Announcements

[photron]

There was no central place for announcements about new versions of Brick Daemon and Viewer, the different programming language bindings as well as firmwares and plugins. This thread is going to improve this.

 

New software and hardware will be announced here

[photron]

Brick Daemon 1.0.8

 

• Break a reference cycle between USBDevice and USBTransfer objects
  
• Add date to log output
  
• Fix stack ID routing for enumerate with multiple connected stacks
  
• Add --version commandline argument
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Brick Viewer 1.1.1

 

• Improve flashing error messages
  
• File dialogs remember the last directory
  
• "Show this message again" checkbox in error messages work
  
• Store host and port information across brickv restarts
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

 

[photron]

Brick Viewer 1.1.2

 

• Use correct write_line signature in LCD 16x2 plugin
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Joystick Bricklet Plugin 1.1.4

 

• Fix threshold period logic. Since version 1.1.3 the Position Reached callback was triggered despite a Threshold Period of 0 (Callback disabled).
  

Download: Plugin

[borg]

Master Brick Firmware 1.2.0

 

• RS485 Support
  

Download: Firmware

 

Brick Viewer 1.1.2 does not work in combination with this firmware version because of a bug in the viewer. This bug is fixed in Brick Viewer 1.1.3, updating is strongly recommended.

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.12, C# 1.1.5, Java 1.0.11, PHP 1.0.6, Python 1.0.14, Ruby 1.0.3

 

• RS485 Support
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

[photron]

Brick Viewer 1.1.3

 

• RS485 Support
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

 

This Brick Viewer version is required when using Master Brick Firmware 1.2.0, because of a bug in Brick Viewer 1.1.2.

[borg]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.13, C# 1.1.6, Java 1.0.12, PHP 1.0.7, Python 1.0.15, Ruby 1.0.4

Firmwares: DC Brick 1.1.3, IMU Brick 1.0.7, Master Brick 1.2.1, Servo Brick 1.1.3, Stepper Brick 1.1.4

 

• Added function to read out microcontroller temperature(get_chip_temperature)
  
• Added function to reset Bricks and stacks of Bricks (reset)
  

Download Bindings: C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

Download Firmwares: DC Brick, IMU Brick, Master Brick, Servo Brick, Stepper Brick

[borg]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.14, C# 1.1.7, Java 1.0.13, PHP 1.0.8, Python 1.0.16, Ruby 1.0.5

Plugins: Dual Relay Bricklet 1.1.1

 

• Add monoflop functionality to Dual Relay Bricklet
  

Download Bindings: C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

Download Plugins: Dual Relay Bricklet

[borg]

Firmwares: DC Brick 1.1.4, IMU Brick 1.0.8, Master Brick 1.2.2, Servo Brick 1.1.4, Stepper Brick 1.1.5

 

• USB Hotplug added (Bricks restart if USB is connected)
  
• The Servo Brick now has a minimum period of 1us (2000us before)
  

Download Firmwares: DC Brick, IMU Brick, Master Brick, Servo Brick, Stepper Brick

[photron]

Brick Viewer 1.1.4

 

• Add monoflop GUI for the Dual Relay Bricklet plugin
  
• Improve error reporting for inaccessible serial port
  
• Add reset buttons for Bricks
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[borg]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.15, C# 1.1.8, Java 1.0.14, PHP 1.0.9, Python 1.0.17, Ruby 1.0.6

Firmwares: Stepper Brick 1.1.6

 

• Add time base all data function/callback and state callback to Stepper Brick API
  

Download Bindings: C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

Download Firmwares: Stepper Brick

[photron]

Brick Viewer 1.1.5

 

• Don't change selected serial port on refresh when possible
  
• Fix serial port writability check on Windows, flashing Bricks works again
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.16, C# 1.1.9, Java 1.0.15, PHP 1.0.10, Python 1.0.18, Ruby 1.0.7

 

• Fix direction of get_all_data_period function in Stepper Brick API
  
• Fix wrong datatype in receive thread for Python 3 (Python only)
  
• Ensure that stdint.h defines INT32_MAX (C/C++ only)
  
• Make add_device thread-safe
  
• Ensure that destroy can end the receive thread correctly (Ruby only)
  
• Ensure correct shutdown order of threads
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.17

 

• Add support for big endian systems
  

Download: C/C++

[borg]

Firmwares: Master Brick 1.2.3, Stepper Brick 1.1.7

 

• Stepper Brick: Stop state machine after disable call, don't drive if max velocity = 0
  
• Master Brick: Use dynamically calculated timeouts for RS485, improve bricklet readout
  

Download Firmwares: Master Brick, Stepper Brick

[borg]

Firmwares: Stepper Brick 1.1.8

 

• Stop completely if max velocity is set to 0 while in drive mode
  

Download Firmwares: Stepper Brick

[photron]

Bindings: Delphi 1.0.0

 

• Initial version
  

Download: Delphi

[photron]

Bindings: Delphi 1.0.1

 

• TThread.CurrentThread is not supported in Delphi 2007 use Windows.GetCurrentThreadId instead
  
• Move callback wrappers from private to protected
  

Download: Delphi

[photron]

Brick Daemon 1.0.9

 

• Reduce Windows and Mac OS installer size
  
• Avoid race condition when enumerating USB devices on Linux
  
• Use more expressive log file name and correct line endings on Windows
  
• Don't cancel pending USB transfers to avoid segfault in libusb on Linux
  
• Update libusb to make USB 3.0 work on Windows
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.18, C# 1.1.10, Delphi 1.0.2, Java 1.0.16, PHP 1.0.11, Python 1.0.19, Ruby 1.0.8

Plugins: IO-4 Bricklet 1.1.1, IO-16 Bricklet 1.1.2

Brick Viewer 1.1.6

 

• Fix race condition in bindings function add_device
  
• Add monoflop functionality to IO-4 and IO-16 Bricklet
  
• Display chip temperature in Brick Viewer
  

Download Bindings: C/C++, C#, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby

Download Plugins: IO-4 Bricklet, IO-16 Bricklet

Download Brick Viewer: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[borg]

Firmwares: Master Brick 1.2.4

 

• Send empty message if slave has timeout, to allow slave to process buffer
  

Download Firmwares: Master Brick

[photron]

Plugins: IO-16 Bricklet 1.1.3

 

• Avoid useless I2C reads during monoflop handling
  

Download Plugins: IO-16 Bricklet

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 1.0.19, C# 1.1.11, Delphi 1.0.3, Java 1.0.17, PHP 1.0.12, Python 1.0.20, Ruby 1.0.9

 

• Add WIFI Support
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Delphi, Java, PHP, Python, Ruby