How about looking at the Arduino controller board and motor control board (low cost), you can do Steeper Motor and DC motor control, all control software libraries available for free. Manysizes/flavours of Arduino controllers and add on boards/shields depending on what you want for price/features Controller: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKSP4 Motor Control: http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKAD7 All Arduino Hardware Stuff:: http://www.makershed.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=43 Stepper software library: http://arduino.cc/en/Reference/Stepper?from=Tutorial.Stepper RC Servo motor library: http://www.arduino.cc/en/Reference/Servo This should get you started. Brock