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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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