Particle Tools Changelog

[stefanmoraru]

8/11/2017: Console: Ping a device

See if your device is online by pinging it. Available on the device show page (click on any device from the devices table). This should be useful especially for Electrons.

Happy pinging!

[BDub]

Aug 15th 2017: Firmware v0.7.0-rc.3

A new pre-release firmware v0.7.0-rc.3 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

The changelog is short, so here it is!

DEPRECATED API

[PR #1365] Beginning with 0.8.0 release, Particle.publish() and Particle.subscribe() methods will require event scope to be specified explicitly. Please update your apps now to include the event scope to avoid compilation errors in >=0.8.0.

BUGFIX

[PR #1362] [Fixes #1360] Fixed SoftAP HTTP usage hard faulting in 0.7.0-rc.1 and 0.7.0-rc.2

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.7.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.

[jvanier]

Aug 29th 2017: particle device doctor

The CLI release 1.24.0 adds a new device doctor command that resets many settings on a device to bring it back to health.

Update the CLI with npm install -g particle-cli

Run particle device doctor with a device connected over USB and follow the prompts.

The CLI documentation lists all the settings that the Doctor resets.

A a day keeps the Device Doctor away!

[suda]

8/12/2017: Web IDE: Added Go to line when showing errors

Happy

[mdma]

Firmware Release 0.5.5

Hey everyone! 0.5.5 firmware is released. The primary change is a patch for the KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability. Particle Firmware Updates Thread

[mdma]

Firmware Release 0.6.3

Hey everyone! 0.6.3 firmware is released. The primary change is a patch for the KRACK Wi-Fi vulnerability. Particle Firmware Updates Thread

[jvanier]

Console Webhook UI improvements

The webhook editor in the Console has a fresh coat of paint! See details in this forum thread.

[mdma]

January 8th 2018: Firmware Release 0.8.0-rc.1

Particle Device OS Updates Thread

Firmware 0.8.0-rc.1 Pre-release is out on the Web IDE for Core/Photon/P1/Electron Please read all notes in the Notes Festival below Note: This is a pre-release and is not intended for production yet. We've tested this pre-release to the best of our ability and we want to know what you think now! Please understand that some care and attention is necessary when testing this pre-release, and be sure to upgrade to the final release when it's available. It will not be available by …

[anatoly]

January 16th 2018:

Web Setup for Photon now works on Safari and Edge browsers.

[mdma]

February 7th 2018: Firmware release 0.7.0-rc.7

Particle Device OS Updates Thread

Firmware 0.7.0-rc.7 Pre-release is out on the Web IDE for Core/Photon/P1/Electron [image] released on production servers February 7th, 2018 Please read all notes in the Notes Festival below Note: This is a pre-release and is not intended for production yet. We've tested this pre-release to the best of our ability and we want to know what you think now! Please understand that some care and attention is necessary when testing this pre-release, and be sure to upgrade to the fin…

[suda]

March 23rd 2018:

Who likes surprise features right before the weekend? We do!
You can now download your Web IDE app sources as a ZIP file!

[bsatrom]

March 23rd 2018:

Rate limits on webhooks and integrations are no more!

An important update about rate limits on webhooks and integrations

Happy Friday everyone! As you settle into your weekend tinkering, we wanted to share and important change to how we handle rate limiting for webhooks and integrations. Starting now, Particle no longer imposes fixed rate limits for how often customers can send webhooks or integrations. As long as the receiving server responds successfully to a request, we’ll allow you to scale indefinitely without any manual intervention. This means you have one less rate-limit to understand and manage! You only…

[BDub]

March 26th 2018: Firmware v0.7.0

A new Default Release Firmware v0.7.0 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

Be sure to read the full collection of notes Particle Firmware Updates Thread.

[BDub]

April 10th 2018: Firmware v0.8.0-rc.3

A new pre-release firmware v0.8.0-rc.3 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

The changelog is short, so here it is!

0.8.0-rc.3 Changelog

ENHANCEMENTS

• [Photon/P1] A number of networking-related fixes v2 #1500
• [Photon/P1] Enables support for SHA384/SHA512 certificates for WPA Enterprise #1501

BUGFIXES

• [Photon/P1] A number of networking-related fixes #1492
• [Photon/P1] A number of networking-related fixes v2 #1500
• [Photon/Electron] WKP pin needs to be disabled as a wakeup source on boot to allow its normal operation #1496
• [Photon/P1/Electron] Recursive logging freezes the application thread while the LogHandler is trying to acquire a lock on the resource #1517

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.8.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.

[anatoly]

April 12th 2018:

You can now change your email (i.e., username) at https://login.particle.io/account-info.

[BDub]

May 4th 2018: Firmware v0.8.0-rc.4

A new pre-release firmware v0.8.0-rc.4 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

The changelog is short, so here it is!

0.8.0-rc.4

ENHANCEMENTS

• [Electron/Photon/P1] Increase Device OS API argument lengths. More data in Functions, Variables, Publish, Subscribe… oh my! #1537

BUGFIXES

• [Electron] Particle.keepAlive() API was broken since v0.6.2-rc.2 firmware on Electron where the System would override an early set User ping interval. This required a workaround of updating the keepAlive after the System made a connection to the Cloud. See issue #1482 for workaround. #1536
• [Electron] Fixes missing URCs for received data during TX or RX socket operations. This caused the modem not to be able to receive further data properly until it re-connected to the Cloud which it would do automatically but usually after a short or longer period of time. #1530

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.8.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.

[jvanier]

May 29th 2018:

Changes to the behavior of Device OS updates for cellular devices are described in this post:

Automatic over-the-air Device OS updates now enabled for cellular devices

Hello all, As of today, the Device Cloud will automatically perform over-the-air Device OS updates when required for all Particle devices. This will make it much easier to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of Device OS. Device OS is Particle’s lightweight operating system for embedded IoT devices (formally known as system firmware). Every Particle device runs Device OS on its microcontroller to simplify firmware development. There are two main components of Device OS: the application…

[BDub]

June 26th 2018: Firmware v0.8.0-rc.8

A new pre-release firmware v0.8.0-rc.8 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

Note: This is primarily a MFG. release for SARA-R410 LTE modules. The changes do touch code used on other Electron based platforms, but no other features or fixes are relevant for U260, U270, U201, or G350 modems. This code has been tested on-device for all mentioned modem types with passing results. Please let us know if you find any issues. That said, this is a release candidate for 0.8.0 default so please do test on your systems.

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.8.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.

[BDub]

July 30th 2018: Firmware v0.8.0-rc.9

A new pre-release firmware v0.8.0-rc.9 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

Note: This is a release candidate for 0.8.0 default so please do test on your systems.

0.8.0-rc.9

BUGFIXES

• [Electron/LTE] Fast OTA Fixes #1558

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.8.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.

[BDub]

August 17th 2018: Firmware v0.8.0-rc.10

A new pre-release firmware v0.8.0-rc.10 is available now on https://build.particle.io for Core/Photon/P1/Electron.

Note: This is a release candidate for 0.8.0 default so please do test on your systems.

0.8.0-rc.10

BUGFIXES

• [Electron/LTE] eDRX & Power Saving mode disabled by default #1567

Be sure to read the full collection of notes in the changelog.

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We want 0.8.0 to be rock solid and as bug-free as possible so please let us know if you find any issues.