Version 0.6.1

Released: 2026-03-10

Features:

• Build for Windows using MSYS2
• windows: Embed icon in the executable
• windows: Autobuild an installer for the app
• Add working Miniscope firmware to the repository
• Build binaries for Ubuntu 26.04

Bugfixes:

• Update image view widget with Syntalos version
• Ensure libminiscope is included in Linux release tarballs

Miscellaneous:

• Update README and mention PPA
• README: Add note on missing BNO info on newer Linux kernels
• README: Add explicit Flatpak installation instructions
• Add CITATION.cff
• ci: Streamline build workflow, drop linux-release-binaries workflow

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Version 0.6.0

Features:

• Port to Qt6
• Migrate zstack acquisition jobs to QPromise

Bugfixes:

• Resolve deprecation warning with newer FFmpeg
• Use the older BNO query interface on Windows

Miscellaneous:

• Update Debian packaging, allow PPA upload

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Version 0.5.2

Features:

• Display progress when acquiring a z-stack
• Add experimental 3D stack accumulation function
• Display acquisition progress in main window, instead of progress window

Bugfixes:

• Ensure correct framerate is set for AVI containers
• Enable sync pulses / recording mode even if we aren't recording

Miscellaneous:

• py: Explicitly set video filename, rather than implicitly

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Version 0.5.1

Features:

• Update to more modern image rendering code from Syntalos
• Add option to highlight image saturation
• Allow building for OpenGL ES, making arm64 builds easier
• Implement a device hard-reset feature for developers

Bugfixes:

• Clean up V4L buffers after OpenCV release for clean future device reconnect

Miscellaneous:

• ci: Build for Debian 12 by default
• cmake: Stop using PythonInterp, use Python3 module instead in FindNumPy

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Version 0.5.0

Features:

• Implement BNO read support (if DAQ firmware version is high enough)
• Perspective-warp BNO indicator according to received BNO data
• Check firmware ABI when connecting to device
• python: Update API to include the new BNO settings
• zstack: Speed up acquisition by waiting for frame counts, not durations

Bugfixes:

• Optimize PoMiDAQ SVG
• Make "Stop recording" button more obviously clickable

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Version 0.4.5

Features:

• Display device name for camera ID on Linux
• Don't store data in temporary location by default
• Update screenshots
• Add Flatpak bundle build recipe
• Validate & augment metainfo file using appstreamcli

Bugfixes:

• Prevent in-tree builds
• Give a better error when trying to build against GLES instead of OpenGL
• cmake: Find more recent FFmpeg versions as well

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Version 0.4.4

Features:

• Implement z-stack capture feature for Miniscopes with an EWL
• Run display image rendering as event loop callback

Bugfixes:

• Resolve a few compiler warnings

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Version 0.4.3

Features:

• Make build instructions a bit more beginner-friendly

Bugfixes:

• Give video display container a minimum width
• Don't use deprecated FFmpeg API
• Save view splitter sizes as byte array, instead of variant (#8)

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Version 0.4.2

Features:

• Add spin boxes for sliding values, in addition to slider widgets
• Start Miniscopes on highest framerate by default

Bugfixes:

• Tell DAQ board when we are recording data
• Consistently sort Miniscope controls
• Save & restore main window splitter position

Notes for Users

On Linux

• The packages were built on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. They may run on other Debian-based distributions as well, but in case they don't, compiling the application from source is pretty easy to do (refer to the README.md file).
• You need at least an OpenGL 3.0-capable graphics driver on your system to run this application.

On Windows

• You will need at least an OpenGL 3.0-capable graphics driver installed, otherwise the application will not start.
• You will need to trust the executable from an "Unknown Publisher" as it is not signed.
• Some users reported they can't start PoMiDAQ on Windows because MF.dll/MFPLAT.dll are missing. In this case, you will need to install the Mediafeaturepack from Microsoft for your Windows version to resolve the problem.

Version 0.4.1

Features:

• ci: Switch to GitHub Actions for CI
• Build Win64 build with MSVC by default
• Add ability to hotplug Miniscopes to DAQ board
• Add reset button for display limits settings

Bugfixes:

• Emulate timestamps on Windows if backend doesn't provide accurate ones
• Update Miniscope hardware definition from upstream

Notes for Users

On Linux

• The packages were built on Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11. They may run on other Debian-based distributions as well, but in case they don't, compiling the application from source is pretty easy to do (refer to the README.md file).
• You need at least an OpenGL 3.0-capable graphics driver on your system to run this application.

On Windows

• You will need at least an OpenGL 3.0-capable graphics driver installed, otherwise the application will not start.
• You will need to trust the executable from an "Unknown Publisher" as it is not signed.
• Some users reported they can't start PoMiDAQ on Windows because MF.dll/MFPLAT.dll are missing. In this case, you will need to install the Mediafeaturepack from Microsoft for your Windows version to resolve the problem.