I agree with most of the comments made about the popularity of Arduino, eve= n if I am not very familiar with some of them. There is another reason alon= g the thread of artists and other non-esoteric parties using Arduino; that = is Processing. Processing is the one of the languages that Arduino is based= on and was made specifically for artists to allow them creative control ov= er their art through programming as opposed to drawing either with a pencil= or through a program such as Photoshop or GIMP. I actually found out about Processing through Arduino and once you see its = IDE and the Exhibition site for Processing (http://www.processing.org/exhib= ition/) you know they are made to work together. The Exhibition link is def= initely worth a look. Bruce =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .