I'm very excited this project has been approved by Genesi. The Efika board's power consumption should certainly be ideal for this project. That said, an Efika with an on board fpga, as well as a pci slot would probably be ideal for this project for a number of reasons:


-could possibly integrate a microcontroller onto the fpga that could include pwm control, a/d converter for sensor inputs, etc.

-pci would allow for a pci wireless card for "base station" communication with the home network.

-usb ports would then be left open for other devices such as a webcam, etc.