For the first time The LEGO Group will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® microprocessor ? the new NXT brick ? the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. Firmware code for Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits will be available in August 2006. Click here to read the full press release.For the first time The LEGO Group will release as open source the firmware of the LEGO® MINDSTORMS® microprocessor ? the new NXT brick ? the core component of its next generation robotics toolset. Firmware code for Software, Hardware and Bluetooth Developer Kits will be available in August 2006. Click here to read the full press release.