feat(FirmwareUpgrade): add AMOVLAB Flycore support

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Summary

• Recognize the formally assigned AMOVLAB Flycore USB ID 0x1d50:0x61a0 as a Pixhawk-class device.
• Map PX4 bootloader board_id 1218 to amovlab_flycore_default.
• Add focused coverage for USB metadata, flash eligibility, and PX4 firmware URL generation.

Background

The Flycore USB PID was formally allocated through openmoko-usb-oui PR #79.

PX4 Flycore support has been merged in PX4-Autopilot PR #27407, and ArduPilot support has been merged in ArduPilot PR #33419.

Both PX4 and ArduPilot use hardware board_id 1218. The PX4 firmware target is amovlab_flycore_default.

The Flycore bootloader and runtime firmware use the same USB VID/PID. QGroundControl's existing Pixhawk bootloader detection checks whether the USB description contains BL, so a second USB entry is not required.

Implementation

• Add the exact USB VID/PID entry:
  • VID: 0x1d50 (7504)
  • PID: 0x61a0 (24992)
  • Class: Pixhawk
  • Name: AMOVLAB Flycore
• Add board_id 1218 to the PX4 firmware board-name map.
• Add tests covering:
  • the unique Flycore USB entry;
  • Pixhawk classification;
  • flash eligibility;
  • absence of a broad AMOVLAB manufacturer fallback;
  • stable, beta, and developer PX4 firmware URLs.

No public API or Flycore-specific public board enum was added. Existing ArduPilot ChibiOS USB entries are unchanged.

Validation

• USB board JSON parsing passed.
• Qt resource compilation and loading passed.
• All affected production and test translation units compiled successfully.
• Changed C++ lines passed ClangFormat checks.
• git diff --check passed.
• The PX4 master firmware URL for amovlab_flycore_default.px4 returns HTTP 200.
• Stable and beta URLs currently return 404 because Flycore has not yet been included in those release channels.

Hardware validation

• PX4 bootloader automatic detection
• PX4 .px4 flashing
• ArduPilot .apj flashing through the same PX4 bootloader
• Switching from ArduPilot back to PX4

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 25.00000% with 3 lines in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 33.59%. Comparing base (f29efd3) to head (57ee549).
⚠️ Report is 282 commits behind head on master.

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src/Comms/QGCSerialPortInfo.cc	25.00%	2 Missing and 1 partial ⚠️

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Build Results

Platform Status

Platform	Status	Details
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Windows	Passed	View
MacOS	Passed	View
Android	Passed	View

All builds passed.

Pre-commit

Check	Status	Details
pre-commit	Failed (non-blocking)	View

Pre-commit hooks: 2 passed, 75 failed, 7 skipped.

Test Results

linux-coverage-integration: 43 passed, 0 skipped
linux-coverage-unit: 130 passed, 0 skipped
linux-sanitizers-integration: 25 passed, 0 skipped
linux-sanitizers-unit: 130 passed, 0 skipped
Total: 328 passed, 0 skipped

Code Coverage

Coverage: 69.1%

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Artifact Sizes

Artifact	Size
QGroundControl	252.54 MB
QGroundControl-aarch64	176.47 MB
QGroundControl-installer-AMD64	137.90 MB
QGroundControl-installer-AMD64-ARM64	80.42 MB
QGroundControl-installer-ARM64	109.17 MB
QGroundControl-linux	84.47 MB
QGroundControl-mac	84.46 MB
QGroundControl-x86_64	188.67 MB
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_{Updated: 2026-08-12 04:16:17 UTC • Commit: 57ee549 • Triggered by: Windows}