[dtengineering]

I've been playing with a Raspberry Pi and a Logitech USB camera this summer and have been pretty impressed. I've got a Pi camera sitting on my desk ready to go... it's on the list of things to check out.

One or two small things to keep in mind is that the Pi camera has a fairly wide field of view (as I understand it)... which can be good for latching on to a target, but maybe not so good for precise targeting. On the other hand... the increased resolution might make up for that.

The other minor thing to note is that it apparently has an IR filter. Which is only a big deal if you are using IR beacons as part of the nav/targeting package.

Other than those minor-to-the-point-of-almost-insignificant things, go for it. The Pi community might one day grow to match the Arduino community. That aspect alone makes the Pi stand out as a development platform.

Jason