Thanks for the replies. I didn't even think of something that sophisticated. However we are going to make our own DS and a networking library to read the data from the DS. So I was thinking like a microcontroller with serial communication? (the Happs interface definitely looks interesting and I will look at it more but I'm not entirely sure how I would implement it. Have you used it before?) Also, does anyone have suggestions for a networking framework for our custom dashboard? I was looking at OSC (
http://www.opensoundcontrol.org) or just straight TCP. Any recommendations? Things you've used in the past?