05 Apr 21:37

technobly

562ac4c

0.5.0-rc.1 Pre-release (Core/Photon/P1/Electron) Pre-release

Pre-release

v0.5.0-rc.1 Changelog

FEATURES

[Electron] Multi-threading SYSTEM_THREAD() is supported (in Beta) #884
[Electron] Cellular Data Usage API #866
[Electron] Configurable keep-alive ping #913
[Electron] Cellular Band Select API #891
[Electron] Cellular Local IP API #850
[Photon/Electron] Stack overflow detection with SOS code 13-blinks
[Photon/Electron] SPI Slave support #882
Atomic writes in EEPROM emulation #871
Software Watchdog #860
Serial.availableForWrite() and Serial.blockOnOverrun() #798
[Photon] SoftAP HTTP server can serve application pages. #906

ENHANCEMENTS

Compiler error with variable/function names that are too long. #883
DFU writes are verified #870
[Electron] NO_ACK flag on Particle.publish() disables acknoweldgements reducing data use #862
[Electron] Allow session to resume when IP changes. #848
[Electron] Ensure published events are received by the cloud before sleeping. #909
[Electron] SLEEP_NETWORK_STANDBY on System.sleep() #845
Serial baudrate to select ymodem mode includes listening mode #912
Wi-Fi connection process forced to timeout after 60 seconds if unsuccessful #898
Added write-verify-retry-fail logic to DFU writes #870
Support for USART (Serial1/2/4/5) data bits, parity and stop bits #757

BUGFIXES

targets program-cloud, program-dfu can be used without requiring all and will built the firmware correctly. #899
TCPClient on Electron not receiving all of the data for small files #896
[Electron] Free socket when the socket is closed remotely #885
Extended CAN filters #857
I2C does not ensure a stop condition completes correctly in endTransmission #856
DAC1/2 possible problem with digitalWrite() after analogWrite() #855
Servo HAL: Do not disable timer if some of its channels are still in use #839
USB driver fixes and Serial.available() not returning values greater than 1 #812 #669 #846 #923
SOS During WiFi.scan() #651

INTERNALS

dynalib: compile-time check for certain types of ABI breaking changes #895

Updating System Firmware (and optionally adding Tinker)

To update your device, compile and flash your application in the Build IDE, selecting version 0.5.0-rc.1 (prerelease) in the devices drawer. Update instructions for Core, Photon, P1 and Electron below.

The OTA method using Particle CLI

For devices already online and connected to the cloud, the system firmware can be updated OTA using these commands:

If your device is online, you can attempt to OTA (Over The Air) update these system parts as well with the particle-cli:

Note: You must download system binaries to a local directory on your machine for this to work.

Core:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME tinker-0.5.0-rc.1-core.bin

Photon:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME tinker (optional)

P1:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME tinker (optional)

Electron:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME tinker (optional)

The local method over USB using Particle CLI

This requires CLI version 1.11.0 or newer. You can check with particle --version.

If you have the Particle CLI installed already, make sure it is updated with the following command. Make sure the device is in DFU mode and run:
sudo npm update -g particle-cli (note: you can try without sudo first if you wish)

Core:

particle flash --usb tinker-0.5.0-rc.1-core.bin

Photon:

particle flash --usb system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin
particle flash --usb system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin
particle flash --usb tinker (optional)

P1:

particle flash --usb system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin
particle flash --usb system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin
particle flash --usb tinker (optional)

Electron:

particle flash --usb system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
particle flash --usb system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
particle flash --usb tinker (optional)

The local DFU-UTIL method

can be applied to offline devices locally over USB using dfu-util

Put the device in DFU mode (flashing yellow LED)
open a terminal window, change to the directory where you downloaded the files above, and run these commands:

Core:

dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 0 -s 0x8005000:leave -D tinker-0.5.0-rc.1-core.bin

Photon:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-photon.bin

P1:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-p1.bin

Electron:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-0.5.0-rc.1-electron.bin

Downgrading from 0.5.0-rc.x to current default firmware

Current defaults

Core: v0.4.9
Photon: v0.4.9
P1: v0.4.9
Electron: v0.4.8-rc.6

The easiest way to downgrade from a 0.5.0-rc.x prerelease system firmware, is to use the CLI and run these commands in order. First put the Tinker back on the device, then downgrade the System firmware. This requires CLI version 1.11.0 or newer. You can check with particle --version.

