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Revision as of 15:05, 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.
- Zaluum looks good, but is geared towards data processing, not directive languages.
- How about 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.
- LeJOS (Java)
- MonoBrick, for .NET languages
- and of course, the original firmware is available as open source.