Will I lose files stored on the EV3 brick? No, there are no risk of breaking your EV3 brick. Yes, you can always restore original LEGO firmware.Ĭan I make a brick of my brick? Can I break it? No, you won’t void any warranties doing this.Ĭan I restore LEGO original firmware if I don’t like this? Will update the firmware void my warranty? We need to update the firmware of the EV3 brick so it support the little USB dongle.īy doing this we are updating EV3 with a modified Linux kernel that has support for this little dongle. Update the EV3 FirmwareĪs I was telling you EV3 doesn’t work with Edimax dongle out of the box. So once you get the dongle, open the box and get the dongle at a handy place. Keep reading to know how to fix it and make it work with your LEGO Mindstorms EV3 kit.įirst step is getting the WiFi dongle and good news is that you can order it at Amazon for barely £7 The problem is that it doesn’t work with LEGO Mindstorms out of the box. The other option is using Edimax dongle, that it is world’s smallest WiFi USB card. It is a big ugly and black WiFi dongle that will make your robot looks like a plane with just one wing. So if you want to connect your robot with WiFi to your computer so you can program it remotely and send it command, much like with Blueetooth but faster you have to buy a WiFi dongle for EV3.Īctually Mindstorms EV3 only supports Netgear N150 Wireless Adapter (WNA1100). Unfortunately LEGO decided to save some pennies and don’t include an actual WiFi card inside the brick ( to save battery life of course *grin*). LEGO Mindstorms EV3 has built-in Wifi capabilities so you don’t need to buy an expensive WiFi sensor like you had to do with NXT.

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