Particle Tools Changelog

BDub · August 21, 2019, 11:33pm

August 21th 2019: Device OS v1.3.1-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.3.1-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.3.1-rc.1

FEATURES

[gen 3] Nordic SoftDevice update support #1816

[gen 3] Tons of BLE API updates!! #1847

Many BLE and Power Manager Enhancements
Lots of bug fixes!!!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · August 30, 2019, 8:29pm

August 30th 2019: Device OS v1.4.0-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.4.0-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.4.0-rc.1

FEATURES

[Gen 3] Introduces BLE.begin() and BLE.end() wiring APIs #1890
[Gen 3] Exposes POSIX select() and poll() from socket HAL dynalib #1895

ENHANCEMENTS

[Gen 3] Alternately broadcast user and Particle-specific BLE advertising data when the device is in the Listening mode #1882
Updates all third party dependencies (OpenThread, MbedTLS, FreeRTOS, etc.) #1864

BUGFIXES

[Gen 3] Fixes heap and application static RAM overlap introduced in 1.3.0-rc.1 #1898
[Gen 3] Many BLE bugfixes
Lots of other bug fixes!!!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · September 6, 2019, 2:35am

September 6th 2019: Device OS v1.3.1

A new Default Release Device OS v1.3.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.3.1

FEATURES

[Gen 3] BLE and NFC APIs
[Gen 3] Nordic SoftDevice update support #1816
Lots of other enhancements and bugfixes!

BUGFIXES

[Gen 3] Fixes heap and application static RAM overlap introduced in 1.3.0-rc.1 #1898
Fixes tinker build errors when building with LOG_SERIAL=y #1898
Fixes dynalib alignment issue when compiling relatively large applications potentially due to an unconfirmed bug in GCC by moving the dynalib into a separate section (.dynalib) #1894
[gen 3] Fixes mesh pub/sub socket consuming all packet buffers #1839
[gen 2] Fixes an issue with clock stretching in I2C slave mode with underrun reads with certain I2C masters (e.g. Gen 3 devices) #1829
[gen 3] Resolved a HardFault after USB cable is unplugged under certain conditions #1871

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · September 11, 2019, 2:17am

September 10th 2019: Device OS v1.4.0

A new Default Release Device OS v1.4.0 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.4.0

FEATURES

[Gen 3] Introduces BLE.begin() and BLE.end() wiring APIs #1890
[Gen 3] Exposes POSIX select() and poll() from socket HAL dynalib #1895
Nordic SoftDevice upgrade to 7.0.1

ENHANCEMENTS

[Gen 3] Adds BleCharacteristic::setValue(..., BleTxRxType) API to send data with or without acknowledgement #1901
[Gen 3] Alternately broadcast user and Particle-specific BLE advertising data when the device is in the Listening mode #1882
Updates all third party dependencies (OpenThread, MbedTLS, FreeRTOS, etc.) #1864

BUGFIXES

[Gen 3] Fixes heap and application static RAM overlap introduced in 1.3.0-rc.1 #1898
[Gen 3] Many BLE bugfixes
Fixes an issue in IPAddress::operator bool() causing the operator to return false for valid IPv6 addresses #1912
Fixes #1865, TCPClient::connect() return values #1909
[Gen 3] BleUuid comparison operators are no longer case-sensitive #1902
Many other bugfixes!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · October 1, 2019, 7:01pm

October 1st 2019: Device OS v1.4.1-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.4.1-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.4.1-rc.1

FEATURES

[Gen 2] Adds support for serial number, NCP type and mobile secret in STM32F2 OTP area #1927 #1931

ENHANCEMENTS

[Electron, Boron] Increase the PMIC input current limit from 900mA to 1500mA and limit charging current to 896mA to allow 2G/3G devices to function when powered by sufficient power supply through VIN without the battery #1921
DTLS handshake timeout increased to 24 seconds to allow 3 retransmission attempts #1914

BUGFIXES

[Electron] Fixes RSSI failing due to Power Saving mode active #1917 #1892
[Gen 3] Fixes memory leak when scanning for BLE devices #1929 #1926
[Gen 3] Fixes reporting of discovered BLE peer characteristic descriptors #1916
[Gen 3] Fixes BleCharacteristic::setValue() with default BLeTxRxType argument (BleTxRxType::AUTO) for characteristics with WRITE property #1915 #1913 #1924

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · October 17, 2019, 12:56am

October 16th 2019: Device OS v1.4.1

A new Default Release Device OS v1.4.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

1.4.1

FEATURES

[Gen 2] Adds support for serial number, NCP type and mobile secret in STM32F2 OTP area #1927 #1931

ENHANCEMENTS

Implements a command to reset all network interfaces of a device remotely #1943
[Electron] Disables usage of AT+UDNSRN on 2G/3G Electrons in favor of a standalone socket-based DNS client #1940
[Electron, Boron] Increase the PMIC input current limit from 900mA to 1500mA and limit charging current to 896mA to allow 2G/3G devices to function when powered by sufficient power supply through VIN without the battery #1921
DTLS handshake timeout increased to 24 seconds to allow 3 retransmission attempts #1914

