August 05, 2020
Agenda
- Status update by component/project
- Roadmap, and Release discussion
- Community Q&A
- In-Depth discussions
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Component update
Hardware Workgroups
- UAVCAN workgroup met, see UAVCAN below.
System Architecture
uORB optimizations
- uOrb top output sorted alphabetically
- work queue status sorted alphabetically
OS / NuttX
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15415
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15385
NuttX conference
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Driver
support for paw3902 optical flow sensor
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14495
Commander
Added Arming/disarming reason for logging
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15483
Estimation
https://github.com/PX4/ecl/pull/870/files
https://github.com/PX4/ecl/pull/875
VTOL
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15474
Fixed Wing
Multicopter
Land detector PR has been merged
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15083
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15370
Avoidance
No update this week. Things are working well.
Simulation
https://github.com/PX4/sitl_gazebo/pull/559
https://github.com/PX4/sitl_gazebo/pull/561
https://github.com/PX4/sitl_gazebo/pull/557
MAVSDK
no update this week
MAVROS / DDS / ROS2
The fix to the UART link of the microRTPS bridge was finally merged. microRTPS is now fully functional with serial:
https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/15354
Agent protocol splitter
- The protocol splitter allows propagating RTPS and MAVLink packets in the same link and demultiplexes them on the agent side
- Finalizing details it’s scheduled to go live this week
- After launch, it’s planned to be hosted next week as a standalone repository.
UAVCAN
DS-015 work continues, team keeps meeting bi-weekly
The DS-015 team is now joined by @PavelKirienko and @thirtytwobits
On-going efforts by @dagar to implement a “register interface” and “port ID configuration” on the PX4 side for the UAVCAN v1.0 client.
Catch up on all the developments below 
Release
- The last remaining blocker (Land Detector Issue) has been merged.
- We are moving forward with v1.11-RC1
- Calling for help from the community, we need tests!
After the v1.11 release, what’s next?
- More regular release schedule going forward.
- fixed periods for mater to beta, beta to stable
- Shorter cycles
- Dedicated test team (sponsored by Dronecode)
Community Q&A
No discussions today.
Errata and Feedback
Let me know below if we failed to capture anything the right way, and if there are any updates (not present here), or you have feedback you would like to share with the dev-team.