If you have the Particle CLI installed already, you can update it with the following combined command. Make sure the device is in DFU mode and run:
sudo npm update -g particle-cli (note: you can try without sudo first if you wish)

Make sure Tinker is installed, instead of a 0.5.0-rc.x app that you may currently have running on your device. Have the device in DFU mode and run:

particle flash --usb tinker

Make sure the device is in DFU mode and run:

particle update

This works for downgrading without specifying --target X.Y.Z because the 0.5.0-rc.x pre-release firmware is not the default, and therefor particle update effectively downgrades your firmware.

Debugging for Electron

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

This is useful for simply capturing the Electron's connection process.

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

This is useful for interacting with the Electron's connection process.

Assets 12

26 Jan 03:44

m-mcgowan

v0.4.9-rc.3

e4e4b97

0.4.9 Release

FEATURES

Support for CAN Bus #790 Thanks @monkbroc and @bspranger!
blockOnOverrun() on hardware serial to allow applications to disable the default flow control.
availableForWrite() on hardware serial to allow applications to implement flow control. #798
WiFi.BSSID() to retrieve the 6-byte MAC address of the connected AP. #816
attachInterrupt() configurable interrupt priority #806
Time.local() retrieves the current time in the configured timezone. #783
[photon] WiFi.getCredentials() lists configured credentials. #759
variable frequency PWM via analogWrite(pin,value,hz) #756 Thanks @monkbroc!
ATOMIC_BLOCK() and SINGLE_THREADED_BLOCK() declarations for atomicity and thread scheduling control. #758
API for Guarding resources for use between threads.
System events for individual button clicks and a run of button clicks. #818

ENHANCEMENTS

System.freeMemory() shows an accurate value for free memory rather than the highwater mark for the heap.
[threading] Entering listening mode does not block the system thread. #788
[threading] System times out waiting for unresponsive application when attempting to reset. #763
[threading] Particle.publish() doesn't block when in listening mode. #761
[threading]. delay()/Particle.process() pumps application events.
Serial, Serial1, SPI and EEPROM global objects guaranteed to be initialized before use. (Prevents White breathing LED if Serial used in a global instance constructor.)
Software Timers have an option for one-shot timers, and support class member function callbacks.

BUGFIXES

RSA key generation would sometimes produce invalid keys. #779
Static IP configuration was not being used.
Interrupt on WKP with class method as an ISR #819
Memory leak configuring WiFi credentials via SoftAP (TCP/HTTP)
SPI DMA transfer callback invoked too early #791
Unset wiced_result_t for tcp clients in socket_send. #773
Update bootloader to support System.enterSafeMode(). #751
[threading] WiFi.listen(false) remains in listen mode. #743
Factory Reset doesn't clear WiFi credentials until network.connect(). #736
Comparison between IPAddress objects does not always work. #715
P1 dfu-util 0.8 does not read/write from External Flash. #706
DFU errors writing to flash silently ignored. #813
[threading] heap allocation not thread-safe. #826
System crash when button interrupt occurs during i2c transmission. #709
[photon] 'analogWrite()` to DAC pins. #671
[photon] analogWrite() to DAC pins requires pinMode() each time. #662
[photon] System.sleep(pin,edge) doesn't wake. #655

Updating System Firmware

To update the Core, compile and flash your application in the Web IDE, selecting version 0.4.7 in the devices drawer. Update instructions for Photon and P1 below.

The OTA method

For devices already online and connected to the cloud, the system firmware can be updated OTA using these commands:

If your device is online, you can attempt to OTA (Over The Air) update these system parts as well with the particle-cli:

Note: You must download system binaries to a local directory on your machine for this to work.

