The MatrixPilot dev team is happy to announce that version 3.0 is finally out the door! This update includes a hefty code reorganization into modular, reusable libraries, along with some important new features, and refinements to our dead reckoning and wind estimation algorithms. The code should also now be much easier to hack on as a basis for using the UAVDevBoard for other purposes.
Thanks to all the developers and testers who helped out with this release!
More info over at our wiki.
What's New in MatrixPilot 3.0
- Support for up to 8-channel PPM RC Input on a single pin, freeing up other pins for other features, including up to 9 RC outputs. Compatible with this board from the DIYDrones store.
- Added a new mission description language based on LOGO.
- Allow sending waypoints (or UDB Logo instructions) mid flight over the telemetry channel.
- Much improved Navigation, due to improvements in Dead Reckoning and wind estimation.
- Improved camera-targeting logic and precision.
- Added an RTL Hold feature that keeps you in RTL mode once it's been triggered, until you flip your mode switch. This helps avoid chaos if you're flying at the edge of your RC range.
- Support for a still-experimental native On-Screen Display using this board from SparkFun.
- Improved autonomous landing control.
- Improved flight analysis tools.
- Code restructuring into shared libraries makes building your own UDB-based projects much easier!
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