SDK 1.7.X Release Notes

SDK 1.7.0 was never released. The pre-release builds documented below are kept for reference and are not recommended for production use. For released software, see the SDK 1.8 Release Notes.

SDK 1.7 did not get a full release. Development moved to SDK 1.8, and SDK 1.8.0 is now the current release.

Table of contents

1. Overview
2. Pre-Release Build Status
3. SDK 1.7.0-beta5 Package List
4. SDK 1.7.0-beta5 Full Changelog (from SDK 1.6.6)

Overview

SDK 1.7.0 is the next VOXL SDK release. The current pre-release cut is 1.7.0-beta5 (August 2026). Highlights planned for this release:

• Full support for the QCS6490-based Seeker Vision 5” (D0008-9), currently in flight testing on 1.7.0 beta builds
• voxl-open-vins-server 0.7.0: asynchronous multi-camera VIO support, faster ceres-free initialization, and auto-reset hardening
• RC handling improvements: a new rc_active mux in voxl-mavlink-server with ELRS failsafe awareness
• Artifacts for all current platforms: VOXL 2, VOXL 2 Mini, VRX, and QCS6490

Like every SDK release, 1.7.0 is being cut from tagged voxl-suite meta-packages that pin the exact version of every package in each cut — see the release tags for the full alpha/beta history.

Pre-Release Build Status

Pre-release system images:

Pre-release history since beta3:

• 1.7.0-beta4 (August 7, 2026), QCS6490: system image v0.2.3 with the newer modalai-adsp package and a USB2 flashing fix; modalai-adsp v1.0.10, voxl-portal v0.9.7, voxl-px4-params v0.9.21.
• 1.7.0-beta5 (August 7, 2026), QCS6490: same package set as beta4 with corrected voxl-suite dependency handling for the modalai-adsp package alternatives.

SDK 1.7.0-beta5 Package List

This is the pre-release package set as of the sdk-1.7.0-beta5 meta-package, compared against SDK 1.6.6. Beta artifacts so far are QCS6490-only; VOXL 2 family and VRX pre-release artifacts are currently at 1.7.0-alpha3. MD5 hashes and the final package list will be published here when SDK 1.7.0 is released.

SDK 1.7.0-beta5 Full Changelog (from SDK 1.6.6)

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libmodal-flow v1.0.5 → v1.0.6 1 change

• Add ZNCC epipolar-band stereo matcher (match_stereo / StereoMatcherCL)

libvoxl-codec v0.1.1 → v0.1.3 3 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• [OMX] Add support for ROI control mode
• [OMX] Fix FPS Hack workaround and fix CBR mode
• [ROI] Handle runtime fps and # of p frame changes to maintain bitrate

modalai-adsp v1.0.8 → v1.0.10 2 changes

• Disable options that override UsbPhy driver
• Increase flight controller UART RX buffer size from 512 to 2048

modalai-slpi v1.2.3 → v1.2.4 1 change

• Added i2c bus uninitialization to slpi_link

voxl-camera-server v2.2.29 → v2.2.32 3 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• version bump to ensure libvoxl-codec changes are pulled in
• remove libmodal_exposure dependency from dpkg control file
• version bump for libvoxl-codec ROI feature set framerate changes

voxl-configurator v1.1.35 → v1.1.39 4 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• add V6 handling for D0008
• enable mavlink-server elrs rc mux on D0008 and D0020
• add handling for D0008-V6-XS
• disable mavcam-manager on platforms with M26 family modems

voxl-esc v1.6.3 → v1.6.4 1 changeSource CHANGELOG Diff

• update to 39.26 fw

voxl-fpv-px4 v1.14.0-8.145.4 → v1.14.0-8.148.0 7 changes

• Fix Hexagon compiler NaN comparison issues in math library
• Changed VOXL ESC GPIO control from AUX channels to RC channels set by new parameters
• Changed parameter GPS_SAT_INFO default to 1
• Update mag driver for publishing consistency across axis and publish rate
• Update ESC publishing for more frequent battery current data
• Improved mag current compensation performance
• Increase gravity innovation in ekf2 to prevent gravity-aid lockout during aggressive maneuvers

voxl-imu-server v2.0.2 → v2.0.3 1 change

• <no public CHANGELOG entries between these versions>

voxl-io-server v0.1.3 → v0.1.4 1 change

• <no public CHANGELOG entries between these versions>

voxl-logger v0.6.3 → v0.6.4 1 changeSource CHANGELOG Diff

• add logging support with -O for offboard_log, logs the mpa offboard data from VFC. Also logs the px4_baro pipe in addition

voxl-mavcam-manager v0.6.1 → v0.6.2 1 changeSource CHANGELOG Diff

• fix debug flag being set incorrectly

voxl-mavlink-server v1.4.16 → v1.4.18 5 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• add rc_active pipe muxing rc_channels and manual_control
• pipe_io: add libelrs failsafe awareness to rc_active mux
• fix qcs6490 build by adding voxl-elrs as a dependency
• simplify RC active mux selection logic
• Controlled FTP/Download helpers for ATAK

