[droopybuns]

Cool project!

Maybe iterate it to use LEDs instead of incandescents.

For hardware hacking- you have 3 types of hardware that can make life easy- but there are tradeoffs:

1) Arduino 2) Raspberry PI 3) Beaglebone

Arduino is great when you want low power, but it isn't an awesome internet platform.

Raspberry Pi is great when you're going to leverage a full blown PC Monitor, but using it for hardware hacking requires a bit of elbow grease

The Beaglebone is great for when you are doing something internety & hardware hacky, but without a full blown pc monitor.

I would have done your project with a beaglebone, fwiw. I'd also have used LEDs instead of incandescents. But this is a great project! Nice work!

[nkozyra]

Never forget the MSP430, which is either $5 or $10 depending on when you hit it.