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Just have fun here! Write code and play with robots!

Buy a Raspberry Pi and microSD card.
Install an Operating System on microSD card.
- Raspbian
- Ubuntu Mate
Get a mouse, keyboard, monitor ready. Power on Pi!
Connect to wireless network or wired network.
Install prerequisite packages.
- Open a terminal. If you are not familiar with LINUX environment, check this.
- Type in: sudo apt-get update
- Type in: sudo apt-get gcc make git
Clone the package
- In the terminal, type in: git clone git@github.com:xipengwang/X.git robotX
Compile the code
- In the terminal, type in: cd robotX && make
  - If you compile the code on a raspberry pi, you should change Build.common file. Change rm-linux-gnueabi-gcc to gcc, arm-linux-gnueabi-ar to ar.
  - If you compile the code on a laptop running linux, you can install cross-compiler. Then send binary files to the Pi. Here are the instructions.
Run examples
- In the terminal, type in: cd bin
- In the terminal, type in: sudo ./print-test

Go blue!