SF20/C & LW20/C firmware revision history
Firmware Hardware
Change log Description Release date
version revision
Default LED state during production was Improvement/ features
4.3.1 19 16/05/2023
found to be in “OFF” state. added
• Limit of 16 bytes on the I2C
communication packet length,
this has been fixed to
accommodate the full lengths
required by some data outputs
• LED state can be changed via
Improvement/ features
4.3.0 the parameters tab in 16, 18, 19 23/04/2023
added
LightWare Studio.
• #SU,1 and legacy Serial data
output requested by sending
“d” /”D” , the option to remove
the space before the distance
data.
• There has been a limit of 16
bytes on the I2C
communication packet length
and this has been fixed to
accommodate the full lengths
required by some of the data
outputs.
• The LED state can be changed
via the Parameters tab in
Studio and the selected state is
then saved in memory.
4.2.1 Major 18 19/04/2023
• On the Legacy serial data
stream, enable with command
"#SU,1" and the legacy serial
distance output requested by
command "d" and "D", the
option to remove the "space" at
the start of the output value
has been added to the
Parameters tab in Studio. This
selection is saved to memory.
Improved stability at 2.5kHz and 5kHz
Improvement/ features
4.2.0 Same firmware as 4.1.2, but for latest 18 15/10/2022
added
hardware revision
Improvement/ features
4.1.2 Improved stability at 2.5kHz and 5kHz 16 01/10/2022
added
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Brownout detection
Higher update rates (up to 5 kHz)Added
filters: (configurable)
Improvement/ features
4.0.0 • Smoothing 16 21/10/2021
added
• Rolling average
• Median
• I2C bus speed selection
LightWare Studio Compatibility Accuracy
table for high calibrationunits
Selection of GPIO on Servo wire Improvement/ features
2.3.0 16 03/08/2020
(Servo, Alarm A, Alarm B) added
Fixed Alarm output for lost
signals
2.0.10 Fixed rare occurrence of ‘’data freeze’’ Major 16 18/10/2019
Added customization code: Improvement/ features
2.0.6 16 26/08/2019
• LW20/C BMT1 added
Fixed:
2.0.5 • TDC timeout value causing Major 16 19/08/2019
spurious signals
Improvement/ features
2.0.4 Support for 12.8 MHz crystal 16 15/08/2019
added
Improvement/ features
2.0.3 Added more customisation codes 16 29/07/2019
added
Factory reset does not immediately save
2.0.1 Minor 16 04/09/2019
parameters
2.0.0 Initial version for R16 hardware Initial release 16 04/09/2019
Fixed:
1.9.3 • Measurement rate could be Minor 11, 12 04/09/2019
incorrect at start-up
Changed:
1.9.2 • Post amp control value to reduce Minor 11, 12 21/09/2019
cross talk
Improvement/ features
1.9.1 Added breakdown offset 11, 12 29/07/2019
added
Added GPIO selection for Servo or Improvement/ features
1.9.0 12 18/07/2019
Alarms added
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Added mode to output closestdistance Improvement/ features
31/05/2019
1.8.2 found during a scan sweep added 11, 12
Added mode to change lost signal from - Improvement/ features
1.8.1 11, 12 14/05/2019
1m to 230m added
Improvement/ features
1.8.0 Added camera shutter sync mode 11, 12 29/04/2019
added
Added parameter to enable servo on Improvement/ features
1.7.1 11, 12 15/04/2019
start-up added
Improvement/ features
1.7.0 Added forced continuous output option 11, 12 26/02/2019
added
Noise output now takes multiple shots
1.6.4 Minor 11, 12 23/01/2019
into account
Servo output disabled when using Improvement/ features
1.6.3 11, 12 28/11/2018
Pixhawk compatibility mode added
Version bump was not correctly done
1.6.2 Minor 11, 12 26/11/2018
for 1.6.1
Changed legacy distance output to use Improvement/ features
1.6.1 11, 12 26/11/2018
median filtered result added
Tolerate downgrades without losing Improvement/ features
1.6.0 11, 12 09/11/2018
parameters added
Added com start-up mode 4 - start in Improvement/ features
23/10/2018
1.5.1 serial mode with nopreamble output added 11, 12
Improvement/ features
1.5.0 Added 20 kHz fast mode 11, 12 17/10/2018
added
Improvement/ features
1.4.3 Improved soft start 11, 12 09/10/2018
added
Improvement/ features
1.4.2 Slow SPI used byte default 12 08/10/2018
added
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