PX4-Autopilot Main Release Notes

Alpha

This contains changes to PX4 main branch since the last major release (PX v1.16).

WARNING

PX4 v1.17 is in alpha/beta testing. Update these notes with features that are going to be in main (PX4 v1.18 or later) but not the PX4 v1.17 release.

Read Before Upgrading

• TBD …

Please continue reading for upgrade instructions.

Major Changes

• TBD

Upgrade Guide

Other changes

Hardware Support

• TBD

Common

• QGroundControl Bootloader Update via the SYS_BL_UPDATE parameter has been re-enabled after being broken for a number of releases. (PX4-Autopilot#25032: build: romf: fix generation of rc.board_bootloader_upgrade).

Control

• Added new flight mode(s): Altitude Cruise (MC), Altitude Cruise (FW). For fixed-wing the mode behaves the same as Altitude mode but you can disable the manual control loss failsafe. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise).

Estimation

• TBD

Sensors

• Add sbgECom INS driver (PX4-Autopilot#24137)
• Quick magnetometer calibration now supports specifying an arbitrary initial heading (PX4-Autopilot#24637)

Simulation

• TBD

Debug & Logging

• Asset Tracking: Automatic tracking and logging of external device information including vendor name, firmware and hardware version, serial numbers. Currently supports DroneCAN devices. (PX4-Autopilot#25617)

Ethernet

• TBD

uXRCE-DDS / Zenoh / ROS2

• TBD

MAVLink

• TBD

RC

• Parse ELRS Status and Link Statistics TX messages in the CRSF parser.

Multi-Rotor

• Removed parameters MPC_{XY/Z/YAW}_MAN_EXPO and use default value instead, as they were not deemed necessary anymore. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise).
• Renamed MPC_HOLD_DZ to MAN_DEADZONE to have it globally available in modes that allow for a dead zone. (PX4-Autopilot#25435: Add new flight mode: Altitude Cruise).

VTOL

• TBD

Fixed-wing

• TBD

Rover

• TBD

ROS 2

• TBD