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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>Release Notes for Version 1.6.2</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="am.css" /><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.79.1" /></head><body><div xml:lang="en" class="article" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="idm1"></a>Release Notes for Version 1.6.2</h2></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Bdale</span> <span class="surname">Garbee</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:bdale@gag.com">bdale@gag.com</a>&gt;</code></div></div><div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"><span class="firstname">Keith</span> <span class="surname">Packard</span></h3><code class="email">&lt;<a class="email" href="mailto:keithp@keithp.com">keithp@keithp.com</a>&gt;</code></div></div><div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2016 Bdale Garbee and Keith Packard</p></div><div><div class="legalnotice"><a id="idm19"></a><p>
    This document is released under the terms of the
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    license.
  </p></div></div></div><hr /></div><p>Version 1.6.2 includes support for our updated TeleMega v2.0
product and bug fixes in in the flight software for all our boards
and ground station interfaces.</p><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altos"></a>1. AltOS</h2></div></div></div><p>AltOS New Features:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
Add support for TeleMega v2.0 boards.
</li><li class="listitem">
Add PWM servo driver. There’s no higher level code using
this yet, but the driver allows testing of the TeleMega v2.0
servo output connector.
</li></ul></div><p>AltOS Fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
Slow down telemetry packets to allow receiver to keep
up.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_altosui_and_telegps_applications"></a>2. AltosUI and TeleGPS Applications</h2></div></div></div><p>AltosUI and TeleGPS Fixes:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
Fix post-flight orientation computation when processing
TeleMega and EasyMega eeprom data files.
</li><li class="listitem">
Capture complete eeprom data even when there are invalid
entries in the data. This keeps reading eeprom contents and
writing the associated .eeprom file when an error is detected.
</li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="_documentation"></a>3. Documentation</h2></div></div></div><p>We spent a bunch of time trying to improve our documentation</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "><li class="listitem">
HTML versions now have a table of contents on the left side.
</li><li class="listitem">
EasyMini now has its own shorter manual.
</li><li class="listitem">
Provide links between sections in each document.
</li><li class="listitem">
Lots of minor rewriting and restructuring to avoid
duplication of information
</li></ul></div></div></div></body></html>