update 1.6 ^-

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: Application sometimes crashes when using the realtime data plotting
• BUGFIX: Overview tab GPS signal lock indicator glitched
• BUGFIX: Config display messed up in the blackbox viewer
• Quick ground station reconnection menu added
• Way more convenient version mismatch error handling
• Updated expiring map API key
• Exit G.S. connection buttons added
• Few UI changes

Fluctus firmware

• CRITICAL BUGFIX: Premature pyro firing with arm on bootup when using long duration fire setting (> 5s)
• Pyro handling safety fully revised
• Redesigned barometric vertical speed measurement system – much smarter and cleaner estimate
• Less sensitive (more reliable) mounting error detection and correction
• Flight timer now running during configured countdown, holding at zero while waiting for launch, and incrementing again at liftoff
• More optimized on-board screen handling and general performance improvements under the hood
• Main tick frequency increased from 40 to 50hz
• Each rule output can now control independent servo angles (out-val)
• Rule counters can now be set to a specific value (out-val)
• Better roll-rate measurement filtering
• Inertial (dead-reckoning) apogee detection delay tuned to 5% of total ascent duration
• Rotating auxiliary messages added to reduce total radio packet size
• GPS configuration changed
• GPS altitude is now logged

update 1.5 ^20/09/24

Fluctus Control Center

• Added support for Europe 868Mhz frequency band
• Proximity channel scanning (experimental)
• Fluctus ID displayed in Live telemetry UI header
• Remembering last channel spec selection
• Logging all incoming packets by default

Fluctus firmware

• Automatic channel switching (increment) on bootup if the current one is already occupied
• Reorganized and optimized radio packet
• Displaying UID on power up
• Better radio reception handling
• Added support for Europe 868Mhz frequency band
• Default channel switched to Alpha
• Default pyro firing time set to 0.5 seconds
• Faster bootup
• inFreefall now false after apogee

patch 1.4b ^05/09/24

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: USB not refreshing correctly after idling for too long

update 1.4 ^13/08/24

Fluctus Control Center

• Added support for the new Steady communication protocol
• Minor UI tweaking (main commands buttons)

Fluctus firmware

• Recognition for Steady radio call sign
• Added support for new bootloader
• Radio receive gain boosted

update 1.3 ^24/03/24

Fluctus Control Center

• Major UI changes, finally with scalable windows
• Integrated rules logic examples (dual deploy, staging…)
• Blackbox viewer motor’s thrust characterisation tool
• Blackbox viewer rocket’s aero drag coefficient calculation tool
• Ground station’s received radio packets logging
• Telemetry speaker enhanced
• Intervals added for flight data csv export
• Pre-loaded defaults in configurator
• HiCont panel removed
• Blackbox viewer touchdown speed estimation revised

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: shifted blackbox rule flag index
• Better barometric speed measurement using FIR filtering
• More consistent apogee detection from flight to flight
• RunCam™ camera remote control feature
• More reliable touchdown detection
• Undervoltage lockout at power-up removed
• Non-detailled blackbox mode removed

patch 1.2b ^28/01/24

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: DPI scaling problem with some Windows installations

update 1.2 ^06/01/24

Fluctus Control Center

• Product call sign handling
• Better error handling

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: Touchdown sometimes detected after apogee when flying over the barometer range
• Radio product call sign
• Slightly revised flight sequencer’s flags
• Blackbox now log the instantaneous non-filtered battery input voltage

update 1.1 ^07/12/23

Fluctus Control Center

• Blackbox viewer’s overview touchdown speed tuned
• Blackbox viewer graph’s true horizontal axis value displayed
• In-app update notification

Fluctus firmware

• CRITICAL: Better gyrometer comm. error handling
• Sensor fusion simplified
• High altitude barometric atmosphere model implemented (NASA GRC’s)
• Gyrometer sensing range set to ±2000°/s
• Apogee velocity lockout set to 20m/s
• Blackbox data list slightly revised
• Default countdown set to 0s

release 1.0 ^16/11/23

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: Ambient temperature not displaying in BBV’s overview tab
• BUGFIX: Max roll rate absolute value in BBV’s overview tab
• Thrust measurement and vehicle configuration removed
• Safer firmware updater
• UI changes
• Better error handling
• BlackBox Viewer hotspots overview
• Fluctus Tools (USB) for debugging and quality check

