Copter: update firmware version and release notes for 3.0.0-rc1

ArduCopter/ArduCopter.pde

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /// -*- tab-width: 4; Mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-
 
-#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V2.9.1b-dev"
+#define THISFIRMWARE "ArduCopter V3.0.0-rc1"
 /*
- *  ArduCopter Version 2.9
+ *  ArduCopter Version 3.0
  *  Lead author:	Jason Short
  *  Based on code and ideas from the Arducopter team: Randy Mackay, Pat Hickey, Jose Julio, Jani Hirvinen, Andrew Tridgell, Justin Beech, Adam Rivera, Jean-Louis Naudin, Roberto Navoni
  *  Thanks to:	Chris Anderson, Mike Smith, Jordi Munoz, Doug Weibel, James Goppert, Benjamin Pelletier, Robert Lefebvre, Marco Robustini

ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 ArduCopter Release Notes:
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+ArduCopter 3.0.0-rc1 01-May-2013
+Improvements over 2.9.1b:
+1) Inertial navigation for X & Y axis (Randy/Leonard/Jonathan)
+2) 3D waypoint navigation library (Leonard/Randy)
+    WPNAV_SPEED, WPNAV_SPEED_UP, WPNAV_SPEED_DN control target speeds during missions and RTL
+    WP_YAW_BEHAVIOR to allow disabling yaw during missions and RTL
+3) PX4 support (some features still not available) (Tridge/Pat/PX4Dev Team)
+4) Safety improvements:
+    Tin-can shaped fence (set FENCE_ENABLED to 1 and copter will RTL if alt > 150m or horizontal distance from home > 300m) (Randy/Tridge/Leonard)
+    GCS failsafe (set FS_GCS_ENABLED to 1 and if you are using a tablet to fly your copter it will RTL and return control to the radio 3 seconds after losing telemetry) (Randy)
+    pre-arm checks to ensure accelerometer and radio calibration has been performed before arming (Randy)
+5) motor interference compensation for compass (Jonathan/Randy)
+6) Circle mode improvements:
+    set CIRCLE_RADIUS to zero to do panorama shots in circle mode (copter does not move in a circle but instead slowly rotates)
+    CIRCLE_RATE parameter allows controlling direction and speed of rotation in CIRCLE mode and LOITER_TURNS (can also be adjusted in flight from CH6 knob)
+7) SONAR_GAIN parameter add to allow reducing the response to objects sensed by sonar (Randy)
+8) support for trapezoidal quads (aka V shaped or FPV quads) (Leonard/Craig)
+9) performance improvements to dataflash logging (Tridge)
+10) bug-fix to analog read which could cause bad sonar reads when using voltage or current monitor (Tridge)
+11) bug-fix to motors going to minimum when throttle is low while switching into Loiter, AUTO, RTL, ALT_HOLD (Jason/Randy)
+12) bug-fix for auto disarm sometimes disarming shortly after arming (Jason/SirAlex)
+------------------------------------------------------------------
 ArduCopter 2.9.1b 30-Feb-2013
 Improvements over 2.9.1:
 1) reduce INS_MPU6K_FILTER to 20hz
@@ -8,7 +30,6 @@ Improvements over 2.9.1:
 4) bug fix for alt_hold being passed as int16_t to get_throttle_althold_with_slew
 5) bug fix for throttle after acro flip (was being kept at min throttle if pilot switched out of ACRO mode while inverted)
 6) reduce yaw_rate P default to 0.20 (was 0.25)
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 ArduCopter 2.9.1 & 2.9.1-rc2 01-Feb-2013
 Improvements over 2.9.1-rc1: