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ESP8266 WiFi Access Point and MAVLink Bridge
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Added "raw" mode (transparent serial bridge) #31

Closed AndreasAntener closed 7 years ago

AndreasAntener commented 7 years ago

This is adds a raw mode that can be used for FC firmware updates. I pushed this in case it's useful, however I will pursue another approach for OTA updates now: HTTP upload and bootloading via mavesp, which I believe makes more sense from an interface point of view and keeps the bootloading protocol simple. Reference: https://github.com/PX4/Bootloader/issues/48

dogmaphobic commented 7 years ago

This would imply a change to QGC to handle OTA firmware update. Is that part done?

LorenzMeier commented 7 years ago

The developer script has the change done. QGC would need to be done, but entirely possible to do it. This would allow updates from a mobile, which is really strong.

https://github.com/PX4/Bootloader/pull/61

AndreasAntener commented 7 years ago

As I mentioned on the Bootloader PR this is really a feasibility test and far from properly implemented. So there is no rush to start on QGC with this. Also IMHO it would make more sense to eventually use the other approach described above.