Photon:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part1-0.4.9-photon.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part2-0.4.9-photon.bin

P1:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part1-0.4.9-p1.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part2-0.4.9-p1.bin

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

This requires CLI version 1.8.12 or newer. You can check with particle --version.

If you have the Particle CLI installed already, you can update it and then update your device with the following combined command. Make sure the device is in DFU mode and run:
sudo npm update -g particle-cli && particle update (note: you can try without sudo first if you wish)

The local DFU-UTIL method

can be applied to offline devices locally over USB using dfu-util

Put the device in DFU mode (flashing yellow LED)
open a terminal window, change to the directory where you downloaded the files above, and run these commands:

Photon:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.4.9-photon.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.4.9-photon.bin

P1:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.4.9-p1.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.4.9-p1.bin

Assets 10

10 Jan 21:27

technobly

v0.4.8-rc.6

c1a48e6

v0.4.8-rc.6 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

Firmware Release

Download the attached system and tinker firmware that you'll flash to your Electron. Navigate to the folder where you downloaded the firmware files, put your Electron in DFU mode, and type (or copy/paste) the following dfu-util commands to flash them each to your Electron:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.4.8-rc.6-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.4.8-rc.6-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-v0.4.8-rc.6-electron.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Debugging

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

This is useful for simply capturing the Electron's connection process.

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

This is useful for interacting with the Electron's connection process.

Assets 9

09 Jan 23:52

technobly

v0.4.8-rc.4

fbd0b32

v0.4.8-rc.4 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.4.8-rc.4-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.4.8-rc.4-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-v0.4.8-rc.4-electron.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Assets 9

09 Jan 02:58

technobly

v0.4.8-rc.3

8d6230e

v0.4.8-rc.3 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.4.8-rc.3-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.4.8-rc.3-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-v0.4.8-rc.3-electron.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Assets 7

23 Dec 00:07

joegoggins

v0.4.8-rc.2

d2b55ee

v0.4.8-rc.2 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.4.8-rc.2-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.4.8-rc.2-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-v0.4.8-rc.2-electron.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Note: This release will attempt to use UDP sockets by default. The instructions for writing the UDP public server key to your device will be forthcoming, and your device will not connect to the Cloud until this is done.

Assets 6

04 Dec 19:31

technobly

electron-v0.0.3-rc.3

bad8204

v0.0.3-rc.3 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.0.3-rc.3-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.0.3-rc.3-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-electron-v0.0.3-rc.3.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Assets 5

30 Oct 19:07

technobly

electron-v0.0.3-rc.2

a2cf97e

v0.0.3-rc.2 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.0.3-rc.2-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.0.3-rc.2-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-electron-v0.0.3-rc.2.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Assets 5

23 Oct 21:08

technobly

electron-v0.0.3-rc.1

eaa1461

v0.0.3-rc.1 Firmware Release for Electron Pre-release

Pre-release

dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-v0.0.3-rc.1-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8040000 -D system-part2-v0.0.3-rc.1-electron.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d00a -a 0 -s 0x8080000:leave -D tinker-electron-v0.0.3-rc.1.bin

The electron should automatically reboot after the last command, start the process of connecting to a cellular network (make sure your SIM and battery are inserted!), and begin breathing cyan.

Assets 5

20 Oct 22:10

m-mcgowan

v0.4.7

91172bb

Firmware Release 0.4.7

Updating System Firmware

To update the Core, compile and flash your application in the Web IDE, selecting version 0.4.7 in the devices drawer. Update instructions for Photon and P1 below.

The OTA method

For devices already online and connected to the cloud, the system firmware can be updated OTA using these commands:

If your device is online, you can attempt to OTA (Over The Air) update these system parts as well with the particle-cli:

Note: You must download system binaries to a local directory on your machine for this to work.

