Announcements

[photron]

Brick Daemon Beta for Windows 10 IoT Core (Part 1/2)

• Blog Entry
  

[borg]

Two new Bricklets: CAN and RGB LED

• Blog Entry
  

[photron]

Plugin: Distance US Bricklet 2.0.3

 

• Add missing moving average reinitialization on moving average length change
  

Download: Distance US Bricklet

[borg]

Note: Because of a bug during transfer of the last 256 bytes from the EEPROM of a Bricklet to the Brick flash it is theoretically possible that any Bricklet above a specific size has undefined behavior for some functions under some circumstances.

 

We don't know if this bug is present for any of the released firmwares (it is hard to determine and reproduce). We recommend to update all of the Bricks, just in case.

 

Firmwares: DC Brick 2.3.2, IMU Brick 2.3.2, IMU 2.0 Brick 2.0.4, Master Brick 2.4.1, Servo Brick 2.3.1, Stepper Brick 2.3.3

• Make sure to use all chunks when writing firmware
  

Download: DC Brick, IMU Brick, IMU 2.0 Brick, Master Brick, Servo Brick, Stepper Brick

[photron]

Plugin: RGB LED Bricklet 2.0.1

 

• Fix green flash after reset
  

Download: RGB LED Bricklet

[photron]

Brick Viewer 2.3.6

 

• Improve WIFI Extension 2.0 flashing speed
  
• Handle unknown client status for WIFI Extension 2.0 correctly
  
• Add moving average length spinbox to Distance US Bricklet plugin
  
• Add support for RGBW LEDs, channel mapping and SK6812RGBW (NeoPixel RGBW), LPD8806 and ADA102 (DotStar) chip types to LED Strip Bricklet plugin
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Plugin: LED Strip Bricklet 2.0.6

 

• Fix green flash after reset
  
• Add support for RGBW LEDs, channel mapping and SK6812RGBW (NeoPixel RGBW), LPD8806 and ADA102 (DotStar) chip types
  
• Make FrameRendered callback configurable
  

Download: LED Strip Bricklet

 

Note: This plugin is affected by the flash transfer bug, that was fixed in the current Brick firmwares. Therefore, this plugin should only be used with an up-to-date Brick firmware.

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.12, C# 2.1.11, Delphi/Lazarus 2.1.12, Java 2.1.10, JavaScript 2.0.10, LabVIEW 2.1.10, Mathematica 2.1.10, MATLAB/Octave 2.0.10, Perl 2.1.10, PHP 2.1.10, Python 2.1.10, Ruby 2.1.10, Shell 2.1.10, Visual Basic .NET 2.1.10

 

• Add support for RGBW LEDs, channel mapping and SK6812RGBW (NeoPixel RGBW), LPD8806 and ADA102 (DotStar) chip types to LED Strip Bricklet API [all]
  
• Add support for Universal Windows Platform (UWP), see the Visual Studio 2015 project file source/Tinkerforge/TinkerforgeUWP.csproj [C#]
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Delphi/Lazarus, Java, JavaScript, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MATLAB/Octave, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell, Visual Basic .NET

[photron]

Firmware: WIFI Extension 2.0 2.0.1

 

• Update ESP8266 SDK to version 2.0.0
  
• Add web interface for configuration and status
  
• Add RX/TX counters
  
• Fix static IP configuration for access point mode
  

Download: WIFI Extension 2.0

[photron]

Firmware: WIFI Extension 2.0 2.0.2

 

• Add missing ESP8266 SDK 2.0.0 configration binaries and adapt to ESP8266 configration API changes to fix boot and connection problems
  

Download: WIFI Extension 2.0

[borg]

Firmware: WIFI Extension 2.0 2.0.3

 

• Increase inbound and outbound buffer sizes
  
• Hold TCP transfer before buffer fills up (messages are buffered at sender)
  

Download: WIFI Extension 2.0

[photron]

Bindings: JavaScript 2.0.11

 

• Use browserify 13.1.1 to avoid the code hanging in Firefox
  
• Fix handling of fragmented packets
  

Download: JavaScript

[photron]

Brick Daemon 2.2.3

 

• Update bundled libusb to 1.0.20 on Windows, add support for Intel Alpine Ridge USB 3.1 controller
  
• Update bundled libusb to 1.0.20 on Mac OS X
  
• Merge --debug and --libusb-debug options
  
• Properly quote path to brickd.exe for service registration on Windows
  
• Switch to .pkg based installer for Mac OS X
  
• Fix crash in RS485 Extension code for RED Brick
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux (amd64, i386, armhf), Mac OS X

