[PD] controlling robots/printers w/ PD

[Martin Peach]

Marc Lavallée wrote:
> Atmel AVR microcontrollers are a serious alternative. They're cheap, powerful, 
> and don't require proprietary development environment.
> http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/November2004/article352.shtml
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7289

Also the ST7 series from STMicroelectronics have free development tools, 
a better instruction set than PICs, and an inexpensive programmer:
http://www.st.com/stonline/products/support/micro/st7/st7lite.htm

Martin