Spresense Arduino Release Notes

Feature improvements are available

[Camera] Fix an issue that the convertPixFormat() did not convert pixel format correctly on a new CamImage instance as an output by executing CamImage.clipAndResizeImageByHW().

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Feature enhancements are available

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[SignalProcessing] Add Flattop window as a window function of the FFT library.

[SignalProcessing] Extend the IIR library to allow setting the output frame size, data order and sampling-rate.

[Audio] Fix an issue of noise on WAV playback with 96kHz(sampling-rate) and 24bit(sample-bit-length).

[Audio] Fix an issue that buffer size in begin function of MediaRecoder may not be changed correctly.

[Audio] Improve memory usage and processing latency of 2 example sketches (pcm_capture/voice_effector).

[Audio] Fix a wrong usage of the clock change API in the example sketch (player_objif).

[MultiCore MP] Fix an issue that logs may be mixed using MPLog function logs by multi-cores and multi-threads in the same time.

[FileSystem] Extend the limit number of openable files from 16 to 32.

[Camera] Add an API (getImgBuffSize) to get the memory size allocated by CamImage.

[Camera] Fix an issue in CamImage that the getPixFormat function can not get the correct value after pixel format conversion with the convertPixFormat function.

[LTE] Fix the recovery sequence when LTE connection fails for all LTE example sketches.

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Feature enhancements are available

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[SDHCI] Enabled the timestamp function of the FAT file system on the SD card (The RTC must be set to the correct time).

[Camera] Added the function to adjust the size of the Jpeg buffer allocated by the Camera class.

[Audio] Changed the APIs of MediaPlayer and OutputMixer to use begin()/end().

[GNSS/Audio] Fixed an issue that could cause an error from Audio when GNSS and Audio are running simultaneously.

[LTE] Fixed an issue where TLS connections to domains registered for both IPv4 and IPv6 were not possible when the IP type was set to IPv6 Only in the access point settings.

[LTE] Fixed an issue that caused Assert to occur in rare cases during data communication in LTE.

[ADC] Improved the linearity of analogRead() from the A4 and A5 analog pins for 0 to 5V input voltage.

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Feature enhancements are available

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[SignalProcessing] Fixed a typo in the name of the FFTWindow parameter in the SignalProcessing library.

[SignalProcessing] The SignalProcessing library FFT supports 2048-Tap.

[MultiCore] Fixed an issue where an error was not returned when starting SubCore with DNNRT.begin() or MP.begin() in case of the memory was exhausted.

[GNSS] Corrected a wrong formula for converting location information to NMEA format in the GNSS library sample code (gnss_tracker).（Thanks to @8ga3）

[GNSS] Improved azimuth display range issue in GNSS library.（Thanks to @8ga3）

[MultiCoreMP] In the MP library sample code (SharedMemory), the error handling code was added when the memory could not be acquired.

[Audio] In the Audio library sample code (rendering_objif), the mute release code was added.

[Other] Added code to all sample code that uses SD cards to wait until the SD card is inserted.

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Feature improvement are available

[IDE Menu] Fix the bug that the program does not work properly when the memory size used by the main core application is larger than 768KB.

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Feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[IDE Menu] Enable to change the memory size used by the main core application from the Arduino IDE menu.

[UART] Support to change the data length, parity, stop bit, and flow control by the Serial.begin() function.

[GNSS] Add support for positioning using Galileo/BeiDou satellite

[GNSS] Supports accurate 1-second cycle signals(1PPS signals) output based on satellite time information

[Camera] Supports manual setting of exposure time.(Thanks to @TE-KarlKomierowski)

[Signal processing] Add SignalProcessing(FFT/IIR) library

[Camera] The following problems with automatic/manual setting of AE/AWB have been fixed.

[Audio] Add sample sketch(rendering_objif) for high speed rendering.

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Feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[LTE] Support timeout function for LTEClient transfer.

[RTC] Improve RTCTime utility to synchronize unix time and calendar time.

[ADC] Fix an issue that the first value read from HPADC(A4/A5) is invalid after power-on.

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LTE function is available from this version. This function is limited in Japan.

Feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[LTE] Add LTE Library

[Audio] Digital microphone can be selected from Object I/F layer

[Camera] Add JPEG as a pixel format for camera preview

[SD Card] Fixed the problem that the SD card was not mounted when insert and remove the SD card quickly.

[Tools] Fixed the problem that the bootloader installation dialog was not displayed correctly in Ubuntu 18.04.

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Feature enhancements is available

[Camera] Add Auto White Balance mode.

[Audio] Reduced the boot time of DSP Codec binary in SPI-Flash.

[Core] Improved string conversion accuracy of floating point.

