[lug] (sort of OT) Inexpensive Microcontroller boards

[Carl Wagner]

Here is the link to SparkFun Electronics we discussed last night.
   http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/categories.php

I have played just a little bit the the AVR series of boards.

There is a Linux toolchain to program them. (this is how it is Linux 
related)
  http://paul.graysonfamily.org/thoughts/avrlinux/
was the first hit I got in a Google search for "Linux AVR"

Carl.