
d) EKF resets due to bad IMU data occur at most once per second
e) GPIO pin fix on CubeOrange, F4BY, mRoControlZeroF7, R9Pilot
f) MAVlink2 serial ports always send MAVLink2 messages (previously waited until other side sent MAVLink2)
g) Omnibusf4pro bi-directional dshot fix
h) Real-Time-Clock (RTC) oldest possible date updated to Jan-2022
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.5 19-Feb-2022 / 4.1.5-rc1 10-Feb-2022
Changes from 4.1.4
1) Revert SBUS RC frame gap change from 4.1.4
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.4 08-Feb-2022 / 4.1.4-rc1 31-Jan-2022
Changes from 4.1.3
1) Benewake CAN Lidar support
2) CAN GPS default lag dropped to 0.1 seconds (was 0.22 seconds)
3) Bug fixes
a) Compass custom orientation is never overwritten during calibration
b) EKF logging gaps fixed (some messages were occasionally being skipped)
c) IMU logging fix for IREG message (records IMU register changes)
d) SBUS RC frame gap increased to better handle some new receivers
e) SERVOx_FUNCTION protection to avoid memory overwrite if set too high
f) SD card init triggering watchdog fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.3 31-Dec-2021 /4.1.3-rc2 21-Dec-2021
Changes from 4.1.3-rc1
1) Suport for IIM-42652, ICM-40605 and ICM-20608-D IMUs
2) Bug fixes
a) SmartAudio high CPU load fix (previously it could starve other threads of CPU)
b) Debug pins disabled by default to prevent rare inflight reset due to electrostatic discharge
c) EKF3 reset causing bad accel biases fixed
d) RC protocol detection fix that forced PH4-mini users to powerup autopilot before transmitter
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.3-rc1 18-Dec-2021
Changes from 4.1.2
1) CUAV-X7 servo voltage detection support
2) Bug fixes
a) Main loop delay fix for boards with 16 bit timers (could affect smaller boards like those from MatekSys)
b) Polygon Fence upload fix when replacing fence with one that has fewer points
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.2 07-Dec-2021 / 4.1.2-rc1 22-Nov-2021
Changes from 4.1.1
1) CAN_Dn_UC_OPTION param added to help resolve DroneCAN DNA conflicts
2) Durandal with alternative ICM-20602 IMU
3) OBAL autopilot support (Open Board Architecture for Linux)
4) FETtec One ESC protocol support
5) Bug Fixes
a) APM/LOGS directory creation fixed on some boards
b) EKF3 fix to switch to non-zero primary core when disarmed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.1 10-Nov-2021 / 4.1.1-rc1 16-Oct-2021
Changes from 4.1.0
1) EK3_PRIMARY allows selection of which EKF core/IMU to use on startup
2) Bug Fixes
a) MAVFTP init fix (could cause slow parameter download)
b) Scripting fix when logging strings
c) Serial flow control fix (affected at least Lightware LW20 serial lidar)
d) QiotekZealotF427 IMU (ICM42605) orientation fixed
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0 20-Sep-2021 / 4.1.0-rc3 15-Sep-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-rc2
1) Bug Fixes
a) Serial port auto detection of flow control fix
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0-rc2 10-Sep-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-rc1
1) Enhancements
a) Log download speeds improved on F765 and F777 based boards (USB buffers increased)
b) Serial port DMA contention heuristics improved (reduces chance of delays writing to serial devices)
2) Bug Fixes
a) CRSF frame timeout increased to reduce RC failsafes
b) Declination automatic lookup rounding fix (caused inaccurate declination in some parts of world)
c) DShot (bi-directional) support on Pixhawk4, CUAVv5, CUAVv5-Nano
d) IMU semaphore fix to avoid occasional corruption
e) QioTek Zealot F427 GPIO pin fix
f) Replay/DAL RMGH log message format fix
g) Rangefinder initial buffer size and baudrate fix (affected Aintein US-D1 radar)
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0-rc1 28-Aug-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta7
1) Enhancements
a) DCM fallback easier on boats
b) Flywoo F745 Goku Nano support
c) MatekF765-Wing support
2) Bug Fixes
a) ChibiOS scheduling slip workaround to avoid occasional 60ms delays found on MatekH7
b) EKF2 divide-by-zero protection when using optical flow (issue only found in simulator)
c) External AHRS (e.g. VectorNav driver) init fix
d) KakuteF4Mini SBUS fix
e) Pixhawk4 blue and red LEDs swapped
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0-beta7 14-Aug-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta6
1) Enhancements
a) Flywoo F745 supports external I2C compasses
b) GPS-for-yaw arming check added
c) GPS_DRV_OPTIONS allows forcing UBlox GPS to 115200 baud
d) Lua scripts can be placed in root of ROMFS (only relevant for developers)
2) Bug Fixes
a) Beacon driver protected from requests for data for non-existant beacons
b) CAN threading fix to resolve potential lockup when lua scripts use CAN
c) EKF3 GSF can be invoked multiple times with source switching (no longer limited by EK3_GSF_RST_MAX)
d) EKF3 IMU offset fix (vehicle's reported position was slightly incorrect if INS_POS_XYZ params set)
e) Motor test stops and reports failure if arming fails
f) OSD overwrite and nullptr check fix
g) Proximity sensor pre-arm check disabled if avoidance using proximity sensors is disabled
h) RCOut banner displayed at very end of startup procedure to avoid invalid output
------------------------------------------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0-beta6 23-Jul-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta5
1) Enhancements
a) GPS-for-yaw enhancements including using position and yaw from different GPSs
b) Long distance travel supported (thousands of km) including double precision EKF and moving origin
2) Bug Fixes
a) BendyRuler avoidance fixed (was slow and jerky)
b) BLHeli fix that could cause failure to boot
c) CRSF message spamming and firmware string length fixed
d) Display re-enabled on 1MB boards
e) DShot always sends 0 when disarmed (protects against motors spin while disarmed due to misconfiguration)
f) DShot fix that could cause main loop jitter
g) DShot buzzer tone disabled during motor test to remove bad interation
h) Longitude wrap fix (allows autonomous flights as longitude wraps between -180 and 180 deg)
i) Log created on forced arm
j) MatekF405-bdshot NeoPixel LEDs re-enabled on PWM5
k) Serial port performance improvements using FIFO on H7 boards
--------------------------------
Rover 4.1.0-beta5 30-Jun-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta4
1) Enhancements
a) Arming check of distance from EKF origin increased to 250km horizontally (was 50km), 50km vertically (was 500m)
b) Pre-arm check of FLTMODE_CH and RCx_OPTION conflict
c) QioTekZealotH743 autopilot support
d) Scripting support for set home and get EKF origin
e) Water depth and temperature sent to GCS using WATER_DEPTH mavlink message
2) Bug fixes
a) EKF alt estimate more robust when using GPS-for-yaw
