Fire? Glorious fireworks! The Arduino can be a tethered extension to RPi to produce embedded systems on steroids. Djam, take Brian's advice and come check us out. Microcontrollers are a growing theme at Nova Labs and you're sure to learn, build and have fun. Register at our web site and signup for the Electronics mailing list to stay in the loop. You might also consider 3D-Printing and LaserCutting as they are both tools which use embedded controllers. Lots of good stuff happening, come join us!

Djam, you're playing with fire - BOTH Arduino and RaspPi? I should say, hey, we're not judging and we definitely have excited folks working on either, but you're braver than most. Check the calendar at nova-labs.org, we have an Arduino meeting in a couple of weeks and continue to do RaspPi goodness. See you at Nova Labs!