Difference between revisions of "Platform-agnostic Mindstorm EV3"

Revision as of 22:20, 1 February 2015

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

The C sources on github
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 scratch. Maybe I can get extensions to work without the developer account requirement by installing it locally. Maybe I should just spend time on figuring out how to get a developer account.

Zaluum looks good, but is geared towards data processing, not directive languages.
How about Blockly? Comes with a lot less bagage than Scratch. No flash, which is a plus.

Architecture

scratch javascript to wifi? Since this is initiated through UDP, this may require a proxy service to run.
- note to self: creating an (http-) portal/proxy service may be useful all by itself.
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.

LeJOS (Java)
MonoBrick, for .NET languages
and of course, the original firmware is available as open source.

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 ==Architecture==
 * scratch javascript to wifi? Since this is initiated through UDP, this may require a proxy service to run.
+** note to self: creating an (http-) portal/proxy service may be useful all by itself.
 * scratch to USB serial or HID should work, but requires a cable.
 * Direct execution (from the scratch environment) vs. program-and-run.
 ==Firmware alternatives==