b) EKF origin altitudes consistent across cores even if user takes off with no GPS lock
c) Logging start does not affect EKF (EKF could become unhealthy due to timing delays)
d) Longitude wrap fixed (allows flying across international date line)
e) Position jump fixed during GPS glitch and GPS/Non-GPS transitions
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Rover 4.1.0-beta4 12-Jun-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta3
1) Rover/Boat specific enhancements and bug fixes
a) DShot support fixed
b) Simple Avoidance fix to allow backing away from obstacles
c) THR onboard log message logs forward-back acceleration
d) Waypoint delay of -1 does not delay
2) Minor enhancements (or changes)
a) CSRF telemetry improvements to power setting and pass param requests more quickly
b) CUAV X7/Nora supports ICM42688P IMU
c) Pix32v5 USB product string fixed and IMU heater enabled
d) RunCam Hybrid supported (see RUNCAM_TYPE parameter)
e) VisualOdom feature removed from 1MB boards
3) Bug fixes
a) BLHeli Auto only affects telemetry passthrough to ease setup
b) Circular complex fence radius not truncated
c) CubeOrange serial1/2 DMA fixed
d) ESC telemetry fixes including motor index on boards with I/O mcu
e) I/O MCU reset fix if user had disabled safety switch (recovery from reset would leave motors not spinning)
f) MSP temperature scaling fixed
g) PreArm check of roll/pitch and yaw angle difference fixed
h) Serial port info file (@SYS/uarts.txt) easier to understand
i) Scheduler fix of premature run of tasks every 11min
j) Visual odometry yaw alignment fixed
k) WPNAV_RADIUS never less than 5cm
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Rover 4.1.0-beta3 24-May-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta2
1) Dshot bug fix for autopilots with I/O boards (CubeBlack, CubeOrange, etc)
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Rover 4.1.0-beta2 20-May-2021
Changes from 4.1.0-beta1
1) Rover/Boat specific enhancements and bug fixes
a) Direct mast rotation logging
b) RangeFinder logging enabled (RFND)
c) Shaking reduced when vehicle stopped by simple avoidance
d) Sonar water temperature logged in DPTH message
e) TURN_MAX_G renamed to ATC_TURN_MAX_G and applied to all turns
f) Wind direction calculation when not using wind speed sensor fixed
2) BLHeli improvements and fixes
a) Bi-directional ESC telemetry fixes
b) Bi-directional dshot 1200 supported
c) Control of digital with non-digital outputs fixed
d) Support dshot commands for LED, buzzer and direction control
e) Passthru reliability improved
3) New autopilot boards
a) PixC4-Pi and PixC4-Jetson
4) Avoidance fixes
a) OBSTACLE_DISTANCE_3D boundary cleared after 0.75 seconds, allows easier multi-camera support
5) Other enhancements
a) Auxiliary function logging shows how it was invoked (switch, button or scripting)
b) External IST8308 compass supported on CubeBlack
c) FrSky telem reports failsafe, terrain alt health and fence status
d) OSD gets fence icon
e) RunCam OSD and camera control
f) Septentrio GPSs support GPS_SBAS_MOD parameter
6) Bug fixes
a) Barometer averaging fixes for BMP380, BMP280, LPS2XH, SPL06 drivers
b) EKF3 fix to reset yaw after GPS-for-yaw recovers
c) KDECAN output range, motor order and pre-arm check messages fixed
d) Logging memory leak when finding last log fixed
e) Pixhawk4 mini safety switch fix
f) SD card slowdown with early mounts fixed
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Rover 4.1.0-beta1 08-Apr-2021
Changes from 4.0.0
1) EKF changes:
a) EKF3 is default estimator (EKF2 is available as an option)
b) External AHRS/IMU support (e.g. VectorNav)
c) Gaussian Sum Filter (GSF) allows emergency yaw correction using GPS
d) GPS-for-yaw (dual F9 UBlox GPS can provide yaw)
e) Lane switching logic improvements
f) Sensor affinity (improves sensor failure redundancy)
g) Source switching for GPS/Non-GPS transitions (see EK3_SRCx_ parameters)
h) Yaw estimation and reliability improvements
2) Control improvements:
a) Vectored thrust improvements (see MOT_VEC_ANGLEMAX parameter)
b) Skid-steering supports prioritising steering vs throttle (see MOT_STR_THR_MIX parameter)
3) Walking robot support (basic)
4) Object avoidance:
a) BendyRuler hesitancy improvements
b) Intel Realsense 435/455 camera support (companion computer required)
c) Return to original path after clearing obstacle (see OA_OPTIONS parameter)
d) Simple avoidance backs away from obstacles (see AVOID_BACKUP_SPD parameter)
e) Simple avoidance accel limited (see AVOID_ACCEL_MAX parameter)
f) Simultaneous Dijkstra and BendyRuler path planning
g) Obstacle database now 3D
h) Obstacle filtering improvements
5) Compass enhancements
a) In-flight learning improvements (see COMPASS_LEARN = 3)
b) Large vehicle calibration support (e.g. point vehicle north and push button in MP)
c) Prioritisation (see MP's compass prioritisation table)
d) Custom orientations
6) Intel RealSense T265 support (see VISO_TYPE = 2, companion computer required)
a) Position and velocity from external sources accepted at up to 50hz
b) Resets from external sources accepted
7) New autopilot boards
a) CUAV-Nora, CUAV-X7
b) FlywooF745
c) Holybro Pix32v5
d) iFlight BeastF7 and BeastH7
e) MatekH743
f) mRo ControlZero, Nexus, PixracerPro
g) R9Pilot
h) SuccexF4
i) QioTekZealotF427
8) IMU improvements:
a) temperature calibration
b) faster gyro sampling on high performance autopilots (F7 and faster, see INS_GYRO_RATE)
9) New drivers
a) AllyStar NMEA GPS
b) BMM150 as external compass
c) CRSF and SRXL2 RC protocols
d) Dshot (bi-directional) for RPM telemetry
e) GY-US32-v2 lidar
f) HC-SR04 lidar
g) Intelligent Energy hydrogen fuel cell
h) Lightware SF45b lidar
i) MSP protocol support (and DJI DPV systems)
j) RichenPower generator
k) Rotoye smart battery
l) RunCam Split 4 and RunCam hybrid support
m) Smart Audio
n) SMBus batteries up to 12 cells
o) USD1 CAN radar
10) Scripting enhancements:
a) Button, Proximity, RangeFinder and RPM sensor support
b) DO_ mission commands can be triggered from scripts
c) I2C sensor driver support (i.e. allows writing sensor drivers in Lua)
d) Logging (i.e. allows Lua scripts to write to onboard logs)
e) Mission item read support
f) Motor drivers support (used for walking robots)
g) Position, velocity and direct steering & throttle control while in Guided mode
h) Pre-arm checks (i.e. allows writing custom pre-arm checks in Lua)
i) ROMFS support (allows writing scripts to ROMFS instead of SD Card)
j) Serial port support (allows reading/writing to serial port from Lua)
k) ToshibaCAN ESC usage time read support
11) Other enhancements:
a) Baro parameters start with BARO_ (was GND_)
b) Barometers get device id for easier identification
c) ChibiOS upgrade to 20.3
d) CRSF passthrough for Yaapu widget
e) DShot rates increased (see SERVO_DSHOT_RATE)
f) Filesystem/MAVFTP expansion including @SYS for performance monitoring
g) MAV_CMD_DO_REPOSITION support
