Release Notes¶

Current Release¶

2020-0.0.1 ¶

Kickoff release

Added super quick and dirty simulator for the Spark Max. Basically just does voltage percentage simulation, but they will now show up on the GUI. Also supports follow mode, and following a TalonSRX
Requires 2020-0.0.0 Plugin to use downstream

Known Issues

No C++ simulations

Standard warning about potentially wrong / missing features in CTRE simulation

REV completely changed their API. Most of the “common” features should be supported, but your mileage may vary

Previous Releases¶

2019-1.0.0 ¶

Added simulation for REV CANSparkMax

Added super quick and dirty simulator for the Spark Max. Basically just does voltage percentage simulation, but they will now show up on the GUI. Also supports follow mode, and following a TalonSRX
Requires 2019-2.0.0 Plugin to use downstream

Known Issues

C++ simulations with a gui broke during GradleRIO alpha testing. C++ teams, I know I’ve said it for a year, but you should be able to use this before seasons end

CTRE simulation is hot off the presses. Unit tests work, but new features and functions are probably not supported.

No smart features of the REV speed controller are supported.

2019-0.0.1 ¶

First release of the 2019 build season

Updated to work with wpilib 2019.1.1
Updated to work with CTRE-Phoenix 5.12.0
Updated examples to work with the kickoff release of VsCode/wpilib/CTRE/NavX
Requires 2019-0.2.0 Plugin to use downstream

Known Issues

C++ simulations with a gui broke during GradleRIO alpha testing. C++ teams, I know I’ve said it for a year, but you should be able to use this before seasons end
CTRE simulation is hot off the presses. Unit tests work, but new features and functions are probably not supported.

2019-0.0.0 ¶

2019 Beta Version

Updated to work with wpilib 2019
Added some example on how to use the simulator. Note: these are a work in progress.

Important notes

Requires 2019-0.0.0 Plugin to use downstream
wpilib is still in beta as well. This means that there might be issues in their software which can cause confusion when using the simulator. Also, since the real “full” beta hasn’t been released, I don’t think you will be able to run this version of wpilib on a real robot. This is meant for simulation purposes only.
3rd party libraries (like CTRE and NavX) have not released their 2019 libraries. There might be a lot of things that have to change to work with those once they get released.

2018-2.0.0 ¶

Modified the native library loading scheme to help support HAL Extensions. Also means that mac builds now work
Added command line option to disable the driver station simulation. * Opens the door to being able to use an extension to talk to the real driver station instead. This extension is in the works and should be part of the 2019 wpilib release
Note: Requires the 2018-2.0.0 Plugin to use downstream

Known Issues

CTRE

Voltage and AppliedThrottle control modes are in beta support. This means that that they should work as expected
MotionMagic, Position, and Velocity control modes are in alpha support. This means that they may, sort of, sometimes work as expected. They are tested against, but may not anywhere near the same as the real world
Everything else is unsupported. Attempting to use other functions will simply log a warning. For the average team, these features will not hinder the majority of your pre-robot testing

2018-1.0.1 ¶

Changed to Year-Sem.Ver.2 versioning system
Removed the eclipse boilerplate. All Hail GradlRIO.
Moved internal sources around to fit into the standard gradle format (src/main/java vs src)
Externalized CTRE simulator core code. This should make it easier to pull in different version of the library, and avoid unsatisfied link errors
Updated the SnobotSimulatorPlugin to work with the code refactoring. To use this release, you must use a plugin version of 2018-1.0.0 * This plugin upgrade allows you to run the simulator from the command line with gradlew runSnobotSim
Updated the configuration file format to know more about the simulator objects. Should make it easier to create custom overrides. * There is a utility that will load the “v0” config file, but it will pop up with a warning. It is recommended that you re-save your config to force it into the “v1” state
Simulator components get loaded on startup, rather than dynamically as the robot starts. * Note: You might get a popup warning now when you start the simulator. It loads things first, then checks to make sure they were initialized. If there is a mismatch, expected things might not show up
Started preperation to migrate to WPI’s 2019 library (while maintaining 2018 support)

Known Issues

CTRE

Voltage and AppliedThrottle control modes are in beta support. This means that that they should work as expected
MotionMagic, Position, and Velocity control modes are in alpha support. This means that they may, sort of, sometimes work as expected. They are tested against, but may not anywhere near the same as the real world
Everything else is unsupported. Attempting to use other functions will simply log a warning. For the average team, these features will not hinder the majority of your pre-robot testing

0.8.0 ¶

Note

Improvments also include 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 because I forgot

Fixed issues with match time and the frequency loops were being called
Added Linux version of the Eclipse Boilerplate. Due to compilation flags being different on build machines vs. your machine, your miliage might vary
CTRE 5.2.1.1
Added static analysis tools to the build process (PMD, checkstyle, fixbugs)

0.7.0 ¶

First release of the 2018 Season. Anything releases before this were experimental and not recommended for usage.

Known Issues

CTRE

Voltage and AppliedThrottle control modes are in beta support. This means that that they should work as expected
MotionMagic, Position, and Velocity control modes are in alpha support. This means that they may, sort of, sometimes work as expected. They are tested against, but may not anywhere near the same as the real world
Everything else is unsupported. Attempting to use other functions will simply log a warning. For the average team, these features will not hinder the majority of your pre-robot testing

Simulator

Tank drive simulator, I2C, and SPI built in simulations do not have GUI support, so you must update the config file manually