Donkey Car 5.0.0

What's Changed

• 989 namespace drivetrain configurations by @Ezward in #994
• Fix torch imports for rpi by @DocGarbanzo in #1004
• Set LOG_LEVEL environment variable to set log level by @Ezward in #1002
• Specify myconfig in training by @DocGarbanzo in #997
• Fix web controller recording state so it is latched. by @Ezward in #1007
• 1005 fix recording yet again by @Ezward in #1009
• Add gps.py part by @Ezward in #992
• Fixed bug introduced in PR #997 by @DocGarbanzo in #1011
• Next gen lidar parts by @Ezward in #918
• feat: dgym.py corrected for storing lidar data in sim by @Heavy02011 in #1013
• Fix pandas import error on RPi by @DocGarbanzo in #1015
• Update NMEA parser to handle bad chars by @Ezward in #1014
• Fix passing of tub metadata by @DocGarbanzo in #1017
• Adding VESC support to DonkeyCar by @sisaha9 in #1018
• Add support for TFMini Lidar by @mgagvani in #1031
• Fix loss of steering in path_follow template by @Ezward in #1033
• 1022 add programable buttons to webui by @Ezward in #1026
• Fix calibrate script by @DocGarbanzo in #1034
• Move adding camera, controller, drivetrain into functions by @Ezward in #1042
• 991 gps path follow by @Ezward in #1046
• UI bug fixes and improvements by @DocGarbanzo in #1045
• fix donkey gym bug by @sctse999 in #1052
• Robothat auto record on throttle by @Ezward in #1055
• Fix test_web_socket on OSX by creating mock outside of assignment. by @DocGarbanzo in #1049
• Improve training performance when using augmentations / crop and minor model improvements by @DocGarbanzo in #1050
• Add IMU_ADDRESS configuration by @Ezward in #1064
• 1043 Handle crossing paths in path follow by @Ezward in #1058
• version="4.3.25" by @Ezward in #1065
• Pin protobuf to 3.20.3 by @sctse999 in #1067
• Upgrade to newest version of pytorch by @DocGarbanzo in #1070
• Fix imu input in the complete template. by @DocGarbanzo in #1069
• Support velocity target on a waypoint in path_follow by @e13h in #1068
• Create CONTRIBUTING.md by @Ezward in #1094
• Adding VESC to the complete.py comments by @sisaha9 in #1087
• 921 kinematics pose estimation by @Ezward in #1089
• Fixing initialization of self.info by @sisaha9 in #1088
• 1085 upgrade computer vision template by @Ezward in #1091
• 1104 fix user angle in deep learning by @Ezward in #1105
• Added hsv_picker.sh script to support cv template by @Ezward in #1102
• Add back in the code that saves the 16bit grayscale png by @Ezward in #1106
• 1109 refactor augmentations/transformations by @Ezward in #1111
• Upgrade to python 3.9 and TF 2.9 by @DocGarbanzo in #1119
• fix cv color conversions by @Ezward in #1133
• add a main self-test configured with a json file by @Ezward in #1134
• Fixing setup.py for jetson by @DocGarbanzo in #1135
• Update test expression to remove logical short circuit by @munahaf in #1144
• Release 5.0 and installation with pip by @DocGarbanzo in #1153

New Contributors

• @sisaha9 made their first contribution in #1018
• @mgagvani made their first contribution in #1031
• @e13h made their first contribution in #1068
• @munahaf made their first contribution in #1144

Full Changelog: 4.3.6...5.0.0