h) MAVFTP performance improvements
i) Parameter reset workaround by backing-up and restoring old params after eeprom corruption
j) Sailboats get arming check for windvane health
k) Simple mode supports two paddle input
l) Speed nudging in Auto made more consistent with Acro (i.e. same stick position results in same speed)
m) Spektrum VTX control
n) Switch to Manual mode after mission completes (see MIS_DONE_BEHAVIOR parameter)
12) Bug fixes:
a) Arming rejected in RTL, SmartRTL and Initializing modes
b) CAN GPS ordering fix (previously order could switch meaning GPS_POS_ params were used on the wrong GPS)
c) Logging reliability improvements
d) RM3100 compass scaling fixed
e) Speed control jumps avoided by resetting I-term when stopped
f) Throttle slew rate fix (MOT_SLEWRATE param)
g) Two paddle steering deadzone fix
h) Wheel encoder fix (data could be skipped)
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Rover 4.0.0 26-Nov-2019 / 4.0.0-rc4 20-Nov-2019
Changes from 4.0.0-rc3
1) Lightware SF40c lidar driver for latest version
2) UBlox F9 GPS automatic configuration
3) UAVCAN RTK GPS support
4) Bug Fixes:
a) Auxiliary switch support for RTL, SmartRTL fixed
b) Fence health reporting relaxed (was showing Fence Breach when fence was not setup)
c) RangeFinder type parameter clarified for Benewake lidar
d) Barometer PROBE_EXT parameter description improvement
e) Pixhawk4 board LED brightness fix
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Rover 4.0.0-rc3 08-Nov-2019
Changes from 4.0.0-rc2
1) IMU heater control parameters (see BRD_IMUHEAT_P/I params)
2) Bug Fixes:
a) DO_CHANGE_SPEED fix (was being ignored)
b) SET_YAW_SPEED in Guided mode made consistent with Auto mission command handling (yaw in degrees, speed in m/s)
c) BLHeli fix to RPM calcs and telemetry (aka 0x8000 error)
d) Fence upload is less strict about altitude types (fences don't have altitudes)
e) Pre-arm message fix to reports AHRS/EKF issue (was blank)
f) Sparky2 autopilot firmware available
g) Startup message "AK09916: Unable to get bus semaphore" removed (was not an error)
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Rover 4.0.0-rc2 24-Oct-2019
Changes from 4.0.0-rc1
1) Vehicle stays in Auto mode after completing missions using RTL-within-Auto, Hold-within-Auto
2) Sailboat gets dedicated parameters SAIL_LOIT_RADIUS and SAIL_XTRACK_MAX
3) RTL/SmartRTL fixes:
a) Boats loiter instead of circling at end of RTL/SmartRTL
b) Warning sent to GCS when SmartRTL buffer is nearly full
4) OSD improvements including total distance fix for slow vehicles
5) Bug Fixes and minor enhancements
a) Wheel encoder fix to use both wheel encoders (if present)
b) EKF failsafe and pre-arm checks when only wheel encoders used for non-GPS navigation
c) Follow mode offsets reset to zero when vehicle leaves follow mode
d) FS_OPTIONS parameter allows enabling failsafes to trigger while in Hold mode
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Rover 4.0.0-rc1 01-Oct-2019
Changes from 3.5.2
1) Path Planning for Object Avoidance (aka Bendy Ruler and Dijkstra's) replaces "Dodge" avoidance
2) Complex Fence support (aka stay-out zones)
3) Flight mode changes:
a) LOIT_SPEED_GAIN provides tuning of loiter mode aggressiveness
b) NAV_DELAY command support for clock-based start of mission commands
c) Simple mode (was present in 5.1 but was undocumented and untested)
d) SPEED_MIN parameter allows setting minimum speed during missions (reducing slow down at corners)
4) Sailboat improvements:
a) motor support
b) tacking improvements
c) NMEA windvanes
5) New flight controllers:
a) Hex Cube Orange
b) Holybro Durandal
6) Sensor and peripheral related changes
a) Fuel flow battery battery types
b) IBUS R/C input support
c) "Inflight" compass calibration
d) NTF_BUZZ_VOLUME allows controlling buzzer volume
e) OSD support
f) UAVCAN improvements including dynamic node allocation
g) WS2812 LEDs
h) Yaw from some GPSs
7) Safety Improvements:
a) Improved watchdog logging allows distinguishing between brown-outs from software failures
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Rover 3.5.2 24-Sep-2019
Changes from 3.5.1
1) fixed I2C storm lockup bug on ChibiOS
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Rover 3.5.1 17-May-2019 / 3.5.1-rc1 30-Apr-2019
Changes from 3.5.0
1) WHEEL_DISTANCE mavlink messages sent to ground station and companion computers
2) Bug fixes:
a) EKF compass switching fix for vehicles with 3 compasses
b) Guided's heading-and-speed controller no longer uses land based speed control
c) Pre-arm check fix that all required motors for the frame are configured
d) Prevent loss of active IMU from causing loss of attitude control
e) Added startup check for Hex CubeBlack sensor failure
f) don't reset INS_ENABLE_MASK based on found IMUs
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Rover 3.5.0 06-Feb-2019
Changes from 3.5.0-rc3
1) Bug fixes and minor enhancements
a) Avoid potential divide-by-zero when waypoints are almost in a straight line
b) LOIT_TYPE parameter description fix
--------------------------------
Rover 3.5.0-rc3 30-Jan-2019
Changes from 3.5.0-rc2
1) Fix build issue affecting fmuv2
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Rover 3.5.0-rc2 24-Jan-2019
Changes from 3.5.0-rc1
1) ChibiOS fixes and enhancements to many boards including Pixhawk4
2) EKF failsafe added and checked before entering autonomous modes
3) Object avoidance enabled in autonomous modes (Auto, Guided, RTL)
4) Cruise speed/throttle learning always runs for 2 seconds (saves user from having to lower switch)
5) Boats hold position after reaching target in Auto and Guided (also see MIS_DONE_BEHAVE)
6) MAVLink message interval support (allows precise control of mavlink message update rates)
7) Bug fixes and minor enhancements:
a) DShot ESC support
b) Auxiliary switch 7 parameter copy from CH7_OPTION to RC7_OPTION
c) Wheel encoder offset fix
d) SmartRTL default num points increased to 300
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Rover 3.5.0-rc1 12-Nov-2018
Changes from 3.4.2:
1) ChibiOS provides improved performance and support for many new boards including:
a) F4BY
b) TauLabs Sparky2
c) Furious FPV F-35 lightening and Wing FC-10
d) Holybro KakuteF4
e) Mateksys F405-Wing
f) Omnibus F4 Pro, NanoV6 and F7
g) SpeedyBee F4
2) BalanceBot support
3) Sailboat support
4) OmniPlus, OmniX frame support (vehicles can move laterally using 4 thrusters or wheels)
5) Auxiliary Switches expanded to many channels (see RCx_OPTION parameters)
6) External position estimates accepted from ROS and Vicon systems
7) Mode changes:
a) Follow mode (allows following another vehicle if connected via telemetry)
b) Simple mode (pilot controls direction regardless of vehicle's heading)
c) Loiter can be configured to always drive towards target (i.e. does not reverse) (see LOIT_TYPE parameter)
