Looking for controller build hints..

[KA4HJH]

>Any tips for a CPU that can be *easily* interfaced into such a set-up, with
>say onboard ram, flash rom, serial ports, and perhaps a simple way to
>interface to an LCD?

You can get an off-the-shelf microcontroller board with all of those 
features and more, plus enough parallel I/O already built-in (I can 
send you some links). You're going to need an HC11 or an HC12, or 
maybe an AVR in a PICstick system.

>And as a minor (but intriguing for me anyway) thought, how wacky would it be
>to implement all of these pots/faders as automated pots? Are these radically
>expensive and difficult to implement into such a scheme, or should I just
>forget this?

You're talking about a LOT of servos... I'd love to have one of these 
myself but I don't think I'd go to that much trouble. 8o

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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