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LEGO Programmable Bricks Reference Guide
http://www.legomindstorms.com/sdk/
This official document from LEGO describes Spirit.ocx in detail. Although LEGO calls it a Software Development Kit (SDK), it's not really a big deal. There's a PDF file of the Technical
Reference Document, which is 112 pages of reference material describing every function in Spirit.ocx. There are also some Visual Basic files that you can download and experiment with,
including a file of handy constant definitions.
LEGO on my mind: Roboworld
http://homepages.svc.fcj.hvu.nl/brok/legomind/robo/
This is the robotics area of Eric Brok's excellent site. There are actually two relevant resources here. The first is an outstanding introduction (the "Spirit programming" link) to using Spirit.ocx
from Visual Basic. The second resource is "Mind Control" a programming environment that interprets Visual Basic-like programs and can download them to the RCX.
Lego Robotics Course
http://emhain.wit.ie/~p98ac25/
This tutorial, created as a course handbook at the Waterford Institute of Technology in Ireland, provides a gentle introduction to Visual Basic and programming with Spirit.ocx. It's available as a
PDF file, either in one big chunk or in separate pieces. The document describes how to work in the Visual Basic environment, how to use VB to talk to the RCX, and even includes several sets of
instructions for building robots that you then program with VB.
Bot-Kit
http://www.object-arts.com/Bower/Bot-Kit/Bot-Kit.htm
Bot-Kit, developed by Andy Bower, is glue that allows you to program your RCX using Smalltalk, a popular object-oriented programming language. To use Bot-Kit, you will need Dolphin
Smalltalk, which is a Smalltalk implementation for Windows. Links are provide on the Bot-Kit web site for obtaining Dolphin
Smalltalk, which is available for free. Bot-Kit itself is free, although you'll need to join a related mailing list in order to install the software. As with VB, you can write Smalltalk programs that
run on your PC and control the RCX, or you can write Smalltalk programs and download them to the RCX. If you are interested in learning Smalltalk, this would certainly be a fun way to do it.
The documentation is excellent.
The BrainStorm Web Page
http://www.netway.com/~rmaynard/
BrainStorm is a version of the Logo programming language adapted to work with MINDSTORMS robots. Developed by Richard Maynard, BrainStorm is a work in progress and currently stands
at version 0.1. Richard wrote BrainStorm using Visual C++ to communicate with Spirit.ocx. The source code is available.
IGUANO Entertainment Lego Page [BrickCommand]
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nebula/8488/lego.html
BrickCommand is a programming environment for MINDSTORMS that is similar to Visual Basic. It opens up the full power of Spirit.ocx for your programming pleasure. It includes other
goodies like a piano keyboard for playing music on the RCX, an interactive motion controller, and the ability to call single Spirit.ocx functions interactively.
BotCode RCX Development System
http://www.desktopmusic.com/botcode.htm
BotCode is another alternative to VB. It opens up the power of Spirit.ocx but doesn't have as many extras as BrickCommand. Furthermore, it's shareware ($20US), whereas BrickCommand is
entirely free.
LEGO MINDSTORMS: GORDON'S BRICK PROGRAMMER
http://www.umbra.demon.co.uk/gbp.html
Gordon's Brick Programmer is yet another alternative to VB. Like BrickCommand and BotCode, it's a programming environment built on top of Spirit.ocx.
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