d) Guided, RTL, SmartRTL will reverse towards target if DO_SET_REVERSE command received (via telemetry or as mission command)
8) Bug fixes and small enhancements:
a) RC and GCS failsafe timeout shortened
b) Object avoidance fix to include all sectors from proximity sensor (aka 360 lidar)
c) Safety switch ability to arm/disarm vehicle now configurable (see BRD_SAFETYOPTION parameter)
d) Onboard OSD support (for ChibiOS-only boards)
e) Gripper support
f) Sprayer support
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Rover 3.4.2 30-Jul-2018 / 3.4.2-rc1 23-Jul-2018
Changes from 3.4.1:
1) bug fix to pivot turn logic during missions
2) dataflash logging improvement to NTUN message
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Rover 3.4.1 04-Jul-2018 / 3.4.1-rc1 12-Jun-2018
Changes from 3.4.0:
1) lane based speed control (vehicle slows to stay close to line between waypoints), WP_OVERSHOOT replaces SPEED_TURN_GAIN
2) MOT_SPD_SCA_BASE allow configuring speed above which speed scaling begins
3) disable acceleration limits when ATC_ACCEL_MAX is zero
4) accept DO_CHANGE_SPEED commands in Auto, Guided, RTL, SmartRTL
5) DPTH dataflash log messages for recording downward facing echosounders on boats
--------------------------------
Rover 3.4.0 12-Jun-2018 / 3.4.0-rc1 01-Jun-2018
Changes from 3.3.1-rc2:
1) Loiter mode for boats
2) Omni rover support (three wheeled rover with lateral movement)
3) vision-position-estimate support for use with ROS
4) Control improvements:
a) reversing control improvements
b) ATC_DECEL_MAX allows deceleration to be faster or slower than acceleration
c) PIVOT_TURN_RATE allows slower pivot turns
d) turn-rate I-term reset when switching in from manual modes
5) NMEA Echosounder support for underwater depth monitoring
6) Bug fixes:
a) fix forward/back acceleration limiting
b) MaxsonarI2C driver fix
--------------------------------
Rover 3.3.1-rc2 12-May-2018
Changes from 3.3.1-rc1:
1) Bug fix use of ATC_STR_RAT_MAX to limit maximum turn rate
--------------------------------
Rover V3.3.1-rc1 09-May-2018
Changes from 3.3.0:
1) Vectored Thrust to improve attitude control for boats with rotating motors
2) minor changes and bug fixes:
a) remove jump forward when transitioning from forward to reverse
b) safety switch allows disarming motors (was disabled in 3.3.0)
--------------------------------
Rover V3.3.0 07-May-2018
Changes from 3.3.0-rc1:
1) default parameter changes
a) TURN_MAX_G reduced from 1.0 to 0.6
b) ATC_STR_ANG_P increased from 1.0 to 2.5 (converts angle error to desired turn rate during pivot turns)
c) ATC_STR_ACC_MAX reduced from 360 to 180 deg/s/s (slows acceleration in pivot turns)
--------------------------------
Rover V3.3.0-rc1 19-Apr-2018
Changes from 3.2.3:
1) Simple object avoidance support
2) Circular and polygon fence support
3) Pivot turn improvements
a) Heading control used to aim at new target
b) ATC_STR_ACC_MAX limits maximum rotational acceleration
c) ATC_STR_RAT_MAX limits maximum rotation rate
4) Allow ACRO mode without GPS for skid-steering vehicles (reverts to manual throttle)
5) MOT_THR_MIN used as deadzone
6) Parameter default changes:
a) PIVOT_TURN_ANGLE default raised from 30 to 60 degrees
b) ATC_STR_RAT_P and I reduced to 0.2
c) ATC_STR_RAT_FILT and ATC_SPEED_FILT reduced from 50hz to 10hz to better match vehicle response time
7) Boats report themselves as boats allowing ground stations to display boat icon on map
8) ChibiOS support
--------------------------------
Rover V3.2.3 09-Apr-2018 / V3.2.3-rc1/rc2 02-Apr-2018
Changes from 3.2.2:
1) Waypoint origin uses previous waypoint or vehicle stopping point
2) Boats send correct mav-type to ground station
3) TURN_MAX_G parameter description updates (allows lower values)
4) fix two-paddle input decoding
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Rover V3.2.2 19-Mar-2018 / V3.2.2-rc1 08-Mar-2018
Changes from 3.2.1:
1) Fix loss of steering control when stopping in Acro and Steering modes
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APM:Rover V3.2.1 29-Jan-2018 / V3.2.1-rc1 24-Jan-2018
Changes from 3.2.0:
1) Fix mode switch logic to allow Auto, Guided, RTL, SmartRTL, Steering, Acro using non-GPS navigation (i.e. wheel encoders, visual odometry)
--------------------------------
APM:Rover V3.2.0 13-Jan-2018
Changes from 3.2.0-rc4:
1) Here GPS/compass default orientation fix (ICM20948)
2) PID values sent to ground station regardless of mode (see GCS_PID_MASK parameter)
3) Steering PID min and max ranges expanded
4) Mavlink message definition update
--------------------------------
APM:Rover V3.2.0-rc4 05-Jan-2018
Changes from 3.2.0-rc3:
1) Steering controller supports feed-forward (reduces wobble)
2) WP_SPEED, RTL_SPEED parameters allow speed independent of CRUISE_SPEED
3) Dataflash logging improvements for steering and throttle
4) Remove auto-trim at startup
5) GPS reports healthy even without 3d lock
---------------------------------
APM:Rover V3.2.0-rc3 05-Dec-2017
Changes from 3.2.0-rc2:
1) SmartRTL mode (retraces path back to home)
2) Acro mode (pilot controls speed and turn rate)
3) Guided mode ROS integration fixes
4) Steering mode allows pivot turns
5) Auto mode pivots on sharp corners
6) Aux switch allows arming/disarming and mode change
7) PILOT_STEER_TYPE parameter allows controlling turn direction when backing up
8) Mixer change to allow steering to use full motor range (removes need for MOT_SKID_FRIC)
---------------------------------
APM:Rover V3.2.0-rc2 28-Oct-2017
Changes from 3.2.0-rc1:
1) MOT_SKID_FRIC parameter allows increasing power for skid-steer vehicle pivot-turns
2) Bug Fixes:
a) speed nudging fix in AUTO mode
b) throttle slew range fix (was slightly incorrect when output range was not 1100 ~ 1900)
c) PID desired and achieved reported to GCS when GCS_PID_MASK param set to non-zero value
d) use-pivot fix to use absolute angle error
---------------------------------
APM:Rover V3.2.0-rc1 25-Aug-2017
Changes from 3.1.2:
1) Skid-steering vehicle support added (i.e. tank track or R2D2 style vehicles)
2) Brushless motor support
3) Improved speed/throttle and steering controllers:
a) layered P and PID controllers with optional feedforward, input filtering and saturation handling (reduces unnecessary I-term build-up)
b) forward-back acceleration limited (see ATC_ACCEL_MAX parameter)
c) pro-active slowing before waypoint in order to keep overshoot at or below WP_OVERSHOOT distance
d) proper output scaling for skid-steering vs regular car steering controls
e) TURN_RADIUS parameter added to allow better control of turn in Steering mode
f) speed along forward-back axis used instead of total ground speed (resolves unusual behaviour for boats being washed downstream)
4) Auxiliary switch changes (see CH7_OPTION parameter):
a) "Save Waypoint" saves the current location as a waypoint in all modes except AUTO if the vehicle is armed. If disarmed the mission is cleared and home is set to the current location.
