Can one use LEGO Mindstorms on GNU/Linux operating systems?

[Csanyi Pal]

Hello!

I have LEGO Mindstorms NXT.

Because I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux Etch as OS I'm wonder whether
can I use LEGO Mindstorms NXT on this OS?

Any advices will be appreciated!

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Regards, Paul Csanyi
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[nxtmote]

In lugnet.robotics, Paul Csanyi <csanyipal@...> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have LEGO Mindstorms NXT.
>
> Because I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux Etch as OS I'm wonder whether
> can I use LEGO Mindstorms NXT on this OS?
Hi Paul,
I have been thinking about the same thing. It might be wrong, but I think it is
not available now. Some have tried with a wine solution but ran into trouble
with a dll.
Here is a link: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/3305/
Keep us posted if you figure something out.
Best, Rasmus
>
> Any advices will be appreciated!

[John Hay-3]

Hi Paul,

On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 05:09:24PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have LEGO Mindstorms NXT.
>
> Because I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux Etch as OS I'm wonder whether
> can I use LEGO Mindstorms NXT on this OS?
>
> Any advices will be appreciated!

It depends on the language/environment you want to use. The NXT-G
software that comes with it, only runs on Windows and OSX. But there
are alternatives like nxc/nbc (http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/nbc/)
that is a C like language and it runs on Linux and FreeBSD (which is
what I use).

John
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John Hay -- John.Hay@... / jhay@...

[John Hansen-4]

In lugnet.robotics, Paul Csanyi <csanyipal@...> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have LEGO Mindstorms NXT.
>
> Because I use mainly Debian GNU/Linux Etch as OS I'm wonder whether
> can I use LEGO Mindstorms NXT on this OS?
>
> Any advices will be appreciated!

It depends on your hardware.  Are you running your OS on IA32/x86 hardware?  If
so, then you can use the NXT with your OS using some of my utilities.  See this
NXTASY thread for details about running NBC and NeXTTool under Ubuntu with
built-in communication support for the NXT via USB and Bluetooth.

http://forums.nxtasy.org/index.php?showtopic=2143

Included in this thread is an attachment containing binaries of NeXTTool and NBC
beta 35 (preview) which support brick communications under Linux on x86
hardware.  

John Hansen