Lego Mindstorm with Linux Mini-HOWTO Luis Villa luge@users.sourceforge.net Revision History Revision 1.1 October 29th, 2000 The Lego Group's Mindstorm Robotics Invention System (RIS) is probably the best reasonably cheap robotics kit available. However, the standard software is (unsurprisingly) MS Windows dependent. Don't despair- there are several options that allow Linux users to use their Mindstorms from within Linux. This Mini-HOWTO is intended to serve as a very brief introduction to the options available, and as a gathering point for more information. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Acknowledgements 1.2. Disclaimer 1.3. Copyright 2. The Mindstorms Architecture 2.1. The Basic Hardware 2.2. Standard RCX Programming 2.3. Where the Linux Tools Fit In 2.4. Hardware Requirements for the Linux Host 2.5. The CyberMaster and Scout 2.6. Mindstorms Vision Command 2.7. Important Note about the MS Windows CD 3. LegOS 3.1. Homepage 3.2. Author 3.3. Type 3.4. Language 3.5. Platforms 3.6. Description 4. Lego::RCX.pm 4.1. Homepage 4.2. Author 4.3. Type 4.4. Language 4.5. Platforms 4.6. Description 5. Not Quite C (NQC) 5.1. Homepage 5.2. Author 5.3. Type 5.4. Language 5.5. Platforms 5.6. Description 6. pbForth 6.1. Homepage 6.2. Author 6.3. Type 6.4. Language 6.5. Platforms 6.6. Description 7. TinyVM and leJOS 7.1. Homepages 7.2. Author 7.3. Type 7.4. Language 7.5. Platforms 7.6. Description 8. Remote Java APIs 8.1. Homepages 8.2. Type 8.3. Language 8.4. Platforms 8.5. Description 9. TCL RCX 9.1. Homepage 9.2. Authors 9.3. Type 9.4. Language 9.5. Platforms 9.6. Description 10. Pylnp 10.1. Homepage 10.2. Author 10.3. Type 10.4. Language 10.5. Platforms 10.6. Description 11. Other Linux Tools 11.1. LeoCAD 11.2. POVRAY 12. Other sources of information 12.1. LUGNET 12.2. The Official Mindstorms Site 12.3. The Hardware Sites 12.4. Historic Lego Bots and Construction Guide     Next     Introduction