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Introduction

- The ev3dev distribution is a full Debian 7 (wheezy) Linux distribution running on the 3.3.x kernel that has been customized for the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 controller. (huh?) + The ev3dev distribution is a full Debian 7 (wheezy) Linux distribution running on the 3.3.x kernel that has been customized for the LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 controller. (huh?) Rather than use custom language bindings that use direct access to mmap'ed files, this distribution aims to allow as many programming languages as possible to access the EV3 peripherals using simple Linux file access. If your favorite programming language is available as an ARM port, and it can read and write files, you can use it to program the EV3. - Currently the ev3dev distribution includes the following languages: + Currently the ev3dev distribution includes the following languages:

- If your favorite language isn't listed, you can still program with the EV3. ev3dev supports standard apt tools, so once you get up-and-running you can install whatever language you like. + If your favorite language isn't listed, you can still program with the EV3. ev3dev supports standard apt tools, so once you get up-and-running you can install whatever language you like. And although you can directly access the APIs via file I/O if you want to, let's face it: that's hard. It's much easier when you have a higher-level library to use. Contributors have written language wrappers for the following languages: @@ -61,18 +61,18 @@

Features

  • Prebuilt support for programming languages like Lua, perl, gawk, Python, guile, Ruby, and more
  • Support for all host operating systems including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, even Blackberry!
    • - Put more simply: ev3dev can do almost everything normal Linux can, while the stock LEGO kernel cannot. + Put more simply: ev3dev can do almost everything normal Linux can, while the stock LEGO kernel cannot.

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    Using the ev3dev Kernel:

    +

    Using the ev3dev Kernel:

    Don't want to give up your official LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 kernel and rootfs? You don't need to!

    - Just install ev3dev on any microSD card (min 1GB suggested, but can you even buy one that small anymore?) and plug it into the microSD slot on the EV3. The uboot loader will look on the card, find the ev3dev kernel and happily boot that instead! + Just install ev3dev on any microSD card (min 1GB suggested, but can you even buy one that small anymore?) and plug it into the microSD slot on the EV3. The uboot loader will look on the card, find the ev3dev kernel and happily boot that instead!

    - When you want to use the official LEGO tools, just shutdown the EV3, unplug the ev3dev microSD card and restart the brick. + When you want to use the official LEGO tools, just shutdown the EV3, unplug the ev3dev microSD card and restart the brick.

    This is still an early beta, so it's not as polished as the official LEGO offering, but it's getting better every week as we add support for more of the native EV3 drivers. Alongside the main kernel, work is also being done on brickdm, which adds a LEGO-like GUI. @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@

    The state of the project

    brickdm and other related packages. - ev3dev supports many of the basic functions of the brick, including: + ev3dev supports many of the basic functions of the brick, including: