PicDude --

I would agree with the previous poster that you split your applications up --
the video, keybosrd, audio etc would be a PC/laptop.  The Arduino was meant to
do the low level timing for servos and stepper motors - if they can keep up ?!.  

Otherwise, it gives you a nice IDE with usb real-time connection to the
hardware, access to Processing for PC programming. http://processing.org/

David

Quoting PICdude <picdude3@narwani.org>:

> 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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