A few months ago, I announced our initiative to save #LEGO #MINDSTORMS. It's high time for a progress update!

You might have seen hundreds of code updates recently, so now is a good time to demonstrate where we are.

This is clearly not the most impressive EV3 robot you've ever seen, but we're excited about the progress we've made on motors, sensors, and the EV3 brick.

One of the next big steps will be to enable USB communication with the brick. This is necessary to download and run programs.

A new step in my LEGO sorting machine: After 4 years, I have finally extended the EV3 code so it can handle errors. And package it as a Debian archive
for easy installation. On the other hand, it has become clear that the EV3 has run its
course and needs to be replaced. More details in my newsletter:

https://ml.streamhead.com/preview/445139/emails/150600515716121693

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Discover my latest LEGO Mindstorms NXT find! Check out what I uncovered and learn how to build amazing creations with this kit! https://bricksandbuilds.charleshartmann.com/my-awesome-lego-mindstorms-nxt-find-2/ #LEGO #Mindstorms #NXT #Robotics #DIY

NEW VIDEO ALERT! LEGO Mindstorms NXT Bringing Bots to Life! #lego #afol #streaming #bricksandbuilds #legobuilder by Bricks and Builds with Chay

LEGO Mindstorms NXT Bringing Bots to Life! Check out the link in my bio for full vid and more! #lego #afol #streaming #mindstorms

via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZFKxP34fnc

Ein Blick in die Lego Mindstorms Werkstatt von meinem Sohn (8).

LEGO MINDSTORMS was discontinued. End of story, right? Well, not so fast. We can fix this together. And you can help!

https://pybricks.com/project/saving-lego-mindstorms/

Instead of chasing the latest gadgets and trends, let's see what we can do with the hundreds of thousands of excellent robots that are already out there. Saving the planet, one programmable brick at a time.

#introduction #introductions

I'm an #embedded systems developer (Arm Cortex M) with just over 40 years experience - so I have seen a lot of change. I learned to use a slide rule and now I'm using a multi-core computer with 32 G of RAM.

I worked at the #LEGO Group in Denmark for 7 years and led the team developing #firmware for PoweredUp, ControlPlus, and the last generation of #MINDSTORMS.

I like #photography, #trains (model and full scale), #hiking, and I'm always up for #learning!

Another day playing around with the #LEGO #Mindstorms #RCX:

This time, I've reactivated some #brickOS demo files. I just found out that I had installed the toolchain on my Debian-based laptop earlier but never really tried it out. It works!

You can now let a GitHub action build brickOS user programs for you: https://github.com/maehw/BrickOsTest

More details here:
https://maehw.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/using-l%cc%b5e%cc%b5g%cc%b5o%cc%b5s%cc%b5-brickos-for-the-lego-mindstorms-rcx-after-25-years/

@luis_in_brief you migt be interested. - Can you confirm that the `dll` download utility is based on LNP?

I've been able to fix my precious #LEGO #Mindstorms rotation sensor for the #RCX. It had the flaky wire syndrom. I then also used #WebNQC (Blockly-based) visual programming to generate some test code. I can now slowly move the axle and play sound dependent on the direction of rotation. A full circle gives 16 impulses.

Danke an die Teilnehmenden meines Talks auf dem 20. Augsburger Linux-Infotag "#LEGO #Mindstorms #RCX reaktivieren: Entwicklungen im Webbrowser" (u.a. https://webpbrick.com). Im Nachgang sind wir teilweise noch ins Gespräch gekommen und konnten ein wenig experimentieren. Die Folien zum Vortrag findet ihr unter anderem auch hier: https://www.luga.de/static/LIT-2024/talks/lego_mindstorms_rcx_reaktivieren_entwicklungen_im_webbrowser/

https://www.luga.de/LIT-2024/ #lit2024 #Augsburg #Linux #OSS #LEGO #mindstorms #rcx #nqc