IMPORTANT: Windows users - do not use Notepad or Wordpad. In your file browser/manager/finder/whaterver-you-call-it, there should be a removable drive called EV3_BOOT. You should still have your SD card plugged in to your host computer. If you want to use a WiFi dongle or some other type of connection, we will get to that, but we need to set up USB first. We are going to setup a TCP/IP connection over USB since USB is the one type of connection that everyone has. In order to communicate with the EV3, we need a network connection. Much of the information there is applicable to ev3dev. TIP: For more detailed information and more alternatives, check out this page for RaspberryPi. There are a vast number of ways to do this, so pick the one from the list that sounds the easiest to you: IMPORTANT: THIS WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD! BACKUP YOUR FILES IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOOSE THEM! xz file is recommended for Linux.xz requires that you have additional software installed on Windows/Mac to decompress it (such as 7-Zip on Windows).
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zip file is recommended for Windows/Mac and the. Step 2: Download the latest ev3dev image file
You will also need a host computer with an adapter for the SD card. Ultra High Speed (UHS) classes are not supported (again, they should work, but not at the rated speed). Class 10 is the fastest, but slower speeds will work just fine. microSDXC is not supported (you might be able to get it to work, but it will operate at reduced capacity and speed).Īlso look at the speed class rating. If you have more basic questions, check out the FAQ. By the time you get to this page, you probably already know that ev3dev is Debian Linux for the LEGO Mindstorms EV3.