Congrats to the Dronecode/PX4 team for a series of new releases.
The PX4 1.1 code is now out with these new features:
- Switch to CMake build system
- Significant improvements in the user model / interaction (requires QGroundControl v2.8.0 or newer, using a daily build is recommended)
- Full VTOL support for all three major VTOL design types enabled (Tailsitters, tiltrotors, plane + quad combination, all flight modes, still under heavy development)
- Rattitude mode for FPV racers: Combination of attitude and rate control
- Better altitude hold (significant improvements, but more improvements pending)
- Support for coaxial helicopters
- Full native SITL on Mac OS and Linux: http://dev.px4.io/simulation-sitl.html
- Snapdragon Flight support (there is a next-generation version currently being worked on)
- Autonomous takeoff and landing on runways for planes
- Full support for UAVCAN, including UAVCAN-enabled motor controllers and automatic Firmware upgrades via UAVCAN (if you connect an ESC to the system, it will always be auto-upgraded)
- New board architecture: FMUv4, with the Pixracer being the first board of the new generation:http://dev.px4.io/hardware-pixracer.html
And the QGroundControl GCS now supports Android (along with Mac OS, Windows and Linux as always). App to be distributed via Google Play soon.
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@Thorsten
If you'd like to try QGroundControl for Android join the beta test here - https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.mavlink.qgroundcontrol
Maybe I overlooked it, but is there already some apk for Android available?
It would be interesting to compare it to Tower where the development seems to be less active for quite a while.
However, I guess Tower is still the better more APM-centric option...
The frame x8 is not expected?
I have always wondered that too Hugues. Some insight would be appreciated.
For my own comprehension (and probably other's too), what are the main differences between APM and PX4 firmware code?
Nice. Like the VTOL and Android support.