View source for Platform-agnostic Mindstorm EV3

For now, this page just holds some notes and links, while I'm preparing for the Mindstorm project.

Initial goal is to get a graphical programming environment up and running '''on linux''' with an EV3 set running regular firmware.


==Communication Protocols==
* [https://github.com/mindboards/ev3sources/blob/master/lms2012/c_com/source/c_com.h The C sources on github]
* [http://www.monobrick.dk/guides/how-to-establish-a-wifi-connection-with-the-ev3-brick/ how to establish a wifi connection]
* USB. Is this HID (as NXT appears to be), or serial?

==Programming Language (and environment)==
For now, I will be looking at integrating this with [http://llk.github.io/scratch-extension-docs/ scratch].

* [http://www.zaluum.com/ Zaluum] looks good, but is geared towards data processing, not directive languages.
* How about [https://developers.google.com/blockly/ Blockly]?

==Architecture==
* scratch javascript to wifi? Since this is initiated through UDP, this may require a proxy service to run.
* scratch to USB serial or HID should work, but requires a cable.
* Direct execution (from the scratch environment) vs. program-and-run.


==Firmware alternatives==
Although not currently investigated, communications may be a lot easier if the smart brick runs a custom firmware. 
* [http://www.lejos.org/ LeJOS] (Java)
* [http://www.monobrick.dk/software/ev3firmware/ MonoBrick], for .NET languages
* and of course, the original firmware [http://botbench.com/blog/2013/07/31/lego-mindstorms-ev3-source-code-available/ is available] as open source.