David,

I'm surprised that you'd say this.  AFAIK about the Arduino, it  
doesn't do proper video, nor a standard keyboard/mouse input.  Of  
course I can code these, but would prefer to avoid it if possible.

My other major concern is its ability to deliver stepper pulses at  
over 1MHz to each of a few steppers simultaneously at different  
speeds, cause IIRC it runs on a 16Mhz or 20Mhz microcontroller.   
Correct me if I'm wrong here.

Cheers,
-Neil.


>
> Since this is an open question, I would suggest you look into the Arduino
> platform.  It consists of an IDE based on Processing, C, and C++,   
> which compile
> to Arduino boards.  There are many Arduino compatible boards (ATMega168, 328,
> 644, etc), and many more 'shields', which are i/o specific pluggable boards
> whihc have such things as Servo, Stepper motor, Ethernet, RF, RFID, etc
> implemented.
>
> These would be a good basis for robotics and so on.  The IDE has a well
> developed set of libraries.
>
> Start at http://www.arduino.cc and explore.
>
> There are the beginnings of similar offerings based on PIC, ARM, etc
> microprocessors.
>
> David
>



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