From 0645453997e4ed3ec12a90138912ef2d2516e393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Randy Mackay Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 13:46:14 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] Copter: AC3.3-rc8 release notes --- ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt index b3ca2c6ddd..5d1fb3cefe 100644 --- a/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt +++ b/ArduCopter/ReleaseNotes.txt @@ -1,5 +1,33 @@ APM:Copter Release Notes: ------------------------------------------------------------------ +Copter 3.3-rc8 25-Jul-2015 +Changes from 3.3-rc7 +1) EKF improvements: + a) de-weight accelerometers that are clipping to improve resistance to high vibration + b) fix EKF to use primary compass instead of first compass (normally the same) +2) UBlox "HDOP" corrected to actually be hdop (was pdop) which leads to 40% lower value reported +3) TradHeli: + a) Motors library split into "Multicopter" and "TradHeli" so TradHeli does not see multicopter parameters + b) Heading target reset during landing to reduce vehicle fighting to rotate while on the ground +4) Minor enhancements: + a) SToRM32 gimbal can be connected to any serial port + b) log when baro, compass become unhealthy + c) ESC_CALIBRATION parameter can be set to "9" to disable esc calibration startup check + d) Circle rate adjustment with ch6 takes effect immediately + e) log home and origin + f) pre-arm check of battery voltage and fence +5) Bug fixes: + a) fix THR_MIN being incorrectly scaled as pwm value during low-throttle check + b) fence distance calculated from home (was incorrectly calculated from ekf-origin) + c) When flying with joystick and joystick is disconnected, control returns immediately to regular TX + d) dataflash's ATT yaw fixed to report heading as 0 ~ 360 + e) fix to mission's first command being run multiple times during mission if it was a do-command + f) ekf-check is enabled only after ekf-origin is set (stops red-yellow flashing led when flying without GPS lock) + g) fix initialisation of mount's mode + h) start-up logging so parameters only logged once, mission always written +6) Linux: + a) bebop support +------------------------------------------------------------------ Copter 3.3-rc7 28-Jun-2015 Changes from 3.3-rc6 1) reduce EKF gyro bias uncertainty that caused attitude estimate errors