DorkbotPDX people doing strange things with electricity

atmega328's now available. More flash! More SRAM!

http://www.ladyada.net/rant/2008/10/upgrade-your-arduino-projects/

Is there a was using the DorkBoard and the benito to output as a HID USB keyboard? I want my dorkboard to output keystrokes when it receives an interrupt on one(or more) of the pins.

I have been working on the chassis of a larger robot design just for fun, and I have run into a bit of a problem. Can anyone think of a simple (and cheap) way for me to take 12vdc in and output 5-7v to control pins. The forward/reverse and right/left are controlled by a joystick right now. So in the resting position the voltage on the control pins is ~6v full forward is about ~6.95v and full reverse is ~5.05v. The same holds true for right and left. I want to do this using a rc car controller.

Hello Everybody! I'm a System Admin at a local ISP/Webhost/VOIP provider. Thats just my day job though. Most of the time I am downstairs in my little shop poking/breaking/fixing/making things. I'm somewhat new to the whole robotics arena. I am quite interested in the physical computing platform. Drop me a line.