3.5.0

Changed

• Bump version from release candidate to 3.5.0 without additional changes.

3.5.0b2

Added

• Added optional keyword arguments to pybricks.tools.read_input_byte() for
  automatic conversion via chr and to skip to the last byte (support#1574).
• Added disconnect method to pybricks.pupdevices.Remote and
  pybricks.iodevices.LWP3Device (support#802).

Changed

• Raise a descriptive error when the Car class can't find a steering mechanism
  end stop within 10 seconds (support#1564).
• Extended region of readable data with hub.system.storage to include
  user program (pybricks-micropython#243).

Fixed

• Fixed hubs not shutting down when holding hub button (support#1419).

3.5.0b1

Added

• Added support for rumble in XboxController (support#1024).
• Added Button.UP, Button.DOWN, Button.LEFT, and Button.RIGHT to
  XboxController buttons method (support#1537). The separate directional
  pad method remains available.

Changed

• Allow single floating point value for brightness array (support#1547).

3.4.0

Changed

• Additional error checking in pybricks.robotics.Car setup (support#1502).

3.4.0b3

Added

• Added joystick_deadzone keyword argument to suppress controller drift in
  the XboxController (support#1473).
• Added pybricks.tools.running to return if a stopwatch is currently running
  (support#1490).

Changed

• Use Button parameter for XboxController (support#1488), not strings.
• If pybricks.tools.run_task is called without arguments, it will return
  whether the runloop is running or not (support#1499).
• On Move Hub, the verbosity of error messages is further reduced to reduce
  the firmware size, to allow for bug fixes/updates (pybricks-micropython#240).
• Re-implemented pybricks.robotics.Car in C so it can be enabled on Move Hub
  which does not support frozen modules (support#1502).

Fixes

• Fix pybricks.iodevices not allowing writing -128 value (support#1366) and
  raise informative error messages instead of clamping the input.

Release v3.3.0

Changed

• Bump version from release candidate to 3.3.0.

Release v3.3.0c1

Added

• Added MoveHub.imu.tilt() (support#539).
• Enabled hub init orientation support for Move Hub (support#539).

Changed

• Allow Move Hub to ignore broadcast instead of raising an exception while
  connected.

Fixed

• Fixed Move Hub accelerometer not working since v3.3.0b5 (support#1269).
• Fixed Bluetooth chip locking up on Technic and City hubs when broadcasting (support#1095).
• Fixed potential crash when GC occurs while observing BLE data (support#1278)
• Fixed Technic Hub and City Hub eventually stopping observing BLE data after
  a few minutes (support#1096) by implementing an auto-reset workaround.

Release v3.3.0b9

Added

• Added hub.buttons as an alias for hub.button on buttons with one
  hub (support#1254).
• Implemented brake for DriveBase (support#881).

Changed

• The use_gyro method is added to the normal DriveBase class instead of
  having a separate GyroDriveBase class. Since the latter was only released
  in beta versions, this is not a breaking change (support#1054).
• New color distance function used by the color sensors that is more
  consistent when distinguishing user-provided colors (pybricks-micropython#104).
• Updated the unreleased BLE API to ensure sent and received objects are the
  same. Allows one of the supported types or a list/tuple thereof.

Fixed

• Improved external device detection speed (support#1140).
• Fixed Powered Up Tilt Sensor not working (support#1189).
• Fixed surface=False not working in ColorSensor (support#1232).
• Fixed PUPDevice.write not selecting correct mode (support#1213).
• Fixed City Hub turning back on after shutdown (support#1195).
• Fixed SPIKE hubs not broadcasting at all when attempting to broadcast in a
  tight loop (support#1151).

Release v3.3.0b8

v3.3.0b8

Release v3.3.0b7

v3.3.0b7