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New Code Release Date- Still March?

Posted by Shawn on March 26, 2011 at 5:26am

Hello, I read where the new Arducopter Mega code was going to be released Feb/March and wanted to find out if that is still going to happen since March is almost over.

If it is coming within the week, I won't continue tuning the Pirates NG code too much further.

 

Thanks,

Shawn

 

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  • Developer
    Jason Short April 18, 2011 at 8:52am

    Looks like the Sparkfun competition will be the big coming out party for ACM. Cross fingers I can win!

    Jack Dunkle is already running wapypoints well. We're just tuning that part from his advice.

    Jason

  • Chris Barlow April 18, 2011 at 6:28am
    Guys can we register for any alerts so we know the new software has been released?
  • Dinos April 15, 2011 at 6:07am
    Although Geir's suggestion is very good!Videos showing updates would be a very good attraction for new members to community and for information to the members!Especially for newbies(like me:) ) is good to see how this project works and know that something good is coming.
  • Guntars April 15, 2011 at 1:26am
    Any news?
  • Ethan Ferrell April 6, 2011 at 2:08pm
    I just saw the new post about the APM with ATmega2560, does the new ACM code support this hardware?
  • Developer
    Jason Short April 4, 2011 at 11:15am

    Just FYI, 

    ACM is in really good shape and quite flyable. Mission scripting is working. I plan on flying it at the Sparkfun autonomous race.

    What I've found is that quads are far more dangerous than planes. Duh right? Well, I am holding it fairly tight because I'm worried that if I unleash it to early testing, it will cause someone to loose some expensive hardware. 

    I've gone through over a dozen motors, 3 frames, three APM boards, 2 GPS units, 2 compass units, and 3 dozen blades testing, crashing, etc. I'd hate for any of you all to go through that!!! It's like these things have a death wish...

    It's all lead to a very robust codebase, which I'm very happy with. 

    The other thing that I'm concerned about is usability and integration with Mavlink. Tridge is working the mavlink side, and I'm refining the commands.

    All of this additional integration and testing is what's taking the extra time. But it will be worth it I hope.

    Jason

  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson March 26, 2011 at 9:22am
    We're going to do some more testing and documentation this weekend, in hopes of a public release of the first beta this week. Fingers crossed.
  • Sebastian Gralla March 26, 2011 at 6:05am
    give it 2-3 weeks (I read something about public release candidate this morning)
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