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description: Rolling updates on the status of hardware and software
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# Current HW SW status

## Hardware

* 5/10/2020 - Production Hardware in manufacturing

## Software

### October demo update

The changelog for the October Demo Image update is as follows:

* Added support for SLCAN devices
* Added SPI support through the userspace SPI driver "spidev"
* Fixed issues with SDMA firmware loading
* Fixed an issue with Bluetooth sometimes not working after a reboot

### NavQ development updates

As of July 17 2020:

* \<u> 20.04 image is fully working with package manager, ROS, UART, WiFi, etc.

As of July 8 2020:

* An \<u> 19.10 image was built and tested with the Google Coral camera. A picture was successfully taken using this image. A working image with the following features should be finished Soon™:
  * Gstreamer + OpenCV w/ working camera
  * UART communication to NXP RDDRONE-FMUK66 for Offboard control using MAVROS (not from)
  * WiFi connection for communication with NavQ
    * Would enable streaming video back to base station for processing as well as creating in-house user interfaces for controlling the HoverGames drone

As of July 7 2020:

* NXP Yocto Debian image&#x20;
* 3rd party \<u>-like image
  * Works, can install ROS/OpenCV, but most hardware doesn't work (camera, hdmi, etc)
* 3rd party Debian image
* EmCraft Linux image
  * Works, has desktop, has OpenCV/Gstreamer, no ROS&#x20;
