Maybe we can make a repository with compiled hex files for the popular boards and configurations ?
Then we can have a uploader (PC/Android) to facilitate firmware updates.
What do you think?
Hex files for most popular boards
Hex files for most popular boards
It's easy to connect an FTDI to Android ?
Re: Hex files for most popular boards
fuh wrote:It's easy to connect an FTDI to Android ?
Your device has to support usb host mode, Android version has to be greater then 4.0 and you need OTG cable.
Re: Hex files for most popular boards
ezio wrote:Maybe we can make a repository with compiled hex files for the popular boards and configurations ?
Then we can have a uploader (PC/Android) to facilitate firmware updates.
What do you think?
I think that an easy self explaining configuration GUI that would create a config.h file would be better to start with. Then eventually create an automated process that would create the hex and upload it to the flight controller. I think that static hex would be a bad idea since there are many flight controllers with different hardware specs and that can be more confusing for people.
Re: Hex files for most popular boards
Being able to upload hex files sounds like someone wanting to find a way to get code updates to potential supporters of a product without having to actually release source code.
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integrate tarduino compiler into the uploader. problem solved.
include config.h editor too.
oh, wait...
include config.h editor too.
oh, wait...
Re: Hex files for most popular boards
timecop wrote:integrate tarduino compiler into the uploader. problem solved.
include config.h editor too.
oh, wait...
Actually software like this already exists and it is quite nice.
https://flyingeinstein.com/index.php/download
I still think that providing hex files with possibility to easy upload it from PC and Android is a good idea (like BaseFilght ). I'm not talking here to support all possible configurations. Just pick the boards that users use the most.
Bart
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Would be great for new MW users.
APM have had it for years for both 8 bit APM as well as 32 bit Pixhawk all autodetected from Mission Planner. Easy to do when you have only two platforms to support where specs are locked down even with clones.
APM have had it for years for both 8 bit APM as well as 32 bit Pixhawk all autodetected from Mission Planner. Easy to do when you have only two platforms to support where specs are locked down even with clones.