V1.1.13 New functions and experimental support for long double

The upcoming release of gcc 10 has 64-bit long double as an configurable option. In order to prepare fp64lib for that, a new macro was introduced GCC_ENTRY to provide compatible naming with gcc 10. Furthermore, the following functions were added for improved compatibility: fp64_cotan(x), fp64_exp10(x), fp64_pow10(x) and fp64_log2.

For further instruction on how to use the long double support, see this page.

Except for the new functions, the implicit long double support is currently not availabe inside the Arduino IDE, as gcc 10 is still in the testing/ experimental phase and not yet offically released.

V1.1.11 Space optimizations for asin & acos

The code for asin & acos was optimized to use less flash space.

For Linux users, the makefile was extended to allow creation of libraries for different AVR mcrocontrollers (MCU) named libfp64-%.a, where % stands for the selected MCU, e.g. libfp64-atmega328p.a for the Atmega 328p. libfp64.a will always link to the latest created library.

V1.1.10 supports compilation outside Arduino IDE / Linux

fp64lib was primarely targeted to be used as a library in the Arduino IDE. There it works successfully, on both Windows and Linux. However, some users tried to use it outside the Arduino IDE with some success, but also with some errors. As part of a debugging session, I created a small makefile that supports the usual targets “all” and “clean” and creates a library named libfp64.a, which you can then link and use in your projects.

V1.1.9 removes linker bug

When using fp64lib outside of the arduino IDE, segment allocation by the linker will be different. On some files, the propoer segment allocation was missing, resulting in error messages like

relocation truncated to fit: R_AVR_13_PCREL against `no symbol'

V1.1.9 now has proper segment allocation for all files.