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0.2.0 (2013-xx-yy)
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 * Support for analog sources (oscilloscopes, DMMs, data loggers) was added.
 * New supported hardware:
   - Logic analyzers:
     - USBee DX
     - ZEROPLUS LAP-16128U
   - Oscilloscopes:
     - Hantek DSO-2090 (USB scope)
     - Rigol DS1052D
     - Rigol DS1052E
     - Rigol DS1102D
     - Rigol DS1102E
   - Multimeters:
     - Agilent U1231A
     - Agilent U1232A
     - Agilent U1233A
     - Brymen BM857
     - Digitek DT4000ZC
     - Fluke 187
     - Fluke 189
     - Fluke 287
     - Fluke 289
     - Fluke Scopemeter 199B
     - MASTECH MAS345
     - Metex ME-31
     - Metex M-3640D
     - PeakTech 3410
     - PeakTech 4370
     - PCE PCE-DM32
     - RadioShack 22-168
     - RadioShack 22-805
     - RadioShack 22-812
     - TekPower TP4000ZC
     - UNI-T UT61D
     - UNI-T UT61E
     - V&A VA18B
     - Victor 70C
     - Victor 86C
     - Voltcraft VC-820
     - Voltcraft VC-840
   - Sound level meters:
     - Colead SL-5868P
     - Tondaj SL-814
   - Temperature/humidity/CO loggers:
     - Lascar EL-USB and EL-USB CO series (various models)
     - MIC 98581
     - MIC 98583
 * The limitation of max. 64 digital probes has been removed in many places.
 * Added generic DMM protocol parsers usable for various DMMs, over various
   cables and/or transports (e.g. same protocol over serial or USB/HID):
   - Cyrustek ES51922 binary protocol.
   - Fortune Semiconductor FS9721_LP3/FS9721B binary protocol.
   - Fortune Semiconductor FS9922-DMM3/ÐMM4 binary protocol.
   - Metex 14-byte ASCII protocol.
   - RadioShack 22-812 binary protocol.
 * zeroplus-logic-cube driver:
   - Fix acquisition at some specific samplerates. Only report valid ones.
   - Default to a samplerate of 1MHz.
   - Fix trigger code.
   - Add pre-trigger (capture ratio) setting.
   - Add support for the ZEROPLUS LAP-16128U.
 * fx2lafw driver:
   - Add support for the USBee DX. This requires the latest version of the
     fx2lafw firmware files.
   - Add support for wide sampling (i.e. 16 probes instead of just 8).
   - Fix multi-stage (software) triggers.
   - Fix various memory leaks, firmware upload timeout bugs, and other issues.
   - Various performance and memory usage improvements in the driver.
 * chronovu-la8 driver:
   - Add support for newer LA8 versions with USB VID/PID 0403:8867.
 * demo driver:
   - Various bugfixes when setting time/sample limits.
 * openbench-logic-sniffer driver:
   - Don't try to scan all available serial ports for OLS devices. Instead,
     the serial port to use now has to be specified by the user.
   - Allow disabling RLE.
 * udev rules file: Add many new entries for additional devices.
 * New output formats:
   - analog: Prints analog values and their unit (e.g. from scopes or DMMs).
 * New input formats:
   - vcd: Value Change Dump format
   - wav: Waveform audio file format (for analog data)
 * 'binary' input format: Add support for a 'samplerate' option.
 * API related changes:
   - There is generated Doxygen API documentation now.
   - The header that frontends should include is: <libsigrok/libsigrok.h>.
     There are other headers which are installed, but those are not meant to
     be included directly by the frontends.
   - There we numerous API changes, additions and removals, too many to list
     here. Please check the source code or Doxygen API documentation for the
     current set of API functions.
 * Serial port code:
    - Various improvements and fixes related to multiple parameters such as
      directions, baudrate, flow control, and others.
    - Add support for more baudrates (e.g. very low ones such as 600/1200)
      that are used in some devices.
    - Add support for setting DTR/RTS.
 * gnuplot files: Add sample files for USBee DX (for 8/16 bit sampling).
 * Documentation updates:
   - Add a README.devices file which contains various notes for users of
     libsigrok about device- and/or driver-specific issues.
   - Update README, HACKING, and other documents.
   - Updated build dependencies list.
     - The following libs are needed in more recent versions now:
       - glib (required): Now must be >= 2.32.0.
       - libusb-1.0 (optional): Now must be >= 1.0.9.
     - The following new libs were added as (optional) dependencies:
       - libasound / alsa-lib (optional): >= 1.0
       - check (optional, only needed for unit tests): >= 0.9.4
 * Portability:
   - Various compile fixes for Windows, FreeBSD/NetBSD/OpenBSD, and Mac OS X.
   - Simplify/allow/fix cross-compilation of libsigrok.
   - Various bugfixes for 32bit systems.
   - Various endianness fixes.
 * configure:
    - Add a --disable-all-drivers option. This can be overridden by
      additional --enable-<drivername> options to selectively enable only some.
    - Improve autodetection of libraries, and only enable drivers for which
      all required libraries were found.
 * Add a test suite for libsigrok with a few unit tests (the list will grow).

0.1.1 (2012-05-30)
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Note: This release does NOT change the libsigrok API.

 * The 'saleae-logic' driver (which depends on the Saleae firmware), has
   been replaced with the new 'fx2lafw' driver, which uses an open-source
   firmware for Cypress FX2 chips which is also named 'fx2lafw'.
   Details: http://sigrok.org/wiki/Fx2lafw
   This new driver (+ firmware) currently supports the following devices:
     - ARMFLY AX-Pro
     - Braintechnology USB-LPS
     - EE Electronics ESLA100
     - EE Electronics ESLA201A
     - Robomotic MiniLogic
     - Robomotic BugLogic 3
     - Saleae Logic
     - USBee AX
     - USBee SX
     - All Cypress FX2 eval boards with stock Cypress VID/PID, including:
       - Lcsoft Mini Board
       - Braintechnology USB Interface V2.x
   Only acquisition with 8 probes is supported so far. Support for 16 probes
   and support for analog signal acquisition (on devices which have these
   capabilities) will be added later.
 * ASIX SIGMA driver:
   - Add support for the ASIX SIGMA2. This requires the latest version of
     the SIGMA/SIGMA2 firmware files.
     Details: http://sigrok.org/wiki/Firmware
   - Various bugfixes.
 * ZEROPLUS Logic Cube LAP-C (16032): Fix a segfault.
 * udev file: Add entries for Robomotic BugLogic 3, Velleman PCSU1000,
   Ideofy LA-08, ARMFLY AX-Pro, and Braintechnology USB Interface V2.x.
 * The zlib dependency has been removed (no longer needed).
 * Fix compiling with "Homebrew" (Mac OS X).
 * libsigrok now expects firmware files in $prefix/share/sigrok-firmware by
   default (was $prefix/share/libsigrok/firmware before).
 * Fix a Makefile.am bug which caused the generated ChangeLog files being
   accidentally deleted upon 'make distclean'.
 * ChronoVu LA8 input file format: Improve autodetection of the file format.
   We now only accept files of the size 8388613 bytes (all LA8 files have
   exactly this amount of bytes).

0.1.0 (2012-04-17)
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 * Initial release.