Rolling updates on the status of hardware and software
5/10/2020 - Production Hardware in manufacturing
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
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
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