The phidgits are cool, but the upfront cost is kind of high. The arduino can read the phidget sensors <<a href="http://regexp.bjoern.org/archives/000189.html">http://regexp.bjoern.org/archives/000189.html</a>> and the starting cost is under $35 (I bought my arduino kit for $25 and I've seen kits for under $15). It is very linux friendly. The link shows you a board someone made for their arduino that allows you to interface with 6 phidget sensors.
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2008 9:53 AM, David Champion <<a href="mailto:dchampion@visionary.com">dchampion@visionary.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Just thought Morris and others might be interested in this:<br>USB Sensor announcement:<br><a href="http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4981141094.html" target="_blank">http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS4981141094.html</a><br><br>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Matthew Nuzum<br>newz2000 on freenode