0.55

Note that the Assets link after these notes includes PDF and HTML (zipped) downloads of the user documentation for this version.

Video about some of the changes in 0.55:

Video about release creation:

Breaking changes in config

• Removed Python 3.5 support
• Added Python 3.8 and 3.9 support (default in Ubuntu 20.04)

New Features

• Flashing Segment Displays in P-Roc
• Segment Display Match Flashing
• Visual Pinball Engine (VPE) Support
• New argument "remaining" in counts
• Initial support for auto-generating wire harnesses
• Tilt improvements
• New hardware: Initial PKONE support
• Improved config validation
• More Service Mode Features
• Open Pinball Project 2.1 Firwmare (for Cobrapin)
• State Machines in non-game modes
• EOS repulse in software
• Better EOS support in FAST and P/P3-Roc
• Ball search only starts at boot when there is at least one ball
• Allow updating speed and manual_advance of shows
• Power management for enable on coils
• Production bundles for config in production machines
• RGB segment displays
• New hardware: FAST segment displays
• Segment displays emulator
• Animations for segment displays
• New command: "mpf hardware benchmark"
• Improved servo support
• Support switches in Pololu Tic
• Add more subscriptions and placeholders
• New spinner device
• New crash reporter