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: Pyro continuity hallucination completly fixed
• Thrust measurement and vehicle configuration removed
• Touchdown detection tuned
• BlackBox data list revised
• Apogee detection velocity lockout set to 50m/s and 70° angle
• Better sensor fault handling
• BlackBox ending flag and code
• Product identification
• Better dead-reckoning apogee detection
• Barometer valid range pushed up to 20km
• Improved sensor fusion
• Safer radio channel handling
• Airstart detection lockout at 10m/s
• Improved accelerometers data combinaison
• Pyro firing with delay now wait for complete fire before being resetable
• Quality checking tool

Notes:
This is the first public stable version.

patch 0.5b ^16/10/23

Fluctus Control Center

• CRITICAL BUGFIX: Unconditional rules were ignored if previously configured with the OR operator
• BUGFIX: DPI scaling problem with some Windows installations
• BUGFIX: Some rules were editable in the BlackBox viewer when they shouldn’t be

update 0.5 ^15/10/23

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: Error when loading a configuration file
• BUGFIX: Radio output power always set to LOW when low power mode was enabled
• RuleSystem improved ! (up to 4 conditions and 3 ouputs with AND/OR operator)
• BlackBox viewer’s graphs are now way more convenient to use
• 3D rocket trajectory review added !
• Configuration structure optimized
• Several UI changes
• Better error handling

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: “Pyrostate” variables are now less meaningless
• RuleSystem improved ! (up to 4 conditions and 3 ouputs with AND/OR operator)
• Smarter ready for flight state recognition
• Accelerometers data are now combined for enhanced accuracy
• Battery undervoltage protection added
• Configuration structure optimized
• Better error/versioning handling
• Serveral UI improvements

update 0.4 ^17/09/23

Fluctus Control Center

• EXPERIMENTAL: Illusion system for replaying sensor data from a blackbox file on Fluctus (for testing/debugging purposes)
• Pyro fire wait delay implemented ! (in pyro’s rule out mode)
• New firmware updater !
• F.C.C. can now send useful data to our databases
• Several UI changes
• Better error handling

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: The “altitude” variable is now correctly updated in IDLE mode
• BUGFIX: Prevent thrust measurement failure due to incorrect parameters
• BUGFIX: Screen is slightly brighter
• Pyro fire wait delay implemented !
• Each unit now has a unique ID associated with it
• Minor UI changes

update 0.3 ^18/08/23

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: BlackBox viewer “touchdown speed” now correct
• Many UI changes and corrections
• Better error handling

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: BlackBox recording is more stable
• BUGFIX: Battery voltage filtering is now operating and tuned
• BUGFIX: No more pyrotechnic continuity hallucination
• Barometer filtering tuned (and corrected sampling rate)
• Barometric speed filtering tuned (more reactive)
• Apogee detection speed threshold tuned to +0 meters
• UI changes and corrections
• Drag and thrust calculation now have angle lockout to 70°
• Better sensor error handling
• Better apogee detection for flight above the barometer range (+9km altitude)

update 0.2 ^13/08/23

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: Realtime graph not resetting correctly
• BUGFIX: More robust configuration upload and download (far fewer transmission errors)
• Optimized configuration upload and download (faster)
• Realtime graph improvements (colors, permanent full scale buffer)
• Ready for flight in one click
• Blackbox’s manual start will directly start recording
• Latest firmware updates files are directly integrated in the software
• Minor UI changes

Fluctus firmware

• BUGFIX: Several blackbox start/stop are now possible
• BUGFIX: Gyrometer roll rate value not consistent
• Launch detection backup at 50 meters above ground
• Enhanced buzzer (louder)
• Better handling of burnout/airstarts transitions
• Burnout lockout set to 5 meters D.R.
• Minor UI changes
• Optimized booting (faster)
• Optimized configuration upload and download (faster)
• Blackbox items changes
• Blackbox and flag optimization for higher frequencies
• Overall optimizations for greater time stability
• Target tick frequency increased from 25 to 40hz !
• Barometer filtering tuned
• Barometric speed calculator tuned
• Touchdown detection tuned
• Battery voltmeter now features filtering
• Ready for flight in one click
• Blackbox’s autostart forced, but recording can be triggered earlier manually in F.C.C.

patch 0.1b ^04/08/23

Fluctus Control Center

• BUGFIX: Software crash when a non-numerical value is selected in the Realtime graph
• BUGFIX: Software exit if you remain in a dialog box for too long (Steady USB timeout)
• BUGFIX: Gps status not refreshing in HiCont panel

release 0.1 ^29/07/23

Fluctus Control Center

• First version of F.C.C.

Fluctus firmware

• First version of the Fluctus firmware

Notes:
These were the versions installed/delivered on betatest hardware hw0.10.