Particle Tools Changelog

August 31st 2023: Device OS v5.5.0

This is a release on non-LTS feature development branch (5.x). To learn more about our new LTS release line, read our blog post.

Note: This is a Release and may be used for production.

You can view information about Device OS versions, upgrades and downgrades here.


5.5.0

Highlights

FEATURES

  • Asset OTA #2668
  • [M SoM] Platform support #2681
  • [rtl872x] Experimental WPA3 support #2673
  • [WiFi] Hidden SSID support #2673
  • [rtl872x] GPIO drive strength configuration support #2680

ENHANCEMENTS

  • [WiFi] WiFI interface power state notifications #2669
  • [rtl872x] Improve SPI1 (P2 / Tracker M) and SPI (M SoM) behavior at 50MHz by changing RXD sample delay #2677
  • [rtl872x] Improve USB Serial TX performance #2672
  • [Cellular] Enables UPSV=1 low power mode for R510 when idle for >=9.2s #2674
  • [rtl872x] Fix logic level overshoot on SPI, I2C, PWM pins #2680
  • [rtl872x] Revert the QSPI flash speed to 80MHz #2684
  • Update the key used for validating the ServerMoved signature #2688
  • [rtl872x] remove the delay in UART flush() #2686

:star2: Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

September 26th 2023: Device OS v4.2.0

Note: This is a Release and may be used for production. This is the 4th Release in the Device OS release 4.x line (LTS) with critical bugfixes and backports from 5.x release line

To learn more about LTS release line, read our blog post.

You can view information about Device OS versions, upgrades and downgrades here.


4.2.0

ENHANCEMENTS

  • [Cellular] Enables UPSV=1 low power mode for R510 when idle for >=9.2s #2674
  • [services] add long long support to printf/scanf #2694 #2696
  • [wiring] Add 64-bit String conversions #2693 #2657
  • [wiring] json: 64-bit support #2695 #2657

BUGFIXES

  • Fixes clean target for applications with large number of files + P2 PSRAM size calculation issues #2661
  • [gen3] hal: fixes the issue that UARTE RX may lose data #2698
  • [quectel] Fixes ncp-client not waiting for modem ready on cold boot #2700

... and other bugfixes and improvements!

:star2: Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

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December 7th 2023: Device OS v5.6.0

Note: This is a Release and may be used for production.

This is a release on non-LTS feature development branch (5.x). To learn more about our new LTS release line, read our blog post.

You can view information about Device OS versions, upgrades and downgrades here.


5.6.0

FEATURES

  • [msom] ACM basic support #2689

ENHANCEMENTS

  • [wiring] Add 64-bit string conversions #2693
  • [wiring] json: 64-bit support #2695
  • [msom] increase NCP baudrate to 921600, doubling throughput #2706
  • [network] Wiznet Ethernet performance improvements #2708

... and other bugfixes and improvements!

:star2: Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

January 24th 2024: Device OS v5.7.0

Note: This is a Release and may be used for production.

This is a release on non-LTS feature development branch (5.x). To learn more about our new LTS release line, read our blog post.

You can view information about Device OS versions, upgrades and downgrades here.


5.7.0

Highlights

  • Allow duplicate advertisements in BLE scan results if requested with BLE.scanWithFilter(BleScanFilter().allowDuplicates(true)) #2718
  • [P2 / M SoM] Dynamically adjust radio prioritization when both BLE and WiFi are active improving BLE scanning performance #2714
  • [P2 / M SoM] SPI performance improvements #2728 #2731
  • [P2 / M SoM] Ethernet performance improvements #2728 #2731

... and other bugfixes and improvements!

:star2: Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

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March 15th 2024: Device OS v5.8.0

Note: This is a Release and may be used for production.

This is a release on non-LTS feature development branch (5.x). To learn more about our new LTS release line, read our blog post.

You can view information about Device OS versions, upgrades and downgrades here.


5.8.0

Highlights

  • Ledger #2715 #2756
  • [WiFi] WiFi.setCredentials() with credentials validation #2746 #2754 #2758
  • [Cellular] Improve BG95 connection speed by only setting nwscanseq if needed #2735
  • Include IMEI in CTRL_REQUEST_CELLULAR_GET_ICCID control request #2730
  • Process system tasks while cloud handshake is in progress #2745

... and other bugfixes and improvements!

:star2: Be sure to read the full collection of release notes Particle Device OS Updates Thread.

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