BUGFIXES

[Photon / P1] Limits maximum TLS version to TLS1.1 for WPA Enterprise authentication as TLS1.2 seems to be broken in WICED 3.7.0-7 #1945
[Boron] Fixes attachInterrupt(D7, ...) not working due to a constraint introduced previously for cellular devices (Electron) #1939 #1944
Send safe mode event when the session is resumed #1935
[LTE, u-blox] adds a mitigation to keep DNS Client responsive ch38990 #1938
[Electron] Fixes RSSI failing due to Power Saving mode active #1917 #1892
[Gen 3] Fixes memory leak when scanning for BLE devices #1929 #1926
[Gen 3] Fixes reporting of discovered BLE peer characteristic descriptors #1916
[Gen 3] Fixes BleCharacteristic::setValue() with default BLeTxRxType argument (BleTxRxType::AUTO) for characteristics with WRITE property #1915 #1913 #1924

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · October 18, 2019, 4:36pm

October 18th 2019: Device OS v1.4.2

A new Default Release Device OS v1.4.2 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

This release resolves a critical issue affecting Gen 3 bootloaders in DeviceOS releases 1.2.1 - 1.4.1, which may leave the device in a boot/crash-loop with a faint flickering white LED state.

So far, the issue has been confirmed on a number of Borons only, but other Gen 3 platforms may be presenting it as well.

1.4.2

BUGFIXES

[Gen 3] Fixes a boot/crash-loop due to a POWER_CLOCK_IRQn firing in between the jump into the system firmware from the bootloader #1948

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · November 25, 2019, 9:35pm

November 25th 2019: Device OS v1.4.3

A new Default Release Device OS v1.4.3 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

This release resolves a thread-safety issue on Gen 2 devices (Photon, P1, Electron), affecting non-reentrant C standard library functions requiring temporary non-stack storage. It is recommended to update any Gen 2 devices to this release.

1.4.3

BUGFIXES

[Photon/P1/Electron] Fixes thread-safety issues with non-reentrant C standard library functions requiring temporary thread-local storage #1970

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · December 4, 2019, 11:13pm

December 4th 2019: Device OS v1.4.4

A new Default Release Device OS v1.4.4 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/A SoM/B SoM/X SoM.

This release resolves a bug in handling of incorrectly initialized WiFi credentials list, resulting in crashes on a number of Photons and P1s manufactured with DeviceOS 1.2.1 - 1.4.2. It is recommended to update Photons and P1s with factory 1.2.1 - 1.4.2 DeviceOS to this release.

1.4.4

BUGFIXES

[Photon/P1] Fixes handling of invalid WiFi access point config entries in DCT #1976

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · February 6, 2020, 10:12pm

February 6th 2020: Device OS v1.5.0-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.5.0-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.0-rc.1

DEPRECATION

Spark Core End-Of-Life. 1.5.x+ releases no longer support Spark Core #2003

FEATURES

Sleep 2.0 #1986
Enables C++14 chrono string literals for wiring APIs #1709
[Gen 3] Implements persistent antenna selection (Mesh.selectAntenna()) #1933
GCC 8 support #1971
[B5 SoM] B5 SoM platform support
[Boron/Electron/B5 SoM] Reverts default PMIC settings changes, adds higher level power configuration API #1992

ENHANCEMENTS

Enables Workbench DeviceOS local development (deviceOS@source) #1957
[Gen 3/Cellular] Enables logging of modem AT commands and data transmissions by default in modular builds #1994

BUGFIXES

[Gen 3] Fixes NCP issue with devices stuck in a seemingly connected state #1980
[Photon/P1] Fixes a hardfault when calling certain WiFI class methods with WICED networking stack uninitialized #1949
[Gen 3] Fixes retained variables first-time initialization #2001
[Gen 3] Workaround for QSPI/XIP nRF52840 hardware anomaly 215 #2010
[Gen 3] Fixes concurrency/thread-safety SPI issues with Ethernet Featherwing #1879

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

The documentation for the new features will be available before 1.5.0 is defaulted.

avtolstoy · March 6, 2020, 11:27pm

March 6th 2020: Device OS v1.5.0-rc.2

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.5.0-rc.2 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.0-rc.2

FEATURES

Introduce configurable I2C buffer #2022
Support for > 255 I2C buffers and transfers, configurable timeouts #2035
Thread-safe cloud variables #1998

BUGFIXES

Many!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

The documentation for the new features will be available before 1.5.0 is defaulted.

avtolstoy · March 31, 2020, 2:07am

March 30th 2020: Device OS v1.5.0

A new Default Release Device OS v1.5.0 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.0

DEPRECATION

Spark Core End-Of-Life. 1.5.x+ releases no longer support Spark Core #2003

FEATURES

Some of the feature highlights of this release:

And many more enhancements and bugfixes!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · April 30, 2020, 12:36am

April 29th 2020: Device OS v1.5.1-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.5.1-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.1-rc.1

This is a patch release and mostly contains bugfixes for issues encoutered in 1.5.0 as well as some enhancements.

