# PX4 Dev Call: February 26, 2020

**URL:** <https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-dev-call-february-26-2020/15271>\
**Category:** PX4 Autopilot\
**Created:** [February 19, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-dev-call-february-26-2020/15271 "2020-02-19T18:14:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![rroche](https://discuss.px4.io/user_avatar/discuss.px4.io/rroche/32/17635_2.png) [@rroche](https://discuss.px4.io/u/rroche)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://discuss.px4.io/t/px4-dev-call-february-26-2020/15271/1 "2020-02-19T18:14:35Z")

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# February 26, 2020

## Agenda

- Status update by component
- Community Q&A

## Join Meeting

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### Component update

#### Hardware

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> **[Dronecode: Payload Workgroup](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R_EPlETAMkCFRujOwSSRWTqJ2GCKDPe9B44yjjPOFIg/edit#heading=h.jblcsi5evds)**
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> Payload Workgroup Information: WG Home: forum link Email: no email list see above for forum link WG Lead: Lorenz Meier (lorenz@auterion.com) Weekly Call Coordinates: Tuesdays 9:00 AM PST, 6:00 PM CEST Meeting Etiquette: Anyone can add topics to the...

> **[Dronecode: BMS Workgroup](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YPfR3T1gQvCogLWXVcDl5kJG1jpxKbd3TJDVE6ckFMg/edit#heading=h.v6bh3z7hvuf1)**
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> BMS Workgroup Information: WG Home: forum link Email: no email list see above for forum link WG Lead: Lorenz Meier (lorenz@auterion.com) Weekly Call Coordinates: Tuesdays 9:00 AM PST, 6:00 PM CEST Meeting Etiquette: Anyone can add topics to the...

#### Flight Testing

Question

- ❓ Is there any supported hardware that the test team isn’t working with?

> [@Week 7 February 17- February 21](https://discuss.px4.io/t/week-7-february-17-february-21/15349):
>
> Dronecode Test Team, Week 7 Report [PX4 Autopilot](https://dev.px4.io/en/test_and_ci/test_flights.html)Flight Testing, by the Dronecode Test Team. Sponsored by Dronecode. Summary 163 flights ([[Link to log archive](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13b03rMoR9UUwpOHSsoKw27p0VS4Jm5VTmUzE05KX_yk/edit#gid=228057669)] 5 PR’s assigned 1 issue reported this week. Vehicle Status [image] GitHub Pull Requests (Assigned / Tested) uORB add bitset for faster orb\_exists check and remove uORB::Subscription lazy subscribe hack/optimization [#14106](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14106#event-3036523427) Use velocity\_setpoint for feedforward instead of constraint [#14155](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14155)- Re-test navigator: fix edge case with valid i…

#### Driver

- ✨ New drivers by @dagar

> <https://github.com/PX4/PX4-Autopilot/pull/14238>
>
> Similar to https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14184. This PR switches to the n…ew icm20602/icm20689 drivers on px4\_fmu-v5/v5x. The NuttX side (https://github.com/PX4/NuttX/pull/85) still needs to be resolved, but opening this now to enable further testing.
> 
> - 8 kHz gyro, 4 kHz accel
> - DLPF disabled
> - scheduled using data ready interrupts where possible
> - FIFO is emptied at 1 kHz, but can adjusted via \`IMU\_GYRO\_RATEMAX\` from 250 Hz - 4000 kHz.
> 
> FYI @dinomani - SPI DMA on v5x should help reduce the overload load.
> 
> - \[\] px4\_fmu-v5
> - \[\] DMA map
> - \[\] sensor rotations
> - \[\] flight test
> - \[\] closely review CUAV fmu-v5 boards that contain both icm20602 & icm20689
> - \[\] px4\_fmu-v5x
> - \[\] DMA map
> - \[\] sensor rotations
> - \[\] flight test
> - \[\] verify ism330ldc performance with SPI DMA enabled

#### Commander

- ✨ Enabled RC override on all the auto/modes by @MaEtUgR

[https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14218](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14218)

#### VTOL

- 🏄‍♂️ fix by @sfuhrer

[https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14245](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14245)

#### Multicopter

- ✨ acceleration-based control/feed-forward by @MaEtUgR

[https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14212](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14212)

#### Avoidance

- ✨ CP/OA Improvements by @mrivi

[https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14242](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14242)

#### Simulation

- ✨ set sensor update rate according to `HIL_SENSOR` by @TSC21

[https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14228](https://github.com/PX4/Firmware/pull/14228)

### Community Q&A

⚙ PX4 v1.11 Release

- 👉 Next beta release on March 9

### Hardware Support

mRo

- Control 0, hardware status? needs issue report

Drotek

- Dropix & Pixhawk 3 won’t be manufactured soon.
- New FMUv5 hardware to be released

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## Errata and Feedback

Let me know below if I failed to capture anything the right way, and if there are any updates, or you have feedback on the call format.
