Releases: Nevvman18/rs41-nfw
RS41-NFW v65
Version v65 is here!!
New:
- Great code size optimisation (Horus V3 fits with all other freatures on the RSM4x2), lowering RSM4x2 memory usage down to 90%.
- GPS parser rewritten - now reports up to 99 satellites (no 12 GNSS SVS limits) on RSM4x4 GPS receiver.
- RSM4x4 big GPS improvements - message and navigation rates optimised, intelligent GPS constellation management (user can select whether the sonde should focus on power efficiency or tracking performance, sonde automatically switches according to the signal quality), automatic GPS PSM modes, u-Blox Super-S technology, for further receiver sensitivity, tracking performance and jamming-mitigation. GPS satellite filter optimisation - receiver now uses many more satellites for position calculation (can be sometimes over 30 sats).
- Final fix for overflow problems - dataRecorder is currently available in Horus V3 extraSensors (sent every 3 minutes).
- Scheduler updates.
- Others.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Happy flights,
Franek
RS41-NFW v64
Version v64 is here!!
New:
- APRS WX pressure reporting bugfix
- Docs
Known issues: A variable seems to be overflowing. The sonde may behave not stably. Fix coming.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Happy flights,
Franek
RS41-NFW v63
Version v63 is here!!
New:
- Scheduler overflow fixed, now program will happily run infinitely (auto CPU reset is every 7 days).
- Docs.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the previous changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v62
Version v62 is here!!
New:
- Redefined sensor stalk measurements - now using hardware timers and completely new correction algorithms. Much faster and much more precise readout, with measurement noise absent now.
- Humidity measurement is now done via actual sensor capacitance measurement, which provides more accurate readings, especially high in the atmosphere. Humidity measurement should now be somehow accurate with great calibration (temperature is very accurate), due to new temperature as well as heating correction algorithms.
- Pressure readings from RPM411 are now passed through a responsive, light Kalman filter.
- New pressure estimation algorithm (you can either estimate or measure with RPM411!), based on the barometric formula.
- Fixed NTC thermistor R25 and beta values.
- Rewritten scheduler, addressing non-consistent intervals issue, should now sync properly down to the second with the GPS time.
- Data recorder frames are now send via Horus V3, as Mark suggested, (apart from APRS), more in the code comments of dataRecorder.
- Device status and fault detection improvements.
- Fixed morse and RTTY payload creation issue, where comment with lower-case symbols could lock the uC.
- Quicker zero-humidity check and optimised calibration temperature.
- Other minor fixes
- Docs
Known issue - scheduler may in some case overflow and affect sonde memory values while on ground. Fixed in v63.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the previous changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v61
Version v61 is here!!
New:
- Added support for original Vaisala RPM411 pressure sensor add-on module!
- NFW now supports reading of the pressure, module temperature and serial number from the RPM411 board. The sensor is factory-calibrated, and the data is reliable. There is a small measurement noise, which can be easily filtered with a simple algorithm (update coming soon). All readings are provided by the RPM411 board.
- This is all my work, after many horus of careful logic analyzer sniffing and long experiments with the bus and analysis of the protocol.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the previous changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v60
Version v60 is here!!
New:
- Improved APRS timings and baud rate consistency, with help of Wolfgang DF7PN and Ayar HB9EVW.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the previous changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v59
Version v59 is here!!
New:
- Horus Binary 4FSK V3 bugfix for RSM4x2 revisions - full tested support.
- APRS WX wind reporting correction
- Docs
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the previous changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v58
Version v58 is here!!
New:
- Horus Binary 4FSK V3 support for all revisions of sondes, with modem code provided by Mark VK5QI.
- Horus Binary v2/v3 preamble improvements.
- Code size optimization for old models.
- Users aren't now required to download libraries in Library Manager - libraries are now provided with the downloaded sonde-firmware directory, and work out of the box!
- Issue 37.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the v56 and v57 changelogs!
Franek
RS41-NFW v57
Version v57 is here!!
New:
- New APRS telemetry format and custom reserved destination call, sending much more data.
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.
Don't forget about the new changes from the biggest release yet, the v56:
- Introducing Scheduler - new CPU time management function. GPS-synchronized transmission sync, with interval and offset configuration. Apart from that, the new scheduler allows for intervals below 5 seconds, while in the same time reading all sensors, together with the sensor boom, managing GPS, heaters, buttons, LEDs and all flight algorithms, controls and computing functions.
- Introducing RS41-NFW Ground Control Software, which guides you through different ground check stages and lets you inspect a lot(!) of flight parameters and sensor data.
- Improved sensor readout - much faster, more acurate, and with slightly reduced oscillations.
- Support for infinite number of cycling Horus and APRS frequencies, for easier flights in multiple regions.
- Redefined heating algorithms - now based on precise PID control and PWM, also with new in-flight control, allowing for sensor defrosting, while having no impact on the readings. Besides frosting, new PID function also speeds up the calibration process and allows the sensor to work in it's physical safe temperature range during flight.
- New humidity correction algorithms, based on empirical data from many previous flights.
- Much faster program operation - optimization - GPS-synced intervals in the low tens seconds, while reading sensors and managing flight. The calibration process is now significantly quicker, and setup function has been optimized. From click of the button, with calibrations and hardware setup, to full GPS fix in 2 minutes.
- Better and more friendly LED status messages (documented in firmware config).
- Redefined documentation - operation manual markdown file became outdated, but new detailed code comments are here.
- Others
Franek
RS41-NFW v56
Version v56 is here!!
New:
- Introducing Scheduler - new CPU time management function. GPS-synchronized transmission sync, with interval and offset configuration. Apart from that, the new scheduler allows for intervals below 5 seconds, while in the same time reading all sensors, together with the sensor boom, managing GPS, heaters, buttons, LEDs and all flight algorithms, controls and computing functions.
- Introducing RS41-NFW Ground Control Software, which guides you through different ground check stages and lets you inspect a lot(!) of flight parameters and sensor data.
- Improved sensor readout - much faster, more acurate, and with slightly reduced oscillations.
- Support for infinite number of cycling Horus and APRS frequencies, for easier flights in multiple regions.
- Redefined heating algorithms - now based on precise PID control and PWM, also with new in-flight control, allowing for sensor defrosting, while having no impact on the readings. Besides frosting, new PID function also speeds up the calibration process and allows the sensor to work in it's physical safe temperature range during flight.
- New humidity correction algorithms, based on empirical data from many previous flights.
- Much faster program operation - optimization - GPS-synced intervals in the low tens seconds, while reading sensors and managing flight. The calibration process is now significantly quicker, and setup function has been optimized. From click of the button, with calibrations and hardware setup, to full GPS fix in 2 minutes.
- Better and more friendly LED status messages (documented in firmware config).
- Redefined documentation - operation manual markdown file became outdated, but new detailed code comments are here.
- Others
Please carefully read the instructions before flight!
Questions? Don't hesitate and leave an issue.