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2 Version 1.0 is a major release, adding support for the TeleMini
3 device and lots of new AltosUI features
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7 Add TeleMini v1.0 support. Firmware images for TeleMini are
8 included in AltOS releases.
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10 Change telemetry to be encoded in multiple 32-byte packets. This
11 enables support for TeleMini and other devices without requiring
12 further updates to the TeleDongle firmware.
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14 Support operation of TeleMetrum with the antenna pointing
15 aft. Previous firmware versions required the antenna to be
16 pointing upwards, now there is a configuration option allowing
17 the antenna to point aft, to aid installation in some airframes.
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19 Ability to disable telemetry. For airframes where an antenna
20 just isn't possible, or where radio transmissions might cause
21 trouble with other electronics, there's a configuration option
22 to disable all telemetry. Note that the board will still
23 enable the radio link in idle mode.
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25 Arbitrary frequency selection. The radios in Altus Metrum
26 devices can be programmed to a wide range of frequencies, so
27 instead of limiting devices to 10 pre-selected 'channels', the
28 new firmware allows the user to choose any frequency in the
29 70cm band. Note that the RF matching circuit on the boards is
30 tuned for around 435MHz, so frequencies far from that may
31 reduce the available range.
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33 Kalman-filter based flight-tracking. The model based sensor
34 fusion approach of a Kalman filter means that AltOS now
35 computes apogee much more accurately than before, generally
36 within a fraction of a second. In addition, this approach
37 allows the baro-only TeleMini device to correctly identify
38 Mach transitions, avoiding the error-prone selection of a Mach
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44 Wait for altimeter when using packet mode. Instead of quicly
45 timing out when trying to initialize a packet mode
46 configuration connection, AltosUI now waits indefinitely for
47 the remote device to appear, providing a cancel button should
48 the user get bored. This is necessary as the TeleMini can only
49 be placed in "Idle" mode if AltosUI is polling it.
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51 Add main/apogee voltage graphs to the data plot. This provides
52 a visual indication if the igniters fail before being fired.
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54 Scan for altimeter devices by watching the defined telemetry
55 frequencies. This avoids the problem of remembering what
56 frequency a device was configured to use, which is especially
57 important with TeleMini which does not include a USB connection.
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59 Monitor altimeter state in "Idle" mode. This provides much of
60 the information presented in the "Pad" dialog from the Monitor
61 Flight command, monitoring the igniters, battery and GPS
62 status withing requiring the flight computer to be armed and
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65 Pre-load map images from home. For those launch sites which
66 don't provide free Wi-Fi, this allows you to download the
67 necessary satellite images given the location of the launch
68 site. A list of known launch sites is maintained at
69 altusmetrum.org which AltosUI downloads to populate a menu; if
70 you've got a launch site not on that list, please send the
71 name of it, latitude and longitude along with a link to the
72 web site of the controlling club to the altusmetrum mailing list.
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74 Flight statistics are now displayed in the Graph data
75 window. These include max height/speed/accel, average descent
76 rates and a few other bits of information. The Graph Data
77 window can now be reached from the 'Landed' tab in the Monitor
78 Flight window so you can immediately see the results of a
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