b) "Learn Cruise" sets the THROTTLE_CRUISE and SPEED_CRUISE parameter values to the vehicle's current speed and throttle level
5) Wheel encoder supported for non-GPS navigation (can also be used with GPS)
6) Visual Odometry support for non-GPS navigation (can also be used with GPS)
7) Guided mode improvements:
a) for SET_ATTITUDE_TARGET accepts quaternions for target heading, valid thrust changed to -1 ~ +1 range (was previously 0 ~ 1)
b) COMMAND_LONG.SET_YAW_SPEED support fixes (thrust field accepted as target speed in m/s)
c) SET_POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT, _LOCAL_NED fixes and added support for yaw and yaw-rate fields
8) Bug Fixes:
a) resolve occasional start of motors after power-on
b) steering mode turn direction fix while reversing
c) reversing in auto mode fixes (see DO_REVERSE mission command)
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Release 3.1.2, 15 March 2017
============================
Minor bugfix release.
- Crashing detection is off by default
- DISARMing of a rover via the transmitter stick works again
- If a user was driving in reverse in Manual and went into an AUTO
mode the rover would do the mission in reverse. This is fixed.
Release 3.1.1, 31 January 2017
==============================
Minor bugfix release for a crash bug in the SRXL driver
Release 3.1.0, 22 December 2016
===============================
The ArduPilot development team is proud to announce the release of
version 3.1.0 of APM:Rover. This is a major release with a lot of
changes so please read the notes carefully!
A huge thanks to ALL the ArduPilot developers. The Rover code
benefits tremendously from all the hard work that goes into the Copter
and Plane vehicle code. Most of the code changes in this
release were not specifically for Rover however because of the
fantastic architecture of the ArduPilot code Rover automatically gets
those enhancements anyway.
Note that the documentation hasn't yet caught up with all the changes
in this release. We are still working on that, but meanwhile if you
see a feature that interests you and it isn't documented yet then
please ask.
The PX4-v2 build has had CANBUS support removed due to firmware size
issues. If Rover users want CANBUS support you will need to install
the PX4-v3 build located in the firmware folder here:
http://firmware.ap.ardupilot.org/Rover/stable/PX4/
EKF1 has been removed as EKF2 has been the long term default and is
working extremely well and this has allowed room for EKF3.
EKF3 is included in this release but it is not the default. Should
you want to experiment with it set the following parameters:
AHRS_EKF_TYPE=3
EK3_ENABLE=1
but note it is still experimental and you must fully understand the
implications.
New GUIDED Command
------------------
Rover now accepts a new message MAV_CMD_NAV_SET_YAW_SPEED which has an
angle in centidegrees and a speed scale and the rover will drive based
on these inputs.
The ArduPilot team would like to thank EnRoute for the sponsoring of
this feature
http://enroute.co.jp/
COMMAND_INT and ROI Commands
----------------------------
COMMAND_INT support has been added to Rover. This has allowed the
implementation of SET_POSITION_TARGET_GLOBAL_INT,
SET_POSITION_TARGET_LOCAL_NED and DO_SET_ROI as a COMMAND_INT
The ArduPilot team would like to thank EnRoute for the sponsoring of
this feature
http://enroute.co.jp/
Reverse
-------
Its now possible in a mission to tell the rover to drive in
Reverse. If using Mission Planner insert a new Waypoint using "Add
Below" button on the Flight Plan screen and select from the Command
drop down list you will see a new command "DO_SET_REVERSE". It takes 1
parameter - 0 for forward, 1 for reverse. It's that simple. Please give
it a try and report back any success or issues found or any questions
as well.
The ArduPilot team would like to thank the Institute for Intelligent
Systems Research at Deakin University
(http://www.deakin.edu.au/research/iisri16) for the sponsoring of the
reverse functionality.
Loiter
------
This changes brings the LOITER commands in line with other ArduPilot
vehicles so both NAV_LOITER_UNLIM and NAV_LOITER_TIME are supported and are
actively loitering. This means for instance if you have set a boat to
loiter at a particular position and the water current pushes the boat off
that position once the boat has drifted further then the WP_RADIUS
parameter distance setting from the position the motor(s) will be
engaged and the boat will return to the loiter position.
The ArduPilot team would like to thanko MarineTech for sponsoring this
enhancement.
http://www.marinetech.fr
Note: if you currently use Param1 of a NAV_WAYPOINT to loiter at a
waypoint this functionality has not changed and is NOT actively loitering.
Crash Check
-----------
Rover can now detect a crash in most circumstances - thanks Pierre
Kancir. It is enabled by default and will change the vehicle into HOLD
mode if a crash is detected. FS_CRASH_CHECK is the parameter used to
control what action to take on a crash detection and it supports
0:Disabled, 1:HOLD, 2:HoldAndDisarm
Pixhawk2 heated IMU support
---------------------------
This release adds support for the IMU heater in the Pixhawk2,
allowing for more stable IMU temperatures. The Pixhawk2 is
automatically detected and the heater enabled at boot, with the target
IMU temperature controllable via BRD_IMU_TARGTEMP.
Using an IMU heater should improve IMU stability in environments with
significant temperature changes.
PH2SLIM Support
---------------
This release adds support for the PH2SLIM variant of the Pixhawk2,
which is a Pixhawk2 cube without the isolated sensor top board. This
makes for a very compact autopilot for small aircraft. To enable
PH2SLIM support set the BRD_TYPE parameter to 6 using a GCS connected
on USB.
AP_Module Support
-----------------
This is the first release of ArduPilot with loadable module support
for Linux based boards. The AP_Module system allows for externally
compiled modules to access sensor data from ArduPilot controlled
sensors. The initial AP_Module support is aimed at vendors integrating
high-rate digital image stabilisation using IMU data, but it is
expected this will be expanded to other use cases in future releases.
Major VRBrain Support Update
----------------------------
This release includes a major merge of support for the VRBrain family
of autopilots. Many thanks to the great work by Luke Mike in putting
together this merge!
Much Faster Boot Time
---------------------
Boot times on Pixhawk are now much faster due to a restructuring of
the driver startup code, with slow starting drivers not started unless
they are enabled with the appropriate parameters. The restructuring
also allows for support of a wide variety of board types, including
the PH2SLIM above.
