MakeController and OSC

[dalescott]

I'm working on a pc-based MMI for a robot of sorts (personal project) and will be interfacing the pc-based Emergence app to a MakeController (ARM-based circuit board assembly with H-bridge motor control, etc. See http://makezine.com/controller/). The MakeController is based on freeRTOS and uses OpenSoundControl to communicate to the outside world (in case you haven't heard of it, "OSC" is apparently a new incarnation of the original MIDI comm protocol with better time sync and more general "control" applicability), with all firmware open-sourced. There is a .NET interface, also open source, which if I understand correctly, is written in C# and compiles to a dll for use by a host application.

Now the question - is what I have in mind possible (without difficulty) using Emergence? Hopefully use the binary dll as-is? I've read some of related forum threads, but I know just enough to know I know squat (putting myself into perspective, I formally learned and used C in the time before Win32. I've spent a number of years developing custom ICs and related hardware development, then moved into engineering and manufacturing management. Now I'm trying to rise from the dark side as a techy again - hence an out-of-hours project that relies on learning several "new" technologies and software environments. The knowledge comes from the journey, as they say.)

If anyone needs a longer break from seasonal festivities, here's some more background:

Microsoft Coding4Fun article on Make Controller & .NET interface to a pc app : http://blogs.msdn.com/coding4fun/archive/2006/12/28/1378305.aspx

MakingThings download page: http://www.makingthings.com/resources/downloads (C# .NET dll source is in bottom right)

OSC overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSound_Control

Thanks! (and Merry Chistmas to all, and especially Santa Paul for his Christmas specials!)