The following hardware platforms are supported by ev3dev.
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evb
ev3
brickpi
brickpi3
pistorms
questcape
This table provides a detailed comparison of all of the supported platforms and their features.
| Manufacturer |
LEGO |
Dexter Industries |
mindsensors.com |
FatcatLab |
Quest Institute |
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| Website |
mindstorms.lego.com |
dexterindustries.com |
mindsensors.com |
fatcatlab.com |
questforspace.com |
| Model Name |
EV3 |
BrickPi |
BrickPi+ |
BrickPi3 |
PiStorms |
EVB |
QuestCape |
| Model Number(s) |
- 31313 (Retail set)
- 45544 (Education Core set)
- 45500 (EV3 Intelligent Brick)
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| Compatible CPU Board |
N/A |
- Raspberry Pi Zero/Zero W
- Raspberry Pi Model A/A+/B/B+
- Raspberry Pi 2 Model B
- Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
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- BeagleBone (White)
- BeagleBone Black
- BeagleBone Green [2]
[3]
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| Display |
Resolution |
178x128 pixels [4] |
N/A [6] [7] |
N/A [6] |
320x240 pixels |
220x176 pixels |
220x176 pixels |
| Color Depth |
1 bpp [5] |
16 bpp |
16 bpp |
16 bpp |
| Backlight |
No |
Yes, always on |
Yes, always on |
Yes, adjustable |
| Touchscreen |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Buttons |
Count |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 [8] |
6 [8] |
| Center |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Up |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Down |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Left |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Right |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Back |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| LEDs |
2 - Red/Green |
2 - Blue |
1 - Yellow (Amber) |
2 [9] -
Red/Green/Blue |
None |
None |
| Speaker |
Yes |
No [10] |
No [10] |
No [10] |
Yes |
No |
| Input Ports |
Count |
4 |
4 + 1 I2C only |
4 |
4 + 1 Grove I2C |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Automatic Detection |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes [11] |
Yes |
| EV3 Sensors |
Yes |
Yes [12] |
Yes [13] |
Yes [14] |
Yes |
Yes |
| NXT Sensors |
Yes |
Yes [15] |
Yes |
Yes [16] |
Yes |
Yes |
| Output Ports |
Count |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Automatic Detection |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Battery Indication |
Voltage |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Current |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Bluetooth [17] |
2.1 + EDR [18] |
N/A [19] |
N/A [19] |
N/A [19] |
N/A |
N/A |
| Wi-Fi [20] |
N/A |
N/A [21] |
N/A [21] |
N/A [21] |
N/A |
N/A |
| [1] | The version number is not actually printed on the BrickPi circuit board. |
| [2] | The Grove sensor ports are not usable with EVB or QuestCape because of shared I/O pins. |
| [3] | BeagleBone Green Wireless is not supported because of I/O pin conflicts. |
| [4] | It is possible to replace the display in the EV3. Video.
The color screen is 160x128 pixels, 16 bpp, with adjustable backlight. |
| [5] | The EV3 display is capable of 2bpp grayscale. We're working on it. |
| [6] | (1, 2) It is possible to attach an HDMI (or NTSC) display to the Raspberry Pi. |
| [7] | It is possible to stack a display on top of BrickPi. Blog. |
| [8] | (1, 2) EVB and QuestCape cannot detect simultaneous button presses. |
| [9] | Some hardware revisions of the PiStorms only have 1 physical LED. However, 2 LEDs will still appear in sysfs. |
| [10] | (1, 2, 3) The headphone jack on Raspberry Pi can be used for sound. Sound is not enabled by default. |
| [11] | The EVB cannot automatically detect some NXT sensors. NXT sensors can still be used, but the input port must be manually configured for them. |
| [12] | BrickPi(+) only supports the LEGO EV3 sensors (Color, Infrared, Ultrasonic, Gyro, Touch). 3rd party EV3 sensors will not work.
The UART sensor implementation is buggy in the BrickPi(+) firmware. |
| [13] | BrickPi3 only supports the LEGO EV3 sensors (Color, Infrared, Ultrasonic, Gyro, Touch). 3rd party EV3 sensors will not work. |
| [14] | PiStorms only supports the LEGO EV3 sensors (Color, Infrared, Ultrasonic, Gyro, Touch). 3rd party EV3 sensors will not work. |
| [15] | BrickPi(+) has limited I2C sensor support. Most sensors do work, but there may be some limitations. |
| [16] | PiStorms shares a single I2C communication bus with all four input ports, so each sensor must have a unique I2C address. |
| [17] | Bluetooth (include Bluetooth Low Energy) support can be added to any device via a USB Bluetooth dongle. |
| [18] | Newer models of the EV3 technically have a Bluetooth 4.0 chip. However, the new chip does not have Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) capabilities. |
| [19] | (1, 2, 3) Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Raspberry Pi Zero W have built-in Bluetooth + LE (Low Energy). |
| [20] | Wi-Fi support can be added to any device via a USB Wi-Fi dongle. |
| [21] | (1, 2, 3) Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and Raspberry Pi Zero W have built-in Wi-Fi. |