Description
leJOS is a firmware replacement for Lego Mindstorms NXT programmable bricks. It includes a Java virtual machine, which allows Lego Mindstorms robots to be programmed in the Java programming language.
It contains a VM for Java bytecodes and additional software to load and run Java programs.
These are some of the features offered:
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Object oriented language (Java)
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Preemptive threads (tasks)
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Arrays, including multi-dimensional ones
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Recursion
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Synchronization
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Exceptions
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Java types including float, double, long and String
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Math class
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Well-documented Robotics API
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Eclipse plugin
In Fedora lejos-nxj is a meta-package which will install everything needed for leJOS to work smoothly. Smaller setups can be achieved by installing some of the lejos-nxt sub packages.
Fedora request review: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1131019
Installation Instructions
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Add an appropriate corp repository based on HOWTO
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Install lejos-nxj package:
$ su -c 'dnf install lejos-nxj'
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If you want to access Lego brick through the USB cable, add the current user to the lego group:
$ current_user=$(whoami) su -c 'usermod -a -G lego $current_user'
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Logout/login (to make the group assignment take effect).
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Read the tutorial:
$ xdg-open /usr/share/doc/lejos-nxj/tutorial/index.htm
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Launch the eclipse (and start programming):
$ eclipse
More information can be found on the:
Active Releases
The following unofficial repositories are provided as-is by owner of this project. Contact the owner directly for bugs or issues (IE: not bugzilla).
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