[Jake M]

Well, for the most part, this whole project is intended to be a challenge and a learning experience, but I'll agree that we don't want to go that far, if there's equipment already available that can do most of the work, especially considering that just using a microprocessor other than the FRC goes beyond the scope of anything our team has done before.

But I would imagine it follows the same basic idea as the PIC, excpt in a much more simplified version. I can also forsee us using a lot of assembly code.

And I'm no stranger to working with raw binary data. I spent a lot of time last summer learning assembly by doing a little ROM hacking for the GBA. A very educational experience.