v1.12.0
PX4/PX4-Autopilotv1.12.0Jul 11, 2021by dagar
AI Summary
A major stable release enabling Multi-EKF by default and improving flight modes and CAN support.
Key Highlights
- Multi-EKF enabled by default
- Safety switch defaults to off (latching)
- Intuitive stick feel in Position mode
- Hover thrust independent velocity control
- UAVCANv0/v1 support
New Features
- Multi-EKF enabled by default
- Safety switch defaults to off
- Intuitive stick feel in Position mode
- Hover thrust independent velocity control gains
- UAVCANv0 support
- UAVCANv1 alpha support
- TECS improvements
- Faster magnetometer calibration
- Gyro dynamic notch filtering
- Optimized rate control pipeline
- IRC Ghost support
- New board support (FMUv6u/v6x, CUAV X7, etc.)
Full Release Notes
This is the v1.12 stable release, which brings a number of significant improvements to PX4:
The full release notes are here: https://docs.px4.io/master/en/releases/1.12.html
* Multi-EKF enabled by default
* Safety (switch) defaults to off (motors are disarmed, but servos / flaps can move)
* Safety switch is latching: Once it is disabled, it will stay disabled
* Multicopter
* [Intuitive stick feel in Position mode](https://docs.px4.io/master/en/releases/1.12.html#intuitive-stick-feel-in-position-mode)
* [Hover thrust independent velocity control gains](https://docs.px4.io/master/en/releases/1.12.html#hover-thrust-independent-velocity-control-gains)
* UAVCANv0: Although the fundamental features like Firmware upgrades and parameter sync of CAN nodes have been implemented for over 5 years, we refreshed support now that finally, devices are on the market. Typical CAN GPS, airspeed and power modules are supported
* UAVCANv0 Node: PX4 supported building nodes for many years - now we support building specific targets like the CUAV GPS units
* UAVCANv1: Initial alpha of a complete end-to-end implementation
* Fixedwing/VTOL significant TECS improvements
* Magnetometer calibration faster and more robust
* new soft iron calibration coefficients
* automatically determine the rotation of external sensors
* Gyro dynamic notch filtering with onboard FFT
* Optimized rate control sensor pipeline (minimal inner loop end-to-end latency)
* Added support for IRC Ghost including telemetry
* new board support
* PX4 FMUv6u
* PX4 FMUv6x
* CUAV X7/X7Pro
* CUAV Nora
* CUAV CAN GPS
* SP Racing H7 Extreme
* Bitcraze Crazyflie v2.1
* ARK CAN Flow
* ARK CAN GPS
* Freefly CAN RTK GPS
* mRo Ctrl Zero H7 (experimental)