Teeny tiny winblowz computer...

[Dave_D]

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/01/intel-compute-stick-specs-ubuntu-version

could be useful in either incarnation for scope control. 

[skybadger]

Naah - try the riko Ubuntu  - more powerful for less money. I have the Android version and its quite smooth. by the time you have all the bits attached though its a bit of a forest... Better off with a Pi or a Beagle.

 just opinion though.

Mike

[chris_suffolk]

Pi will do just about anything you set your mind to from what I've seen from what guys at work have done with them