voxl-mpa-tools v1.5.8 → v1.5.9 3 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• add conf files for D0008-V6
• voxl-logger: update to allow raw images to be recorded as jpegs
• add voxl-record-raw-image

voxl-nano-tracker v0.1.7 → v0.1.8 2 changesSource

• fix include file location
• cleanup compiler and cmake warnings

voxl-open-vins-server v0.6.2 → v0.7.0 12 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• async unsynced multi-camera support: lock-free per-camera ingest rings, epoch-anchored cloning, ACI2 preintegration bridge, deferred epoch marginalization (async meets synced; synced path bit-identical)
• per-camera cam-IMU time offset and rolling-shutter readout states with online calibration and degenerate-motion gating
• per-camera acquisition declarations (camN_shutter / camN_readout_time_s / camN_fps) with boot validation and config-drift guards
• ceres-free dynamic initialization (ov_init::zbft_sfm): lock-free LM solver, S2 gravity, ~17-20 ms init (legacy ceres path was ~65 ms); drop voxl-ceres-solver runtime dep
• any-attitude init/reset: server gravity gate, heading re-origin, warm-start clone injection
• divergence-aware soft reset (RESET_VIO_SOFT) with live bias priors; episode purge of used-features map and zupt flags
• async-aware quality metric: windowed feature union + time-constant EMA (replaces exact-timestamp scoring that starved async rigs)
• auto-reset hardening: estimator-health error mask (transport warnings no longer hard-reset), warning decay, re-init grace arming, reset-race guards, hard-reset null-deref fix
• new fpvhires config (IMX664 rolling-shutter + AR0144 tracking, unsynced); fpv restored to synced duo AR0144; fpvhires and d8v6 wired into voxl-configure-open-vins
• estimator verbosity driven by the YAML key (-v only raises to ALL; warnings can no longer be swallowed)
• stale-code purge: CameraQueueFusion removed, dead config knobs/globals/branches removed (~1.3k lines); duplicate includes fixed
• docs: ov_msckf/README_ASYNC.md design doc (epoch cloning, ACI2 bridge, RS model, resets, YAML reference); authorship/copyright pass across both repos

voxl-osd v0.4.12 → v0.4.13 1 changeSource

• <no public CHANGELOG entries between these versions>

voxl-portal v0.9.4 → v0.9.7 4 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• rendezvous and capture: Add follower/APN inspect
• add follow_simple page for tracker-agnostic bbox subscribers
• vio page overhaul with improved live view and vins-lab
• force level horizon cal to happen after accel cal

voxl-px4 v1.14.0-2.0.142 → v1.14.0-2.0.146 4 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• Fix Hexagon compiler NaN comparison issues in math library
• Remove attempt to find DPS baro on bus 1 from DSP
• Added another fence points QGC upload fix
• Fix fence points QGC upload

voxl-px4-params v0.9.15 → v0.9.21 14 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• set COM_RC_IN_MODE to 2 (RC and Joystick) on D0008
• add param file for disabling turtle mode
• add initial px4 1.18 params
• add the Mag ID for D0008 V6, prevents mag params set during flash from being wiped during calibration
• update D0008 param set to support gps position mode
• update alt mode baro params
• update D0008-V6-XS flight modes
• cleanup D0008 V6 params and do some tuning
• remove never-used D0008 V5 params, params stayed the same from V4 to V5
• fix motor spin direction on D0008 V6
• update old temp cal file to new format during platform param load (during sdk update)
• slow down D0008 V6 GPS POS mode velocities
• update D0008 V6 3x2 battery mag compensation
• fix incorrect filename reference for D0008 V6 flat battery mag compensation params

voxl-rc-server v0.0.5 → v0.0.7 6 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• add dtc config
• Added stock radiomaster zorro loadout
• skip UDP socket recreation when D2S IP is unchanged
• fix arm/terminate rejected by PX4 due to broadcast target_system
• Add unbind feature mirroring the existing bind chain
• subscribe to voxl-vtx d2s_ip_conn pipe and update UDP destination

voxl-remote-id v0.0.9 → v0.1.0 2 changesSource CHANGELOG Diff

• Updated to reflect a manufacturer serial number length of 10 instead of 12
• Updated for new voxl-cross docker and linter

voxl-utils v2.0.5 → v2.0.6 1 changeSource CHANGELOG Diff

• update DTC default IP loadout

voxl-vision-hub v1.9.21 → v1.10.0 1 changeSource CHANGELOG Diff

• ATR experiments from v1.9.22 - v1.9.23 reverted; functionally equivalent to v1.9.21

voxl-vtx v2.2.39 → v2.2.42 4 changes

• fix rc toggle issue for d0008-v4
• Fix race condition for checking kernel modules in enable vtx script
• Add fast calibration option
• Update default calibration file

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