Highlights:

ENHANCEMENTS

New CoAP vitals
Cellular registration timeout changed to 10 minutes

BUGFIXES

SPI bugfixes, performance issues resolved
[Gen 3] I2C HAL resets the bus automatically on transmission errors
[Gen 3] Deep sleep / hibernate without any wake-up sources
firmware_update_failed / firmware_update_complete mixup resolved
A number of cellular CGI/strength/quality issues resolved

And others! Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · May 6, 2020, 8:21pm

May 6th 2020: Device OS v1.5.1

A new Default Release Device OS v1.5.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.1

ENHANCEMENTS

New CoAP vitals
Cellular registration timeout changed to 10 minutes

BUGFIXES

SPI bugfixes, performance issues resolved. Libraries incompatibilities resolved.
[Gen 3] I2C HAL resets the bus automatically on transmission errors
[Gen 3] Deep sleep / hibernate without any wake-up sources
firmware_update_failed / firmware_update_complete mixup resolved
A number of cellular CGI/strength/quality issues resolved

And others! Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · May 19, 2020, 11:33pm

May 20th 2020: Device OS v1.5.2

A new Default Release Device OS v1.5.2 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM.

1.5.2

BUGFIXES

[Boron / B SoM] LTE-M1 (SARA R4) radio unresponsive when sending certain amount of data within a period of time
[B5 SoM] Suspend program/erase opertion when QSPI flash init gives timeout error

ENHANCEMENTS

[Boron / B SoM] Hardware flow control enabled on SARA R4-based devices with appropriate modem firmware
Forward compatibility with the changes slated for DeviceOS 2.x

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · June 29, 2020, 4:45pm

June 26th 2020: Device OS v1.5.4-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.5.4-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM/Tracker.

1.5.4-rc.1

BUGFIXES

[Electron] Fixes buffer overrun in modem HAL #2115
[Electron] Process ‘CEREG: 0’ URCs on R410M #2119
[Photon] Fix WPA Enterprise X509 certificate parsing 428940879f5fd1d5a3bdd658260ee45a9f7aca90

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · July 30, 2020, 7:50pm

July 30th 2020: Device OS v2.0.0-rc.1

A new Release Candidate Device OS v2.0.0-rc.1 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/B SoM/B5 SoM.

Highlights

BREAKING CHANGES

DeviceOS no longer supports Xenon platform and Mesh connectivity in general
Minimum ARM GCC version has been updated to 9.2.1
SPISettings class is available even without Arduino compatibility layer
Some HAL APIs have changed names, be sure to check the deprecation warnings when compiling the applications. Eventually, calling some HAL functions by old names will not be supported

FEATURES

OTA improvements (compression, combined updates)
[Gen 3] Cellular modem warm bootup, improving connection times when the modem is already registered on the network
New sleep mode and wake up options and sleep improvements in general
[Gen 3] Power-loss resistant bootloader updates
Device-initiated describe messages. Timing issues should no longer affect variable/function registration

As well as 54 enhancements and bugfixes in total and some other features! Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · September 22, 2020, 9:25pm

September 22nd 2020: Device OS v2.0.0-rc.2

A new Release Candidate Device OS v2.0.0-rc.2 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/B SoM/B5 SoM.

Highlights

DEPRECATIONS

CellularSignal::rssi and CellularSignal::qual when used now generate deprecation warnings. These APIs will be removed in the next major release line (3.x). Make sure to check the documentation for the new API

FEATURES

Sleep 2.0 feature parity between Gen 2 and Gen 3 (wake-up by analog value, USART, cellular)
ftruncate() / truncate()

ENHANCEMENTS

Better power loss resiliency of OTA updates
Cellular stability improvements
Recovery mechanics for cases where Electron/E Series modem becomes unresponsive

… and lots more!

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · October 15, 2020, 9:10pm

October 15th 2020: Device OS v1.5.4-rc.2

A new Release Candidate Device OS v1.5.4-rc.2 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/Xenon/B SoM/B5 SoM/Tracker.

Highlights

This release contains a few cellular connectivity bugfixes backported from 2.x release line.

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

avtolstoy · October 21, 2020, 10:09pm

October 21st 2020: Device OS v2.0.0-rc.3

A new Release Candidate Device OS v2.0.0-rc.3 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Photon/P1/Electron/Argon/Boron/B SoM/B5 SoM/Tracker.

Highlights

A lot of cellular bugfixes/improvements
[Gen 3] SPI MOSI pin drive strength is now set to high by default to support higher frequencies better
When going into sleep without specifying network interface as a wake-up source, cloud connection will be properly terminated (allowing session resume on wake-up). When network interface is specified as a wake-up source, we’ll be sending a ping to the cloud on wake-up to make sure that the connection is still alive.
In certain cases LED wasn’t going back to blinking green (network connecting) from cyan when the network connection was lost during some initial cloud connection process. This is now fixed.
On platforms with PMIC, warm boots will no longer cause occasional modem brownouts due to current limit dropping to 100mA
LTE Borons / B SoMs should now be establishing cellular connection much quicker from warm boot (we’ve introduced a workaround for peculiar SARA R410 modem behavior)
Some standard C library functions are now exported from the system and are no longer needed to be compiled into the application saving some flash space

Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.