This release includes many other updates right across the flight
stack, including several new features. Some of the changes include:
- log all rally points on startup
- the armed state is now logged
- support added for MAV_CMD_ACCELCAL_VEHICLE_POS
- support MAVLink based external GPS device
- support LED_CONTROL MAVLink message
- support PLAY_TUNE MAVLink message
- added AP_Button support for remote button input reporting
- support 16 channel SERVO_OUTPUT_RAW in MAVLink2
- added MAVLink reporting of logging subsystem health
- added BRD_SAFETY_MASK to allow for channel movement for selected channels with safety on
- lots of HAL_Linux improvements to bus and thread handling
- added IMU heater support on Pixhawk2
- allow for faster accel bias learning in EKF2
- added AP_Module support for loadable modules
- merged support for wide range of VRBrain boards
- added support for PH2SLIM and PHMINI boards with BRD_TYPE
- greatly reduced boot time on Pixhawk and similar boards
- fixed magic check for signing key in MAVLink2
- fixed averaging of gyros for EKF2 gyro bias estimate
- added support for ParametersG2
- support added for the GPS_INPUT mavlink message
Release 3.0.1, 17 June 2016
===========================
The ArduPilot development team is proud to announce the release of
version 3.0.1 of APM:Rover. This is a minor release with small but
important bug fix changes.
The two main motivations for this release
1. Fixing the arming for skid steering Rovers
2. Fix to the rover steering that should really improve steering of
all rovers.
Skid Steering Arming
--------------------
Fixed arming for Skid Steering rovers. You should now be able to arm
your skid steering rover using the steering stick. NOTE skid steering
Rovers - you will not be able to disarm. The reason for this is zero
throttle full left turn is a perfectly valid move for a skid steering
rover as it can turn on the spot. You don't want to be executing this
and have the rover disarm part way through your turn so we have
disabled disarming via the steering stick. You can still disarm from
the GCS. Thanks to Pierre Kancir for working on this.
Improved Steering Control
-------------------------
For historical reason's the steering controller was using the raw GPS
data for ground speed without any filtering. If you have every graphed
this data you will see on a rover its very spiky and all over the
place. This spiky'ness was feeding into the lateral accel demand and
causing inaccuracies/jitters. Now we using the EKF GPS filtered data
which is much smoother and accurate and the steering control has
greatly improved.
Improved Cornering
------------------
Previously when corning we didn't take into account any "lean or tilt"
in the rover - we assumed the turns were always flat. We have changed
this to now take into account any lean so turning should be more
accurate. Boat users should really benefit from this too.
MAVLink2 support has been added
-------------------------------
See this post by Tridge -
http://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/mavlink2-is-in-ardupilot-master/9188/1
The other changes in this release are:
- setting your sonar_trigger_cm to 0 will now log the sonar data but
not use it for vehicle avoidance.
- the throttle PID is now being logged
- range finder input is now being captured (thanks to Allan Matthew)
- added LOG_DISARMED parameter
- merge upstream PX4Firmware changes
- numerous waf build improvements
- numerous EKF2 improvements
Release 3.0.0, 5 April 2016
===========================
The ArduPilot development team is proud to announce the release of
version 3.0.0 of APM:Rover. This is a major release with a lot of
changes so please read the notes carefully!
A huge thanks to ALL the ArduPilot developers. The Rover code
benefits tremendously from all the hard work that goes into the Copter
and Plane vehicle code. Most of the code changes in this
release were not specifically for Rover however because of the
fantastic architecture of the ArduPilot code Rover automatically get's
those enhancements anyway.
Note that the documentation hasn't yet caught up with all the changes
in this release. We are still working on that, but meanwhile if you
see a feature that interests you and it isn't documented yet then
please ask.
The 3.x.x releases and above DON'T support APM1/APM2
----------------------------------------------------
This release DOES NOT SUPPORT the old APM1/APM2 AVR based boards. The
issue is the amount of effort required to keep the new code ported to
the old platforms. We are very sorry this has to occur and if there
is someone who is willing and technically capable of doing this work
then please let us know.
There will be a discussion created on ArduPilot forums where people
can request features in the new code be backported to the APM code to
run on the AVR boards and if it is reasonably easy and they are
willing to do the beta testing we will do our best to make it happen.
EKF2 - New Kalman Filter
------------------------
Paul Riseborough has been working hard recently on the new
EKF2 variant which fixes many issues seen with the old estimator. The
key improvements are:
- support for separate filters on each IMU for multi-IMU boards
(such as the Pixhawk), giving a high degree of redundency
- much better handling of gyro drift estimation, especially on
startup
- much faster recovery from attitude estimation errors
After extensive testing of the new EKF code we decided to make it the
default for this release. You can still use the old EKF if you want to
by setting AHRS_EKF_TYPE to 1, although it is recommended that the new
EKF be used for all vehicles.
In order to use the EKF we need to be a bit more careful about the
setup of the vehicle. That is why we enabled arming and pre-arm checks
by default. Please don't disable the arming checks, they are there for
very good reasons.
UAVCAN new protocol
-------------------
The uavcan change to the new protocol has been a long time coming, and
we'd like to thank Holger for both his great work on this and his
patience given how long it has taken to be in a release. This adds
support for automatic canbus node assignment which makes setup much
easier, and also supports the latest versions of the Zubax canbus GPS.
Support for 4 new Boards
------------------------
The porting of ArduPilot to more boards continues, with support
for 3 new boards in this release. They are:
- the BHAT board
- the PXFmini
- the QualComm Flight
- the Pixracer
More information about the list of supported boards is available here:
https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-autopilots.html
Startup on a moving platform
----------------------------
One of the benefits of the new EKF2 estimator is that it allows for
rapid estimation of gyro offset without doing a gyro calibration on
startup. This makes it possible to startup and arm on a moving
platform by setting the INS_GYR_CAL parameter to zero (to disable gyro
calibration on boot). This should be a big help for boats.
Improved Camera Trigger Logging
-------------------------------
This release adds new CAM_FEEDBACK_PIN and CAM_FEEDBACK_POL
parameters. These add support for separate CAM and TRIG log messages,
where TRIG is logged when the camera is triggered and the CAM message
is logged when an external pin indicates the camera has actually
fired. This pin is typically based on the flash hotshoe of a camera
and provides a way to log the exact time of camera triggering more
accurately. Many thanks to Dario Andres and Jaime Machuca for their
work on this feature.
PID Tuning
----------
You can now see the individual contributions of the P, I and D
components for the Steering PID in the logs (PIDY), allowing you to
get a much better picture of the performance.
Vibration Logging
-----------------
This release includes a lot more options for diagnosing vibration
issues. You will notice new VIBRATION messages in MAVLink and VIBE
messages in the dataflash logs. Those give you a good idea of your
(unfiltered) vibration levels. For really detailed analysis you can
setup your LOG_BITMASK to include raw logging, which gives you every
accel and gyro sample on your Pixhawk. You can then do a FFT on the
result and plot the distribution of vibration level with
frequency. That is great for finding the cause of vibration
issues. Note that you need a very fast microSD card for that to work!
More Sensors
------------
This release includes support for a bunch more sensors. It now supports
3 different interfaces for the LightWare range of Lidars (serial, I2C
and analog), and also supports the very nice Septentrio RTK
dual-frequency GPS (the first dual-frequency GPS we have support
for). It also supports the new "blue label" Lidar from Pulsed Light
(both on I2C and PWM).
For the uBlox GPS, we now have a lot more configurability of the
driver, with the ability to set the GNSS mode for different
constellations. Also in the uBlox driver we support logging of the raw
carrier phase and pseudo range data, which allows for post RTK
analysis with raw-capable receivers for really accurate photo
missions.
