Fluctus version changelog


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.