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Changelog

All versions in this changelog have two entries: driver and firmware. The firmware and driver should have the same version, as communication protocol might change between versions. In the firmware/driver there is a safeguard to prevent miscommunication.

Version 1.2

Support for Raspberry Pi 5 added (using spidev only at this moment).

.. info::
  For this version the configuration file has to be changed. The section ``watchdog: {}`` has to be
  added to the configuration in order to compile the firmware. Optionally, one can specify an enable
  out pin. See for more information the `watchdog documentation <https://litex-cnc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/watchdog.html>`_
  • cli:
    • install_toolchain: OpenOCD compiled with support for the libgpiod-driver. Required for support of the Raspberry PI (#64).
    • install_toolchain: Fixed issue with 64-bit OS on RaspberryPi.
    • flash_firmware: Added configuration for libgpiod-driver. Auto-detects whether a Raspberry Pi 5 is used and changes to the new configuration in that case (#64).
  • driver:
    • watchdog: Watchdog requires configuration. Optional an enable out pin can be set for the Watchdog (#65).
    • HUB75HAT: Corrected pinout (#68)
    • gpio: Fixed issue with configurations with either all inputs or all outputs (#70)

Version 1.1.1

Bugfixes for CLI-command.

  • cli:

    • install_toolchain: Resolved issue creating nested directories.
    • install_toolchain: The architecture i386 is not supported by OSS-cad-suite. When this architecture is detected, a clear error message will be given and OSS-cad-suite is not installed.

Version 1.1.0

Added new drivers for SPI communiction [48]. For current users this requires a minor modification in their configuration files. The connection entry in the config-file must be altered to include the field connection_type. See for further guidelines on the parameters for the connection, including the new SPI connection, the updates help-files.

Further minor changes:

  • cli:
    • install_litex: DEPRECATED, the functionality has been transferred to install_toolchaing.
    • install_toolchain: Also installs Litex, and on a RaspberryPi also OpenOCD.
    • flash_firmware: Flashes the firmware to the LED-card using OpenOCD. Designed for flashing with a RaspberryPi, however other adapters can aslo be selected by their name.

Version 1.0.3

Bugfixes for several issues.

  • driver:
    • encoder: calculation of average speed has been corrected (#50).
  • cli:
    • install_litex: Solved bug which prevented installation without the option --user (#47).
    • install_toolchain: Auto-detection of both architecture and os. Command line options are only required when installing specific versions.

Version 1.0.2

On some systems the communication to the FPGA failed. This was due to the package header of the read request being partly overwritten by another function (buffer overflow). Thanks to OJthe123 this bug has been identified and tracked to its origins.

  • driver:
    • Resolved buffer-overflow error in litexcnc.c.

Version 1.0.1

When drafting release 1.0.0 a merge conflict occurred. This merge conflict was solved, however leading to an error in module_stepgen.h. During testing this error passed by unnoticed, because an old version of the driver was still installed on the system. This bug-fix solves this problem.

  • driver:
    • Resolved error in module_stepgen.h, which prevented installation of the driver.

Version 1.0.0

First release!

  • driver:
    • Modules and boards can be extended with plugins. The available modules and boards are automatically picked up by the script litexcnc install_driver.
    • Removed dependency on JSON-libraries. The configuration is now announced from the FPGA at initialisation
    • Main driver with supported modules: gpio, pwm, stepgen, encoder;
    • Ethernet/Etherbone driver;
  • firmware:
    • Modules can be extended with plugins, this requires a different approach in the configuration JSON. The configs created for version 0.9 will not work in this version without modification.
    • Firmware contains configuration.
    • Supported modules: gpio, pwm, stepgen, encoder;
    • Supported cards: 5A-75B, 5A-75E

Several test releases have been made with increasing functionality and several bug-fixes. These versions have now been superseeded by the v1.0-releases of Litex-CNC. These pre-releases differ significantly in setup and design philosophy from the v1.0-release as they were monolythic and difficult to expand with new modules. They have served the purpose to remove bugs in the algorithms of the various modules.