Download Intel Aero BSP 1.4

Intel has for its Aero computer board and Aero ready to fly drone released a new board support package with 1.4 as version number. The sign has a Intel Atom x7-Z8750quad-core, 4GB lpdrd3-1600 RAM and embedded 32GB emmc storage memory. The same board is used in the ready to fly drone, so you no longer have to tinker to get started. The list of changes for this bsp release is as follows:

Version 1.4

• Updated to Yocto Project 2.3
• New misc packages installed:
  • rsync to easily copy and synchronize directories with host computer
  • valgrind
  • Command line tools like tar, ps, top, etc are not provided by busybox anymore
  • dmidecode to debug information provided by BIOS
• Packages removed:
  • ModemManager is temporarily removed. Users of LTE functionality are advised not to update.
  • opkg: it’s now replaced by dnf
  • ROS: now to be used inside a container
  • Drone kit: now to be used inside a container
  • dnsmasq: functionality replaced by ConnMan
  • sysklogd: functionality replaced by systemd-journal
• systemd-networkd now creates a usb-ethernet network and manages a DHCP server in it; this allows to simply – plug a usb cable and have a network connection with Aero (working on Linux and Mac, work in progress on Windows)
• Migrate init to use systemd
• Kernel updated to 4.4.67 including all major fixes from upstream stable tree
• ConnMan is the connection manager for the WiFi interface allowing to easily switch back and forth between “hotspot” and “client” modes.
• Included support for docker containers. More detailed documentation can be found on the wiki page.
• Meta-ros is no longer included as part of the distribution, as officially supported ROS docker images are provided by the OSRF as part of Docker Hub.
• Package cleanup on meta-intel-aero;
• New inclusions: Camera Streaming Daemon and Collision Avoidance Library. More information can be found on the wiki.
• PX4 firmware for aerofc on RTF has been updated to v1.6.4 from upstream and is now located in /etc/aerofc/px4
• ArduPilot firmware for aerofc on RTF has been added containing version v3.5-rc9 with additional patches that will be available on v3.5-rc10. It’s available in /etc/aerofc/ardupilot
• MicroSD is now automatically mounted.
• Add support for devices from Movidius
• Experimental support for package updates using dnf (disabled by default via a configuration file)