Better Linux support
--------------------
This release includes a lot of improvements to the Linux based
autopilot boards, including the NavIO+, the PXF and ERLE boards and
the BBBMini and the new RasPilot board.
On-board compass calibrator
---------------------------
We also have a new on-board compass calibrator, which also adds calibration
for soft iron effects, allowing for much more accurate compass
calibration.
Lots of other changes!
----------------------
The above list is just a taste of the changes that have gone into this
release. Thousands of small changes have gone into this release with
dozens of people contributing. Many thanks to everyone who helped!
Other key changes
-----------------
- fixed the MAV_CMD_DO_SET_HOME (thanks salonijain12)
- fixed bug when reverse throttle would increase speed in AUTO
- fixed a bug going into guided and rover still moving
- loitering at a waypoint if Param1 is non-zero
- update uavcan to new protocol
- fixed reporting of armed state with safety switch
- added optional arming check for minimum voltage
- improved text message queueing to ground stations
- re-organisation of HAL_Linux bus API
- improved NMEA parsing in GPS driver
- improved autoconfig of uBlox GPS driver
- support a wider range of Lightware serial Lidars
- improved non-GPS performance of EKF2
- improved compass fusion in EKF2
- improved support for Pixracer board
- improved NavIO2 support
- added BATT_WATT_MAX parameter
- enable messages for MAVLink gimbal support
- use 64 bit timestamps in dataflash logs
- added realtime PID tuning messages and PID logging
- fixed a failure case for the px4 failsafe mixer
- added DSM binding support on Pixhawk
- added vibration level logging
- ignore low voltage failsafe while disarmed
- added delta velocity and delta angle logging
- allow steering disarm based on ARMING_RUDDER parameter
- prevent mode switch changes changing WP tracking
- fixed parameter documentation spelling errors
- send MISSION_ITEM_REACHED messages on waypoint completion
- enable EKF by default on rover
- Improve gyro bias learning rate for plane and rover
- Allow switching primary GPS instance with 1 sat difference
- added NSH over MAVLink support
- added support for mpu9250 on pixhawk and pixhawk2
- Add support for logging ublox RXM-RAWX messages
- lots of updates to improve support for Linux based boards
- added ORGN message in dataflash
- added support for new "blue label" Lidar
- switched to real hdop in uBlox driver
- improved auto-config of uBlox
- raise accel discrepancy arming threshold to 0.75
- improved support for tcp and udp connections on Linux
- switched to delta-velocity and delta-angles in DCM
- improved detection of which accel to use in EKF
- improved auto-detections of flow control on pixhawk UARTs
- added HDOP to uavcan GPS driver
- improved sending of autopilot version
- log zero rangefinder distance when unhealthy
- added PRU firmware files for BeagleBoneBlack port
- fix for recent STORM32 gimbal support
- changed sending of STATUSTEXT severity to use correct values
- added new RSSI library with PWM input support
- fixed MAVLink heading report for UAVCAN GPS
- support LightWare I2C rangefinder on Linux
- improved staging of parameters and formats on startup to dataflash
- added new on-board compass calibrator
- improved RCOutput code for NavIO port
- added support for Septentrio GPS receiver
- support DO_MOUNT_CONTROl via command-long interface
- added CAM_RELAY_ON parameter
- moved SKIP_GYRO_CAL functionality to INS_GYR_CAL
- new waf build system
- new async accel calibrator
- better rangefinder power control
- dataflash over mavlink support
- settable main loop rate
- hideable parameters
- improved logging for dual-GPS setups
- improvements to multiple RTK GPS drivers
- numerous HAL_Linux improvements
- improved logging of CAM messages
- added support for IMU heaters in HAL_Linux
- support for RCInput over UDP in HAL_Linux
- improved EKF startup checks for GPS accuracy
- added raw IMU logging for all platforms
- configurable RGB LED brightness
- improvements to the lsm303d driver for Linux
Release 2.50, 19 June 2015
==========================
The ardupilot development team has released version 2.50 of
APM:Rover. This release is mostly a backend improvement to ArduPilot
but a few new features and bug fixes are included.
Re-do Accelerometer Calibration
-------------------------------
Due to a change in the maximum accelerometer range on the Pixhawk all
users must re-do their accelerometer calibration for this release.
Only 3D accel calibration
-------------------------
The old "1D" accelerometer calibration method has now been removed, so
you must use the 3D accelerometer calibration method. The old method
was removed because a significant number of users had poor experiences.
Changes in this release are:
- CLI_ENABLED parameter added so the CLI can now be accessed
in Rover
- PID logging for the steering controller. It its now
possible to graph what the P, I and D are doing as your
driving the rover around to enable much better tuning of the
vehicle.
- Transition from .pde file to .cpp files for improved
development.
- GIT Submodules created for PX4Firmware, PX4Nuttx and uavcan
git repositories for improved development.
- Followme mode now works for Rover
- GUIDED mode significantly improved. If you have a GCS which is in
Followme mode if the user then changes mode with the RC transmitter to
HOLD or anything else then the Rover will STOP listening to the
Followme updated guided mode waypoints.
- When going into GUIDED mode the rover went into RTL - this
is fixed.
- Added EKF_STATUS_REPORT MAVLink message
- 64-bit timestamps in dataflash logs
- Numerous EKF improvements
- Added support for 4th Mavlink channel
- Added support for raw IMU logging
- updated Piksi RTK GPS driver
- improved support for GPS data injection (for Piksi RTK GPS)
- The SITL software in the loop simulation system has been completely
rewritten for this release. A major change is to make it possible to
run SITL on native windows without needing a Linux virtual
machine. (thanks Tridge)
Release 2.49, March 4th 2015
----------------------------
The ardupilot development team has released version 2.49 of
APM:Rover. This release is a bug fix release with two important bugs
found by Marco Walther - Thanks Marco!
The bug fixes in this release are:
- fixed a sonar problem where objects to the left wouldn't be
identified - thanks Marco Walther!
- Fixed the ordering of the AP_Notify call so the main indicator
light would be correct on startup - thanks Marco Walther!
Release 2.48, February 20th 2015
--------------------------------
The ardupilot development team has released version 2.48 of
APM:Rover. This release is a bug fix release with some important bugs
found by the users of ardupilot.
The changes in this release are:
- fixed a bug that could cause short term loss of RC control with
some receiver systems and configurations
- allowed for shorter sync pulse widths for PPM-SUM receivers on
APM1 and APM2
- fix an issue where battery reporting could be intermittent (thanks
Georgii Staroselskii!)
