v1.6.2
PX4/PX4-Autopilotv1.6.2Jun 7, 2017by LorenzMeier
AI Summary
A major release introducing the new uLog logging format with web graphing, new hardware support including Crazyflie v2 and FMUv4 PRO/v5, and significant EKF2 robustness improvements.
Key Highlights
- New .ulg logging format with web-based graphing engine
- New hardware support: Crazyflie v2, FMUv4 PRO, FMUv5
- Significant EKF2 robustness improvements
- New camera triggering and survey flight capabilities
- Temperature calibration for sensors
New Features
- Survey flights (multicopter and fixed wing)
- Temperature calibration (gyro, accel, mag, baro)
- Support for MAVLink and PWM controlled gimbals
- Support for generic helicopters and Blade 130 mixer
- Fixed-wing acro and rattitude flight modes
- Quadchute support
- EKF2 replay for new ulog format
- UAVCAN performance improvements
- Support for multiple UAVs in SITL simulation
- Windows build support
Full Release Notes
PX4 v1.6.2 requires a recent version of QGroundControl for the best user experience, currently available as “daily build” [here](https://docs.qgroundcontrol.com/en/releases/daily_builds.html). # New Hardware Support * Crazyflie v2 * FMUv4 PRO (Prototype donation and manufacturing: Drotek) * FMUv5 (Prototype donation and manufacturing: Team Blacksheep) # New Features * New .ulg [uLog logging format](https://dev.px4.io/en/log/ulog_file_format.html) which directly logs uORB topics and offers more accurate time stamping. Supported in FlightPlot. @bkueng * New web-graphing engine for .ulg: http://review.px4.io @bkueng * Easier to use camera triggering @mhkabir * Basic support for real-time camera triggering feedback @mhkabir * Support for survey flights (multicopter and fixed wing) with intuitive UI * Temperature calibration and compensation (gyro, accel, mag, baro) * Support for MAVLink and PWM controlled gimbals @bkueng * Support for generic helicopters and Blade 130 mixer @bartslinger * Fixedwing acro and rattitude flight modes # Major Upgrades * EKF2 Robustness @priseborough @tumbili * Tremendously better user experience on Snapdragon Flight @ChristophTobler * Better user experience on Aero @lucasdemarchi * Hardening against marginal GPS reception @priseborough * Hardening against mag observability issues @priseborough * NuttX Update to a recent release @davids5 * STM32F7 support @davids5 * Change default to use the new ULog logging format supporting http://review.px4.io zoomable graphing * Significant reduction in RAM usage on STM32 @bkueng # Bugfixes and Improvements * Critical bugfixes in magnetometer calibration routine preventing a race condition @mhkabir * Improvements for FMUv3 / Pixhawk 2.1 HW support @mhkabir * Improvements for UAVCAN motor control and parameter transfer @eyeam3 * Cleanup of PWM output driver, easier user-configuration of OneShot * More reliable reboot of Pixracer boards * Log tasks low on stack @AndreasAntener * Prevent overshooting of landing waypoints on VTOLS by calculating the acceptance radius based on ground speed @sanderux * Prevent takeoff in loiter mode when vehicle is on the ground and wait on transition to mission mode @julianoes * Improved robustness and reliability of land detector * Fix offboard attitude setpoint overwrite from RC channels @aivian * Add ground truth tests to SITL Gazebo CI @jgoppert * Disable the safety switch by default on Pixracer @LorenzMeier * Use ellipsoid instead of sphere fitting in magnetometer calibration @bugobliterator * Introduction of the event module @bkueng * Temperature calibration for IMU and barometric sensors @bugobliterator @priseborough * Don’t allow arming in low battery condition @LorenzMeier * Enable takeoff and landing with just local position (e.g. flow) @ChristophTobler * Add fixed-wing acro mode @AndreasAntener * Trigger quadchute on maximum roll and pitch angles to prevent stalling or actuation problems like reversed ailerons/elevons @sanderux * Add fast EKF2 replay for new ulog format @bkueng * UAVCAN performance audit @pavel-kirienko * Add preflight, postflight perf counters and process usage to ULog @bkueng * Improve VTOL standard transition improvements * Fix PX4 build on Windows platforms @MaEtUgR * Improve multicopter takeoff and landing in altitude controlled flight modes * Support for multiple UAVs in SITL simulation @mzahana * Fixedwing offboard control mode improvements * Fixedwing throttle scaling with battery voltage @Sander * VTOL land improved back transition waypoint accuracy * TECS height rate feed forward fixed * Fixedwing loiter to altitude landing improved predictibility @NatorGator * Fixedwing limits fix : The `FW_PSP_OFF` parameter no longer breaches the pitch min/max limits. @sanderux * Improved the mixer clipping performance on yaw saturation @bresch * BMI055 driver fixes for device IDs (from 1.6.0) * Fixes for mag rotation (from 1.6.0 and 1.6.1) @mhkabir # R&D * Iridium SBD @dagar * ICM20602 and ICM20689 @davids5 * BMI055 and BMM150 @scheiermanns