VERSION 1.1 "ARES"

Fox Simulation

The "Ares" Update: Stage-Based Orchestration & Radar Fidelity

Core Architecture

Stage-Based Pipeline New

Decoupled monolithic script into discrete, manageable stages.
Introduced PipelineManager for sequential execution control.
Support for selective stage execution (e.g., --only-mcap).

Sim → Shenron → MCAP → Video

Robust Path Resolution Fix

Migrated all internal pathing from os.path to Pathlib.
Guaranteed resolution of stop.flag across all directories.
Standardized project root discovery (parents[3] resolution).

Radar & Metrology

Testbench Parity Update

Integrated FastHeatmapEngine for dB-consistent rendering.
Implemented 68.0 dB system gain offset for RD/CFAR math.
Dual RA Plots: Fixed Absolute Bounds vs. Dynamic Peak Tracking.

3D Diagnostics New

Hardware FOV Frustum wireframes in Foxglove 3D view.
RHS conversion for seamless coordinate alignment.
Automated radar_specs.json persistence for downstream scaling.

Dashboard & UX

Orchestrator v1.1 Update

Updated Dashboard UI with v1.1 branding.
Refined Telemetry schema (flattened) for real-time graphing.
Improved simulation status polling and graceful exit logic.