Speaking of embedded controllers (and since I cant think of a better place in the forum to mention this), Ive been browsing through my copy of the May 2004 edition of Doctor Dobbs Journal, and noted that it has a feature on using Game Boy Advances for nefarious purposes (Ive not yet read the article, but they seemed to be using one as an oscilloscope and a spectrum analyser).

As a complete system, they would seem like a cunning plan for a top-level receiver/control unit (assuming I stick some PICs in the way to handle the low-level stuff) - although I dont know to what extent a GBA would hold together in combat, even well padded and with the LCD (possibly) removed. I know my way round ARM processors, and using one in this form seems a reasonable alternative to soldering everything together from scratch.

Anyway, I just thought Id mention it, in case anyone found it interesting. (Im unsure whether its still on sale, but being a US mag its probably running behind in the UK.)

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Fluppet