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.Net On Lego Mindstorm

Posted by timothy on from the send-miguel-a-set dept.

troop23 writes "A blog posting by Benjamin J. J. Voigt says this "The University of Potsdam has a project to develop a .NET VM for the Lego Mindstorms system. Lego Mindstorms just got a higher priority on my shopping list!" While the thought of using .Net to program Lego Mindstorms may not be palatable, having a mainstream dev environment sure is." Perhaps Mono would work just as well.

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  1. Why? by cbrocious · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't get it. Why would they go with .NET rather than just writing a C/C++ compiler for it? We're talking about a low-speed embedded device here, a situation where the use of a VM is less than ideal. Is it just because they want to make the front page of slashdot, or is there a real reason?

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    1. Re: why? by ron_ivi · · Score: 5, Interesting
      Or even better, use a more powerful microcontroller for your legos like a GameBoy. Programmable in C or C++, has Sound and a color LCD display, and with a 32-bit RISC CPU, you can do far more with this than the current Mindstorm microcontroller.

      Bluetooth modules are apparently also available for this device. Engadget has a description and a link to a cool video of this Gameboy/Lego interface in action