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Today we have a guest blog post by JAsVAp who was active in the area of EV3 programming with C: "Ever wanted to have a simple way for programming your Lego EV3 in it's native programming language ANSI C? Well now it is possible! I have made an IDE application for it. Your code will be running super fast as it is compiled to run directly on your CPU and not for an intermediat virtual machine!!! And the best thing I want to share it with everybody for FREE. You can download it at my temporary website or on my onedrive . A first version of documentation is included in the program it self ( README.txt ), but it may not be sufficient enough for everbody. When I find some more time I will create some more example project. Some important features: No need for a firmware upgrade!!! So an EV3 out of the box will do.  Your program can be executed from original Lego EV3 menu on your device! You can setup a Telnet connection ( wifi connection - linux remote terminal ) an...

Xander made a nice post on his all new website , about the New RobotC 3.0 release. Many of you might know him as the creator of the driver suite for all the new (non LEGO) sensors in the RobotC platform. The new RobotC has many improvements, including an virtual test landscape. But that’s not all! Xander has 75 ROBOTC 3.0 annual single-seat licenses for the Mindstorms NXT platform to give away! (read the full article and instructions for requesting a license here . Martyn

leJOS OSEK , a C/C++ based Open Source programming and runtime platform for the NXT, has released version 2 now. From the project's web site: "LEJOS OSEK is an open source firmware for LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT. LEJOS OSEK consists of I/O driver part of leJOS NXJ platform C/Assembly source code, TOPPERS OSEK Real-Time Operating System source code[...] and glue code to make them work together. LEJOS OSEK can provide: ANSI C/C++ programming environment[...] leJOS NXJ I/O driver based C API for NXT Sensors, Motor, and other devices leJOS NXJ I/O driver based C++ API for NXT Sensors and Motor (includes many third party sensors) (TOPPERS) OSEK provided real-time multi tasking features proven in automotive industry fast execution and less memory consumption[...] NXT BIOS enables LEJOS OSEK application uploaded into Flash (max. 224Kbytes) or SRAM (max. 64Kbytes) Many examples (include NXTway-GS and NXT GT...)" If you are into C or C++, you might want to give this interesting pro...

Indefatigable John Hansen has released a new beta version of NXC , his free C-like language for the NXT. It's 1.0.1b31 , and according to the release news, it contains not only a lot of fixes, but also an enhanced parser and enhancements for safe threading. One of the particularities of NXC is the fact that though it runs on the brick itself, you do not need a separate firmware - it uses the original LEGO NXT firmware. There's also a new relase available of the associated IDE BrickCC that supports also NXC. Check it out and provide feedback.