Photon:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part1-0.4.7-photon.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part2-0.4.7-photon.bin

P1:

particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part1-0.4.7-p1.bin
particle flash YOUR_DEVICE_NAME  system-part2-0.4.7-p1.bin

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

This requires CLI version 1.8.12 or newer. You can check with particle --version.

The local DFU-UTIL method

can be applied to offline devices locally over USB using dfu-util

Put the device in DFU mode (flashing yellow LED)
open a terminal window, change to the directory where you downloaded the files above, and run these commands:

Photon:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.4.7-photon.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d006 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.4.7-photon.bin

P1:

dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8020000 -D system-part1-0.4.7-p1.bin
dfu-util -d 2b04:d008 -a 0 -s 0x8060000:leave -D system-part2-0.4.7-p1.bin

What's changed in 0.4.7

FEATURES

Software Timers
pulseIn(pin, value) now available for all devices.
WiFi.dnsServerIP() and WiFi.dhcpServerIP()
serialEvent()
GCC virtual device
System.version() to retrieve the version of system firmware #688
Firmware control of OTA updates can happen #375

ENHANCEMENTS

[multithreading] Application thread continues to run in listening mode
[multithreading] Particle.process() called from the application thread pumps application messages #659
Particle.variable() supports Strings #657
Simplified Particle.variable() API - variable type parameter is optional, and variables are passed by reference so &'s are not required.
I2C will generate STOP and SW Reset immediately if Slave Acknowledge failure is detected (must use pull-up resistors), instead of taking 100ms. commit

BUGFIXES

TCPClient unstable #672
Photon frequently SOS's immediately following cloud re-connect #663
String.toLower() has no affect on string. #665
SOS due to WICED socket handlers being called when socket is disposed. #663 #672
Application constructors executed after RTOS startup so that HAL_Delay_Milliseconds() can be called. This may mean that STARTUP() code executes just a little later than before, but
can safely use all public APIs.
Ensure bootloader region is write protected.
White breathing LED on exiting listening mode. #682
WICED not resolving DNS names with 4 parts (it was trying to decode as an IP address.)
SoftAP via HTTP would fail on Safari due to request sent as multiple TCP packets. Fixed WICED HTTP server. #680
Retained variables are not persisting, even without reset or deep sleep. #661
Backup RAM enabled for monolithic builds #667
Pure virtual call on creation of low priority std::thread #652

Assets 6

Provide feedback

Saved searches

Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly

v0.5.0-rc.1 Changelog

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES

INTERNALS

Updating System Firmware (and optionally adding Tinker)

The OTA method using Particle CLI

The local method over USB using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

Downgrading from 0.5.0-rc.x to current default firmware

Debugging for Electron

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES

Updating System Firmware

The OTA method

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

Firmware Release

Debugging

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

Updating System Firmware

The OTA method

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

What's changed in 0.4.7

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES

Releases: particle-iot/device-os

0.5.0-rc.1 Pre-release (Core/Photon/P1/Electron)

v0.5.0-rc.1 Changelog

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES

INTERNALS

Updating System Firmware (and optionally adding Tinker)

The OTA method using Particle CLI

The local method over USB using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

Downgrading from 0.5.0-rc.x to current default firmware

Debugging for Electron

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

0.4.9 Release

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES

Updating System Firmware

The OTA method

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

v0.4.8-rc.6 Firmware Release for Electron

Firmware Release

Debugging

Instructions on using the Tinker USB Debugging app are here

Instructions on using the Electron Troubleshooting app are here

v0.4.8-rc.4 Firmware Release for Electron

v0.4.8-rc.3 Firmware Release for Electron

v0.4.8-rc.2 Firmware Release for Electron

v0.0.3-rc.3 Firmware Release for Electron

v0.0.3-rc.2 Firmware Release for Electron

v0.0.3-rc.1 Firmware Release for Electron

Firmware Release 0.4.7

Updating System Firmware

The OTA method

The local EASY method using Particle CLI

The local DFU-UTIL method

What's changed in 0.4.7

FEATURES

ENHANCEMENTS

BUGFIXES