Device OS 1.5.1 Default Release is out on the Web IDE for (Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM)
released on production servers May 6th, 2020
Please read all notes below :bowtie:
Note: This is a Release and may be used for production. Any known issues are likely slated for a future version, (check Github issues). It is available by default for all devices. To use, select the 1.5.1 version dropdown from the devices drawer.
Downgrading back to a previous release info is at the bottom of this post.Note: If you have previously last used one of the prerelease or release versions of 1.5.x on a device, please re-flash it with 1.5.1.
Note: OTA or YModem transfer on Electron (sequence required)
- First Update to 0.5.5 (if the current version is less than that)
- Then update to 0.6.4 (if the current version is less than that)
- Then update to 0.7.0 (if the current version is less than that)
- Then update to 1.2.1 (if the current version is less than that)
- Then update to 1.5.1
Note: DFU over USB on Electron/Photon/P1 (sequence not required)
- You may update to 1.5.1 directly first, flash the system firmware (attached above) in order 1,2(,3) to the device using
particle flash --usb <system-part.bin>
. See the next note about the bootloader if you are offline!Note: P1/Photon Bootloader
The Cloud will automatically update the bootloader on P1/Photon devices if your device is online. If your device does not connect to the cloud and it is offline, you should flash the bootloader to the device usingparticle flash --serial <bootloader.bin>
. This should be done after upgrading system firmware. The Electron bootloader is applied automatically from it’s own system parts.Note: Argon/Boron/Xenon/Argon-SoM/Boron-SoM/Xenon-SoM Bootloader
If your device is offline, the bootloader must be manually updated usingparticle flash --serial <bootloader.bin>
. This can be done before or after upgrading system firmware.Note: Argon/Boron/Xenon/Argon-SoM/Boron-SoM/Xenon-SoM SoftDevice
If your device is offline, the SoftDevice must be manually updated using the CLI. See the instructions below.Note: Downgrading [Electron/Photon/P1] OTA or YModem transfer:
If you need to downgrade, you must downgrade to 1.2.1, then 0.7.0, then 0.6.3(Photon/P1), 0.6.4(Electron) to ensure that the bootloader downgrades automatically. When downgrading to older versions, downgrade to 1.2.1, then 0.7.0 first, then 0.6.3(Photon/P1), 0.6.4(Electron), then to an older version such as 0.5.5.
1.5.1
Note: If your Gen 2 Photon/P1 or Gen 3 device does not have a Cloud connection, it is recommended to update system firmware via CLI with
particle update
. Electron bootloaders are still contained in system firmware and will update automatically as needed.
Note: If your Gen 3 device does not have a Cloud connection, this release will also require manually updating the SoftDevice via CLI. The instructions are available in the release notes and the SoftDevice binaries are available in the Github release.
This release contains v501 bootloaders.
ENHANCEMENTS
- [Argon] Increase the size of the ARP queue #2075
- [Cellular] Increase registration timeout to 10 minutes #2072
- [Electron / Boron] Make sure that SARA R4-based LTE devices report LTE Cat M1 access technology #2083
- [B5 SoM] Enable hardware flow control on Quectel modems earlier in the initialization process #2069 #2071
- [Vitals] Add CoAP transmitted, retransmitted counter diagnostics #2043
- [Vitals] Add CoAP latency diagnostic #2050
- [Cellular] Increase registration timeout to 10 minutes #2072
- Remove locking in some of the SPI and I2C APIs. SPI perofrmance tests #2088
-
Particle.process()
no-op when called from custom threads #2085 - [Electron] Minor log message changes when the modem is not responsive #2087
BUGFIXES
- [wiring] Resolves an incompatibility around usage of
SPIClass
#2095 - [Cellular] Fixes an issue with CGI (Cellular Global Identity) not available on some devices #2067
- [Electron] Compatibility CellularSignal
rssi
andqual
values generation for LTE devices usingAT+UCGED
#2070 - [B5 SoM / Asset Tracker] Zero RSRP/RSRQ values from
AT+QCSQ
treated as errors #2078 - [wiring] BLE: use
delete
for objects allocated withnew
#2081 - [Gen 3] I2C HAL recovers the I2C bus on transmission errors #2084
- [Gen 3] Devices should be able to enter STANDBY / Hibernate sleep mode without specifying any wake-up sources #2086
- [Gen 3] Fix an issue with
platform_user_ram.ld
generation when the application path contains ‘data’ #2090 - [wiring] Fix
SPI
macros polluting global namespace #2089 - [system]
firmware_update_failed
andfirmware_update_complete
are mixed up 71a8eb56f8d34efbda46f5d547c92e32a42a2148 - [system] Do not propagate non-critical network errors to communication layer ba6c9d863ed79cd036848329c3b89b3c0e84dbd0
- [Gen 3] Fix a crash in
netif_ext_callback_handler()
when parsing unset event fields dd01b12ea6166b6b175c46348a2b4c180d779ead
System Binaries (all devices)
https://github.com/particle-iot/device-os/releases/download/v1.5.1/particle_device-os@1.5.1.zip
SoftDevice update
This Device OS release will automatically update the SoftDevice for devices connected to the cloud.
Prerequisites
particle-cli version 2.5.0.
Upgrading using particle update
- Put the device into DFU mode
- Run
particle update
DeviceOS, bootloader and SoftDevice should get correctly updated.
Upgrading OTA
- Upgrade to 1.5.1
- Manually flash 1.5.1 bootloader:
particle flash <deviceId> boron-bootloader@1.5.1.bin
- Flash SoftDevice:
particle flash <deviceId> boron-softdevice@1.5.1.bin
Upgrading using YModem
- Upgrade to 1.5.1
- Put the device into listening mode (blinking blue) by holding MODE button
- Manually flash 1.5.1 bootloader:
particle flash --serial boron-bootloader@1.5.1.bin
- Flash SoftDevice:
particle flash --serial boron-softdevice@1.5.1.bin
Upgrading using DFU (–usb only works for SoftDevice, not bootloader yet)
- Upgrade Device OS to 1.5.1
- Update the bootloader to 1.5.1 with the OTA or YModem process above
- Put the device into DFU mode (blinking yellow)
- Flash the SoftDevice:
particle flash --usb boron-softdevice@1.5.1.bin
Programming and Debugging
You can view specific programming and debugging notes for this version of firmware here.
QA Report Summary for Particle Device OS
You can view results of tests run this release here.
Branches
release/stable
and master
branches have been updated to point to v1.5.1
tag.