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Me?  Oh Im just thinking of what I'd really like.  I'd rather like individually addressable LEDs on these engines...  I mean as an option.   In fact the spiffy RGB LEDs are very appealing to me...

So you know I was just thinking 'bout it in to what you were doing here ...  My first blush was the board was a stupid "slave" ... but I see now it has a brain. 

Kinda cool really.

But I only know enough to be dangerous as the saying goes.

I have designed but 1 circuit in my life which consists of a couple of chips and some wires, resisters and all that.  And dang it if it doesn't work.  But I did this on paper and some prototyping boards.

I did download and install Eagle but I got frustrated very quickly. 

So no, not a HW person though in reality, just dabbling a bit -- and no pay either, hardly motivating at times.

I would not expect anyone to do what I was just suggesting although if it seemed do-able I might try it myself.  But I've got plenty of other "projects" so to speak... just thought it was within the realm of possibility.

However given that little processor chip there,  no I would say no it's not possible to roll your own and keep the main boards that are supplied... which is what I thought but 15 min go.

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