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LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3

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EV3 MicroPython

Software:

Visual Studio Code version 1.31 or above with EV3 MicroPython extension installed

Operating system:

Windows 10 or Mac OS

Hardware:

SD Card for EV3 Brick: Micro SDHC (min. 4GB, max. 32GB) with Application Performance Class A1

EV3 Classroom

Windows

Hardware:

1.5 GHz Intel^® Core Duo processor - or equivalent or better
4 GB RAM
2 GB available storage space
Bluetooth 4.0 or above

Operating System:

Windows 10, version 1803 or newer

macOS

Hardware:

1.5 GHz Intel^® Core Duo processor - or equivalent or better
4 GB RAM
2 GB available storage space
Bluetooth 4.0 or above

Operating System:

macOS Mojave 10.14 or newer

iOS (tablets only)

Hardware:

iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 4 or newer

Operating System:

iOS 13 or newer

Android (tablets only)

Hardware:

8” display or larger
3 GB RAM
3 GB available storage space
Bluetooth 4.0 or above

Operating System:

Android 7.0 or newer

Chrome OS

Hardware:

1.40 GHz Intel^® Celeron^® 2955U dual-core processor – or equivalent or better
4 GB RAM
3 GB available storage space
Bluetooth 4.0 or above

Operating System:

Chromebook running Android 7.0 or newer
Google Play Store access required (Android App on Chromebook)

Internet Connection

Your device will need an internet connection in order to:

Download updates and in-app content
Access teacher support material

EV3 Lab

Windows PC

Operating system:

Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 (excluding Win RT).

Hardware:

2 GB RAM or more
1.5 GHz processor or faster
2 GB available hard disk space
Available USB port or Bluetooth 2.0 or above
Minimal supported screen resolution – 1024 x 600
Available on the Downloads page.

Mac

Operating system:

Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) but not compatible with 10.15 (Catalina) or higher. Please refer to EV3 Classroom App for Mac OS X 10.15 and higher.

Hardware:

2 GB RAM or more
1.5 GHz processor or faster
2 GB available hard disk space
Available USB port or Bluetooth 2.0 or above
Minimal supported screen resolution – 1024 x 600

Available on Downloads page.

EV3 Programming

iPad

Operating system:

iOS 8.0 or above

Hardware:

iPad 2 or newer

Available on iTunes App Store.

Chromebook

Operating system:

Chrome OS version 50 or above

Hardware:

4 GB RAM or more
1.40 GHz dual-core processor or faster
2 GB available storage space
Bluetooth 2.0 or above

Available on Chrome Web Store.

Firmware update compatibility: To confirm that your Chromebook is able to update the firmware on your EV3 Brick via USB, please open the Chrome web browser in your Chromebook and enter ‘chrome://system’ in the address bar. Locate the version number under ‘uname’. If you have version 3.14 or above, then you should be able to update your EV3 Brick via EV3 Programming. If not, please update your EV3 Brick from the EV3 Lab software.

Android Tablet

Operating system:

Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean or above

Hardware:

1 GB RAM or more
1.5 GHz processor or faster
2 GB available hard disk space
Bluetooth 2.0 or newer
8” display or larger

Available on Google Play.

Android compatibility: Due to the open-source design of Android devices, some Android tablets will be incompatible with EV3 Programming, even though they may meet the minimum system requirements. If you are buying Android tablets for a school or you are in doubt whether your existing tablets are compatible with EV3 Programming, please contact us in English at android-support@legoeducation.com.

Amazon Fire

Operating system:

Android 4.2 or above

Compatible with:

Kindle Fire HDX WAN (2013)
Kindle Fire HDX (2013)
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 WAN (2013)
Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2013)
Fire HDX 8.9 WAN (2014)
Fire HDX 8.9 (2014)
Fire HD 10 (2015)
Fire HD 8 (2015)
Fire HD 10 (2017)

Available on Amazon Appstore

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Some low budget android devices will not be compatible due to various internal components even though the tablets meets the system requirements. Amazon Fire tablets are not supported. If you are buying Android Tablets for a school or are in doubt whether the tablets you already have are compatible with our app, please contact us and let us advise you about the compatibility. Please contact our team at https://www.lego.com/service. Thank you!

Windows 10

Operating system:

Windows 10 (version 1511, Threshold 2) or above

Hardware:

2 GB of RAM or more
1.5 GHz processor or faster
1 GB available hard disk space
Available USB port or Bluetooth 2.0 or above
Minimal supported screen resolution – 800 x 600

Available on the Downloads page and Windows 10 Store