Embedded programming education with Lego Mindstorms NXT using Java (leJOS), Eclipse (XPairtise), and Python (PyMite)

Workshop on Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems Education Pub Date : 2009-10-15 DOI:10.1145/1719010.1719019

R. Pedersen, Jacob Nørbjerg, Matthias Paul Scholz

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In this paper we show how the Lego Mindstorms NXT can be used for embedded team programming in Java. Furthermore, we demonstrate-for the first time-Python booted on NXT using an embedded Python project. Lego Mindstorms NXT is based on an ARM7 micro processor, and it comes with open source C code. There now exists a number of firmware replacements which permit programming NXT with different languages. One of these possibilities are Java, and we combine that solution with an Eclipse plugin for team programming in Java. We demonstrate the system and provide reasons why it is worthwhile to do this in computer science classes. Python is a popular scripting language. It is often used in relation to a larger operating system, and rarely as an operating system itself. In this paper we also demonstrate that it is possible to run Python directly on an embedded processor. We use the open source project PyMite as a proof-of-concept. Lego Mindstorms NXT comes with an open source operating system and together with the open source project nxtgcc, it becomes possible to boot Python on NXT.

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Lego Mindstorms NXT的嵌入式编程教育，使用Java (leJOS)， Eclipse (XPairtise)和Python (PyMite)

在本文中，我们展示了Lego Mindstorms NXT如何在Java中用于嵌入式团队编程。此外，我们首次演示了使用嵌入式Python项目在NXT上启动Python。Lego Mindstorms NXT基于ARM7微处理器，并附带开源代码C代码。现在有许多固件替代品允许用不同的语言对NXT进行编程。其中一种可能性是Java，我们将该解决方案与Eclipse插件结合起来，用于在Java中进行团队编程。我们演示了这个系统，并提供了为什么在计算机科学课程中值得这样做的原因。Python是一种流行的脚本语言。它通常与更大的操作系统相关，很少作为操作系统本身使用。在本文中，我们还演示了直接在嵌入式处理器上运行Python是可能的。我们使用开源项目PyMite作为概念验证。Lego Mindstorms NXT附带了一个开源操作系统，并且与开源项目nxtgcc一起，可以在NXT上启动Python。

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