It'll just be a standard python interpreter on either, although please dont think that I'm advocating Python for this project - although I'm interested to hear what people think is a sensible language to use? I guess it depends a lot on what library support there is already for the chosen platform.

Along the way I found this thread: http://nefariousmotorsports.com/forum/index.php?topic=4213.0 which looks kinda interesting, I might have a go tomorrow and see if I can get that working on the bench.

Incidentally, if you dont have one already a RBPi is an excellent toy and well worth the $30.

Well I went big and ordered a BeagleBone Black Rev C today.  I liked the small form factor and I don't need all the I/O the RBPi provides.

I'm inclined to say we should make it less nativey, I like the idea of having something I can run on linux, osx, windows, android without having to port!