No, this is NOT an NXT, but I was so amazed by the specificiations of this 350 USD controller that I had to publish this… The new Qwerk controller by Charmlabs comes with:

· 200 MHz ARM9 RISC processor with MMU and hardware floating point unit
· 32 Mbytes SDRAM, 8 Mbytes flash memory
· 4 closed-loop 2.0 Amp motor controllers (supports quadrature encoder and back-EMF “sensorless” position feedback as well as current sensing)
· 16 RC-servo controllers
· 16 programmable digital I/Os
· 8 12-bit analog inputs
· 2 RS-232 ports
· I2C ports
· 2 USB 2.0 host ports for connecting standard USB PC peripherals
· 10/100BT Ethernet port
· Built-in audio amplifier with MP3, PCM and WAV audio support
· 4 Amp switching power supply, 90% efficient, 7 to 30 Volt input range
· Rugged aluminum enclosure
· 5.1” x 5.8” x 1.3”, 12.8 ounces

Don’t miss the “TeRK recipies” from CMU, building a mobile robot with webcam or a robotic flower using Qwerk controller.