python-ev3
a project to run lego ev3 in python ##Things you will need
- A linux box. Virtual Machine is also OK.
- A micro SD card >2G
Getting Started
- Downlaod from http://sourceforge.net/projects/python-ev3/files/python-ev3.img.tar.gz/download and extract the image (it's 1G file after uncompressed)
- Copy the whole image to the SD card
umount /dev/<all sdcard patitons>
dd if=python-ev3.img of=/dev/<sdcard device> bs=2M
- Insert the sd card into ev3
- Boot the ev3
- Connect ev3 with the usb cable.
ssh [email protected]
password is "password"
Notice
- It takes a long time at first boot.
- The system is built at debian wheezy
- A modified lejos kernel is used.
- The bluetooth is not stable enough. You may or may not connect to ev3 by bluetooth network
Reference
- ev3 opensource project: https://github.com/mindboards/ev3sources
- lejos: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lejos/
- python compile instructions: http://www.droboports.com/app-repository/python-2-7-5
- ev3-dev: https://github.com/mindboards/ev3dev