- fixed a mission handling bug that could cause a crash if jump
commands form an infinite loop (thanks to Dellarb for reporting
this bug)
- improved support for in-kernel SPI handling on Linux (thanks to John Williams)
- support UAVCAN based ESCs and GPS modules on Pixhawk (thanks to
Pavel, Holger and and PX4 dev team)
- Multiple updates for the NavIO+ cape on RaspberryPi (thanks to
Emlid)
- Lots of EKF changes
- added support for MAVLink packet routing
- added detection and recovery from faulty gyro and accel sensors
- added support for BBBMini Linux port
- increased number of AVR input channels from 8 to 11
- auto-set system clock based on GPS in Linux ports
- added SBUS FrSky telemetry support (thanks to Mathias)
- Added AK8963 MAG support (thanks Staroselskii Georgii)
- Added support for second battery
- Auto formatting of SDCard if it cannot be accessed on startup
- A number of significant performance improvements for the PX4 platform
The most important bug fix is the one for short term loss of RC
control. This is a very long standing bug which didn't have a
noticeable impact for most people, but could cause loss of RC control
for around 1 or 2 seconds for some people in certain circumstances.
The bug was in the the AP_HAL RCInput API. Each HAL backend has a flag
that says whether there is a new RC input frame available. That flag
was cleared by the read() method (typically hal.rcin->read()). Callers
would check for new input by checking the boolean
hal.rcin->new_input() function.
The problem was that read() was called from multiple places. Normally
this is fine as reads from other than the main radio input loop happen
before the other reads, but if the timing of the new radio frame
exactly matched the loop frequency then a read from another place
could clear the new_input flag and we would not see the new RC input
frame. If that happened enough times we would go into a short term RC
failsafe and ignore RC inputs, even in manual mode.
The fix was very simple - it is the new_input() function itself that
should clear the flag, not read().
Many thanks to MarkM for helping us track down this bug by providing
us with sufficient detail on how to reproduce it. In Marks case his
OpenLRSng configuration happened to produce exactly the worst case
timing needed to reproduce the issue. Once Tridge copied his OpenLRS
settings to his TX/RX he was able to reproduce the problem and it was
easy to find and fix.
A number of users have reported occasional glitches in manual control
where servos pause for short periods in past releases. It is likely
that some of those issues were caused by this bug. The dev team would
like to apologise for taking so long to track down this bug!
The other main change was also related to RC input. Some receivers use
a PPM-SUM sync pulse width shorter than what the APM1/APM2 code was
setup to handle. The OpenLRSng default sync pulse width is 3000
microseconds, but the APM1/APM2 code was written for a mininum sync
pulse width of 4000 microseconds. For this release we have changed the
APM1/APM2 driver to accept a sync pulse width down to 2700
microseconds.
Auto format of SD Card
======================
From time to time the SD cards in the PX4 autopilots get corrupted.
This isn't a surprise considering what we do to them. Your all
familiar with the windows "please unmount or eject your SDCard before
removing" process. Well we don't do that. In fact normal operation
is to just pull the power on the SDCard - whilst its being written
too!! Not to metion the horrible vibration rich environment the
SDCard exists in. If the autopilot is setup in the internal innards
of your plane/copter/rover this can be a nightmare to get to. To
resolve that problem Tridge has added code at startup so when
ArduPilot tries to mount to SDCard to access it - if that fails it
will then try to format the SDCard and if successful mount the card
and proceed. If the format fails then you will get the usual SOS
Audio that makes most of us want to find the buzzer and rip its heart
out.
I mention this in case anyone has precious logs saved on the SDCard or
they are using the SDCard out of their phone with their wedding
photo's on it. Probably best not to do that and assume any data on
the SDCard can be deleted.
We are also looking to add a parameter to control whether the card is
auto formatted on startup or not but it isn't in there yet.
Release 2.47, November 15th 2014
--------------------------------
The ardupilot development team is proud to announce the release of
version 2.47 of APM:Rover. This is a minor bug fix release. The most
important change in this release is the fixing of the skid steering
support but there have been a number of fixes in other areas as well.
Full changes list for this release:
- add support for controlling safety switch on Pixhawk from ground station
- prevent reports of failed AHRS during initialisation
- fixed skid steering that was broken in the last release
- report gyro unhealthy if gyro calibration failed
- fixed dual sonar support in CLI sonar test
- fixed Nuttx crash on Pixhawk with bad I2C cables
- added GPS_SBAS_MODE parameter - turns on/off satellite based augemtation system for GPS
- added GPS_MIN_ELEV parameter - specifiy the elevation mask for GPS satellites
- added RELAY_DEFAULT parameter to control default of relay on startup
- fixed bug in FRAM storage on Pixhawk that could cause parameters changes not to be saved
- better handling of compass errors in the EKF (Extended Kalman Filter)
- improved support for linux based autopilots
- added support for PulsedLight LIDAR as a range finder
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, especially
Tom Coyle and Linus Penzlien for their excellent testing and feedback.
Happy driving!
Release 2.46, August 26th 2014
------------------------------
The ardupilot development team is proud to announce the release of
version 2.46 of APM:Rover. This is a major release with a lot of new
features and bug fixes.
This release is based on a lot of development and testing that
happened prior to the AVC competition where APM based vehicles
performed very well.
Full changes list for this release:
- added support for higher baudrates on telemetry ports, to make it
easier to use high rate telemetry to companion boards. Rates of up
to 1.5MBit are now supported to companion boards.
- new Rangefinder code with support for a wider range of rangefinder
types including a range of Lidars (thanks to Allyson Kreft)
- added logging of power status on Pixhawk
- added PIVOT_TURN_ANGLE parameter for pivot based turns on skid
steering rovers
- lots of improvements to the EKF support for Rover, thanks to Paul
Riseborough and testing from Tom Coyle. Using the EKF can greatly
improve navigation accuracy for fast rovers. Enable with
AHRS_EKF_USE=1.
- improved support for dual GPS on Pixhawk. Using a 2nd GPS can
greatly improve performance when in an area with an obstructed
view of the sky
- support for up to 14 RC channels on Pihxawk
- added BRAKING_PERCENT and BRAKING_SPEEDERR parameters for better
breaking support when cornering
- added support for FrSky telemetry via SERIAL2_PROTOCOL parameter
(thanks to Matthias Badaire)
- added support for Linux based autopilots, initially with the PXF
BeagleBoneBlack cape and the Erle robotics board. Support for more
boards is expected in future releases. Thanks to Victor, Sid and
Anuj for their great work on the Linux port.
- added StorageManager library, which expands available FRAM storage
on Pixhawk to 16 kByte. This allows for 724 waypoints, 50 rally
points and 84 fence points on Pixhawk.
- improved reporting of magnetometer and barometer errors to the GCS
- fixed a bug in automatic flow control detection for serial ports
in Pixhawk
- fixed use of FMU servo pins as digital inputs on Pixhawk
- imported latest updates for VRBrain boards (thanks to Emile
Castelnuovo and Luca Micheletti)
- updates to the Piksi GPS support (thanks to Niels Joubert)
- improved gyro estimate in DCM (thanks to Jon Challinger)
- improved position projection in DCM in wind (thanks to Przemek
Lekston)
- several updates to AP_NavEKF for more robust handling of errors
(thanks to Paul Riseborough)
- lots of small code cleanups thanks to Daniel Frenzel
- initial support for NavIO board from Mikhail Avkhimenia
- fixed logging of RCOU for up to 12 channels (thanks to Emile
Castelnuovo)
- code cleanups from Silvia Nunezrivero
- improved parameter download speed on radio links with no flow
control
Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, especially
Tom Coyle and Linus Penzlien for their excellent testing and feedback.
Happy driving!
