Droneapi

**Features:**
- Windows installer for DroneKit-Python ([161](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/161))
- `Rangefinder` class added ([175](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/175))

**Bugs:**
- Takeoff now rejects `inf`/`NaN` values. ([174](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/174)).

**Guides:**
- Complete Guided Mode Copter tutorial and example added. ([170](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/170)).
- Guides rewritten to target native Windows and Linux development. ([149](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/149)).
- "Quick Start" removed, obsoleted by dedicated Getting Started and SITL sections. ([158](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/158)).

**Documentation:**
- `Vehicle.battery` documentation updated. ([148](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/148)).
- `hello_world` example is replaced by `vehicle_state`. ([146](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/146)).

Commits

The commits relevant to this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/compare/1.2.0...v1.3.0) (Github)

Bug fixes

The bugs that were closed in this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aclosed+created%3A%3E2015-05-02+is%3Aissue+) (Github).

Merged pull requests

The pull requests merged into this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Amerged+created%3A%3E2015-05-02+is%3Apr+) (Github).

Notes

Thanks to jmacgithu, djnugent, stephendade, hamishwillee, mrpollo, tcr3dr

**Features:**
- Battery API added. [135](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/135)
- PyCharm support. [135](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/135)

**Bugs:**
- `target_system` and `target_component` references were not switched to settings object [53](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/53)
- Non-functional client_sketch.py deleted. [126](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/126)

**Examples:**
- Flight replay example improved, now uses Command API [81](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/81) [82](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/82)
- `GUIDED` mode example added [69](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/69)
- `simple_goto` improved. [134](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/134)

**Documentation:**
- `Vehicle.delete`, `Vehicle.battery_0_volt`, `Vehicle.battery_0_soc`, `Vehicle.waypoint_home`, parameter attributes removed from public API [80](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/80).
- Document `Vehicle.mount_status` functions. [108](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/108)
- Fixes documentation for `GPSInfo` and `send_mavlink`. [90](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/90)

**Guides:**
- API documentation restructured and improved to fill new format. [58](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/58/files) [94](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/94)
- Example documentation now includes (auto-generated) source code sections [88](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/88) and are part of documentation set [96](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/96).
- Added contribution guide [55](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/55).
- Quickstart guide [94](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/94).
- Debugging guide [117](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/117).
- Flight mode best practices. [127](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/127).
- References for `takeoff` [134](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/134).
- Guides and examples for states and parameters. [124](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pull/124)

Commits

The commits relevant to this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/compare/1.1.1...0247a07b6bc789e2debdf2d307bde08029879c80) (Github)

Bug fixes

The bugs that were closed in this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aclosed+created%3A%3E2015-04-08+is%3Aissue+) (Github).

Merged pull requests

The pull requests merged into this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Amerged+created%3A%3E2015-04-08+is%3Apr+) (Github).

Notes

Thanks to hamishwillee, jmacgithu, maruina, tcr3dr, mrpollo

This release provides minor updates to the API and significant enhancements to the documentation. The minimum required versions of MAVProxy and PyMAVLink have also been updated.

Commits

The commits relevant to this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/compare/36edc4ff616655a399a5c673ff41c09fe391bcb6...6f832cfa5b66101a61fe169ea88f28f5ea34bf21) (Github)

Bug fixes

The bugs that were closed in this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/issues?q=closed%3A%222015-02-13+..+2015-04-11%22+is%3Aissue) (Github).

Merged pull requests

The pull requests merged into this release [are listed here](https://github.com/diydrones/dronekit-python/pulls?q=closed%3A%222015-02-13+..+2015-04-11%22+is%3Aissue) (Github).

Notes

- web_connect()
- AuthInfo(username, password)
- Mission
- ConnectionInfo(mavproxy_options)

There are some breaking changes made on MAVProxy see 53, this where fixed but required a version bump.