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Lego to Open Mindstorms NXT Firmware

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the arise-from-your-grave-oh-plastic-brick dept.

ajdlinux writes "LEGO has officially announced that the firmware for the Mindstorms NXT will be open source. They will be releasing several developer kits and the firmware source during August, the kits containing the NXT driver specs, the schematics for the hardware connection and the Bluetooth protocol used by the NXT. The NXT will be only US$250, which is only slightly more expensive than the Mindstorms RIS2 kit. I certainly can't wait. " We had covered the earlier announcement of this kit.

2 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. does it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But does it run linux?

  2. Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So how long is it gonna take until someone gets linux running on one of these babies when they drop out...