From fc47e05105c34ab4d42ae9de4d282631bf956eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Mackay Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 11:13:15 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Copter: update firmware version to AC3.1-rc3 --- ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde | 2 +- ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt | 14 +++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde b/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde index 7b004afe7e..32e6ffa6ff 100644 --- a/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde +++ b/ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ /// -*- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- -#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V3.1-rc2" +#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V3.1-rc3" /* This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by diff --git a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt index 2dec1df4fd..0a39109d90 100644 --- a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -1,9 +1,21 @@ ArduCopter Release Notes: ------------------------------------------------------------------ +ArduCopter 3.1-rc3 09-Oct-2013 +Improvements over 3.1-rc2 +1) GPS Glitch protection - gps positions are compared with the previous gps position. Position accepted if within 10m or copter could have reached the position with max accel of 10m/s/s. +2) Bug fix for pixhawk SPI bus contention that could lead to corrupted accelerometer values on pixhawk resolved +3) Auto Tuning (compile time option only add "#define AUTOTUNE ENABLED" to APM_Config.h and set CH7_Opt or CH8_Opt parameter to 17) +4) CPU Performance improvement when reading from MPU6k for APM +5) SUPER_SIMPLE parameter changed to a bit map to allow some flight modes to use super simpler while others use regular simple (MP release to allow easier selection will go out with AC3.1 official release) +6) Safety changes: + a) safety button must be pushed before arming on pixhawk + b) RGB LED (aka toshiba led) changed so that disarmed flashes, armed is either blue (if no gps lock) or green (if gps lock) + c) sensor health bitmask sent to groundstations +------------------------------------------------------------------ ArduCopter 3.1-rc2 18-Sep-2013 Improvements over 3.1-rc1 1) bug fix for MOT_SPIN_ARMED to allow it to be higher than 127 -2) PX4/pixhawks auto-detect internal/external compass so COMPASS_ORIENT should be set to ORIENTATION_NONE if using GPS+compass module +2) PX4/pixhawk auto-detect internal/external compass so COMPASS_ORIENT should be set to ORIENTATION_NONE if using GPS+compass module ------------------------------------------------------------------ ArduCopter 3.1-rc1 9-Sep-2013 Improvements over 3.0.1