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Feature improvement is available

[GNSS] Add API getDCReport() to get QZSS Disaster and Crisis Management (DC Report) sentence.

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Feature improvement is available

[Camera Image] Image converter methods of CamImage can be used without Camera Video Stream.

[Tool] When "Export compiled Binary" is selected in the ArduinoIDE menu, the name of the selected sub-core is added to the binary file name.

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Feature improvement is available.

[GNSS] Improve GNSS sensitivity when SD card is inserted(without accessed).

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Support multi-core programming environment.
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New features and feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[MultiCore MP] Add a "MultiCore MP" library to communicate between 6 CPU cores.

[LowPower] Add power saving API to select the system clock (156 MHz / 32 MHz / 8 MHz) dynamically.

[Flash] Add a library for reading and writing from/to SPI-Flash.

[eMMC] Add a library for reading and writing from/to eMMC.

[Sensing] Add Sensor Framework with Publish-Subscribe Architecture.

[Basic] Improve the accuracy of the delay and delayMicroseconds.

[SD] Improve the access performance of the SD card.

[Build] Changed to C++11 compilation.

[MultiCore MP] Added multi-core sample sketches.

[Sensing] Add a sample sketch of a step counter.

[Flash] Add a sample to read and write.

[eMMC] Add a sample to read and write.

[Wire] Add a I2C port scan sketch.

[LowPower] Add a sample sketch to change clock mode.

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New features and feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[Audio] Add API for selecting Analog mic or Digital mic in runtime.

[Audio] Add API to be able to change internal buffer size for audio player and recorder.

[Audio] Add function which can path the audio data from I2S to speaker with low-latency (Audio through).

[GNSS] Improve stability when starting positioning by using hot start.

[SPI] Improve transfer performance by using deprecated API setClockDivider.

[Audio] Add "player_playlist" sample sketch that is reading playlist for playing music.

[Audio] Add "through" sample sketch that is using audio through function.

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New features and feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new DSP binary and bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[Arduino IDE] Add "--gc-sections" to compile options for reducing memory usage.

[RTC] Add Real Time Clock library to manage RTC time.

[Watchdog] Add Watchdog library to monitor your system.

[LowPower] Add LowPower library to save power like a sleep mode.

[Arduino IDE] Support a partial update when Spresense Arduino Library is updated.

[Arduino IDE] Improve the progress bar when uploading your sketch

[Wire] Support the sendStop flag for enabling continuous transmission by using functions of endTransmission() and requestFrom().

[Audio] Add "player_wav" sample sketch that is able to play wav files with tag information.

[Audio] Add "recorder_with_rendering" sample sketch that is able to monitor sounds while recording.

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New features and feature enhancements are available.

[ArduinoIDE] Support "Export compiled Binary".

[Audio] Support I2S output with Object Level API.

[EEPROM] Improve Read/Write speed.

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Fixed problem about DNNRT.

[DNNRT] Fixed continuous recognition processes problem.

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New features and feature enhancements are available.

[Audio] Support 192kHz/48kHz sampling, 24bit wav recording
Supported format:

[Audio] Support selectable API for audio analog drive power for AC-out or speaker-out.

[Camera] Support auto exposure.

[Audio] Update recording sample sketches(pcm_capture/pcm_capture_objif/recorder/recorder_objif/recorder_wav/recorder_wav_objif/rec_play)

[Other] Add new API for change PWM frequency in Wire library.

[Audio] Add Mic-In to AC-out sample sketch(voice_effector).

[Audio] If overflow occurs in the load situation, recording may not be continued in 24 bit recording with next log message. In this case, please reset the board.

WARNING: Insufficient buup_assert: Assertion failed at file:components/capture/capture_component.cpp line: 228 task: CAPTURE_CMP_DEV0

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New features and feature enhancements are available.

This release has a new DSP binary and bootloader which have to be loaded before use.

[Camera] Capturing of uncompressed and JPEG compressed image data by using ISX012 camera module.

[DNNRT] Deep Neural Network runtime library added.

[GNSS] Japanese GNSS satellite QZSS Michibiki: L1C/A complementation signal and L1S augmentation signal are now supported.

[Audio] Supports 88.2/96/176.4kHz, 24bit wav decoding.

[Audio] Support microphone gain.

[Audio] Support detail logs while debug funciton is enabled(Debug: Enable).

[Other] PWM pins number 3, 5, 6, 9 are changed to stay high just after startup.

[Other] Source code using __FlashStringHelper can be compiled.

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Some audio advanced features are released.

Support monaural sound playback in wav format file

Support I2S out put for sound player

Add some audio sample sketches

The recorded wav format file can be saved correctly on Arduino environment.

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