Playing with

LEGO

Mindstorms

from your

Mobile Phone

@robert_virkus

Mindstorms!

Mobile!

Madness !

A toy!

Beams

frame

angled

straight

Connectorspins

axles

axle, pin and

angle connectors

Crossblocks

Gears

1

23

4

A

BC

D

sensors

motors

USB to another intelligent block

Demo Time…

Mobile!

legoev3.codeplex.com

Demo time!

Don’t forget to pair your Mindstorms robot first!

legoev3.codeplex.com Connecting

public async Task ConnectAsync(){

Brick brick = new Brick(new BluetoothCommunication() );await Brick.ConnectAsync();IsConnected = true;

}

legoev3.codeplex.com Direct Commands

public async Task CloseClawsAsync(){

await EnsureIsConnectedAsync();await Brick.DirectCommand.TurnMotorAtPowerAsync(OutputPort.A, 10);

}

legoev3.codeplex.com Batch Commands

public async Task MoveAsync(int leftPower, int rightPower){

await EnsureIsConnectedAsync();Brick.BatchCommand.TurnMotorAtPower(OutputPort.B, leftPower);Brick.BatchCommand.TurnMotorAtPower(OutputPort.C, rightPower);await Brick.BatchCommand.SendCommandAsync();

}

legoev3.codeplex.com Sensor Reading

Brick.BrickChanged += Brick_BrickChanged;

private async void Brick_BrickChanged(object sender, BrickChangedEventArgs e){

if (e.Ports[InputPort.One].SIValue == 1|| e.Ports[InputPort.Two].SIValue == 1){

await Brick.DirectCommand.StopMotorAsync(OutputPort.B | OutputPort.C, true);

}}

legoev3.codeplex.com Sensor Configuration

Brick.Ports[InputPort.One].SetMode(TouchMode.Bumps);await Brick.DirectCommand.ClearChanges(InputPort.One);

legoev3.codeplex.com System Commands

await Brick.SystemCommand.CopyFileAsync("\\devconfu.rsf", "../prjs/Tester/dev.rsf");

turtlesnapp3r.codeplex.com making it prettier

works on

Android (using Xamarin.com)

Windows Phone

Windows

Linux

Mac OS X

do it yourself

0 1

2 bytes

Payload

Size

2 3 4 5

2 bytes

Sequence

1 byte

Cmd

Type

2 bytes

local and

global size

(direct

commands)

6 7 8

1 byte or 2 bytes

Command code

and possibly

sub-command

9…

Command-specific payload

Madness !

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/07/start/playful-prototyping

dexterindustries.com/BrickPi.html

Original Linux source code

github.com/mindboards/ev3sources

C programming

robotc.net/download/lego/

.NET programming

monobrick.dk/software/ev3firmware/

Firmwares

Java programming

lejos.org

about me…

2005

-4,600 M

Earth forms

-3,500 M

Life forms

-2,000 M

Complex life forms

-225 until -65 M

Age of dinosaurs

-3 M

Stone age

Download it at

enough.de/mdgg

@enoughsoftware

@robert_virkus