[borg]

The long story of the Silent Stepper Brick

• Blog Entry
  

[borg]

Plugin: RS232 Bricklet 2.0.3

• Fix Bug with baudrates below 4800 baud
  
• Change RESET beahvior to be compatible with new hardware version
  

 

Plugin: Motion Detector Bricklet 2.0.1

• Add API to turn status LED permantenly on/off
  

 

Download: RS232 Bricklet, Motion Detector Bricklet

[borg]

Looking back at 2016

• Blog Entry
  

[borg]

New homepage and server infrastructure

• Blog Entry
  

[borg]

Firmware: WIFI Extension 2.0 2.1.0

 

• Added mesh network functionality
  

Download: WIFI Extension 2.0

 

Firmware: Master Brick 2.4.2

 

• Added WIFI Extension 2.0 mesh network functions
  
• Fixed Ethernet Extension Socket listen/establish Race Condition
  

Download: Master Brick

[photron]

Brick Daemon 2.3.0

 

• Add support for WIFI Extension 2.0 Mesh mode
  
• Improve RED Brick SPI stack protocol ACK handling
  
• Add Co-MCU Bricklet handling to RED Brick SPI stack protocol
  
• Avoid crash due to improperly cancelled USB transfers at device disconnect on Mac OS X
  
• Update bundled libusb to 1.0.21 on Windows and Mac OS X
  
• Also read config from unsupported Extensions on RED Brick to allow Brick Viewer showing them as unsupported
  
• Avoid using Debian specific init script helper functions on Linux
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux (amd64, i386, armhf), Mac OS X

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.13, C# 2.1.12, Delphi/Lazarus 2.1.13, Java 2.1.11, JavaScript 2.0.12, LabVIEW 2.1.11, Mathematica 2.1.11, MATLAB/Octave 2.0.11, Perl 2.1.11, PHP 2.1.11, Python 2.1.11, Ruby 2.1.11, Shell 2.1.11, Visual Basic .NET 2.1.11

 

• Add support for WIFI Extension 2.0 Mesh mode to Master Brick API [all]
  
• Add get/set_status_led_config functions to Motion Detector Bricklet API [all]
  
• Add sensor and fusion mode configuration functions to IMU Brick 2.0 API [all]
  
• Avoid MSVC cast warning [C/C++]
  
• Use MSVC stdbool.h if available [C/C++]
  
• Fix DNS lookup on Universal Windows Platform (UWP) [C#]
  
• Fix $endif / $ifend mixup [Delphi/Lazarus]
  
• Use correct CompilerVersion check for generics [Delphi/Lazarus]
  
• Avoid compiler bug when assigning constants to a uint64 variable [Delphi/Lazarus]
  
• Fix enumerate callback unregistration [Python]
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Delphi/Lazarus, Java, JavaScript, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MATLAB/Octave, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell, Visual Basic .NET

[photron]

Brick Viewer 2.3.7

 

• Warn about unsupported RS485 baud rates and modes on RED Brick
  
• Add web interface enable/disable checkbox for WIFI Extension 2.0
  
• Show WIFI Extension 2.0 firmware version in setup tab and updates dialog
  
• Keep stacks grouped in device table, if sorted by position
  
• Add support for WIFI Extension 2.0 Mesh mode to Master Brick plugin
  
• Fix race condition in WIFI Extension 2.0 firmware version lookup
  
• Also show unsupported Extension in the RED Brick plugin
  
• Add dialog to RED Brick network tab to connect to hidden Wi-Fi networks
  
• Fix check for downloading firmwares from tinkerforge.com
  
• Remove error prone Protocol 1 Bricklet detection logic
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[borg]

WIFI Extension 2.0 now supports Mesh Networking

• Blog Entry
  

[borg]

Firmware: IMU Brick 2.0 2.0.5

 

• Add support for fusion mode and sensor configuration
  

Download: IMU Brick 2.0

[photron]

Firmware: WIFI Extension 2.0 2.1.1

 

• Configuration saving fixed. The Extension can be switched to Mesh mode even if Brick Viewer is connected over Wi-Fi to it.
  

Download: WIFI Extension 2.0

[borg]

Firmware: Laser Range Finder Bricklet 2.0.3

 

• Add support and API for LIDAR-Lite V3 sensor
  

Download: Laser Range Finder Bricklet