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Release 2.46, August 26th 2014 |
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The ardupilot development team is proud to announce the release of |
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version 2.46 of APM:Rover. This is a major release with a lot of new |
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features and bug fixes. |
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This release is based on a lot of development and testing that |
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happened prior to the AVC competition where APM based vehicles |
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performed very well. |
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Full changes list for this release: |
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- added support for higher baudrates on telemetry ports, to make it |
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easier to use high rate telemetry to companion boards. Rates of up |
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to 1.5MBit are now supported to companion boards. |
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- new Rangefinder code with support for a wider range of rangefinder |
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types including a range of Lidars (thanks to Allyson Kreft) |
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- added logging of power status on Pixhawk |
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- added PIVOT_TURN_ANGLE parameter for pivot based turns on skid |
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steering rovers |
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- lots of improvements to the EKF support for Rover, thanks to Paul |
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Riseborough and testing from Tom Coyle. Using the EKF can greatly |
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improve navigation accuracy for fast rovers. Enable with |
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AHRS_EKF_USE=1. |
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- improved support for dual GPS on Pixhawk. Using a 2nd GPS can |
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greatly improve performance when in an area with an obstructed |
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view of the sky |
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- support for up to 14 RC channels on Pihxawk |
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- added BRAKING_PERCENT and BRAKING_SPEEDERR parameters for better |
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breaking support when cornering |
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- added support for FrSky telemetry via SERIAL2_PROTOCOL parameter |
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(thanks to Matthias Badaire) |
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- added support for Linux based autopilots, initially with the PXF |
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BeagleBoneBlack cape and the Erle robotics board. Support for more |
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boards is expected in future releases. Thanks to Victor, Sid and |
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Anuj for their great work on the Linux port. |
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- added StorageManager library, which expands available FRAM storage |
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on Pixhawk to 16 kByte. This allows for 724 waypoints, 50 rally |
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points and 84 fence points on Pixhawk. |
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- improved reporting of magnetometer and barometer errors to the GCS |
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- fixed a bug in automatic flow control detection for serial ports |
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in Pixhawk |
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- fixed use of FMU servo pins as digital inputs on Pixhawk |
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- imported latest updates for VRBrain boards (thanks to Emile |
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Castelnuovo and Luca Micheletti) |
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- updates to the Piksi GPS support (thanks to Niels Joubert) |
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- improved gyro estimate in DCM (thanks to Jon Challinger) |
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- improved position projection in DCM in wind (thanks to Przemek |
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Lekston) |
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- several updates to AP_NavEKF for more robust handling of errors |
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(thanks to Paul Riseborough) |
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- lots of small code cleanups thanks to Daniel Frenzel |
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- initial support for NavIO board from Mikhail Avkhimenia |
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- fixed logging of RCOU for up to 12 channels (thanks to Emile |
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Castelnuovo) |
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- code cleanups from Silvia Nunezrivero |
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- improved parameter download speed on radio links with no flow |
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control |
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Many thanks to everyone who contributed to this release, especially |
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Tom Coyle and Linus Penzlien for their excellent testing and feedback. |
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Happy driving!
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