Thanks for the responses. I am about to buy this http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/processor-microcontroller-development-kits/7798870/ as I feel that would be best, thanks for the advice @whale-av. And @alexandros, the issues I am facing is what I would need to put into the actual patch once I have the shield up and running. I know I need to use the [comport] object but not sure what else. Any help or examples would be fantastic! Thanks for all the help so far guys.

Just wondering if anyone has been able to control a DMX lamp through an arduino uno? I have been looking at this tutorial

and have it set up the same way but nothing's working. Sorry if this is a silly question, I'm a bit of a pd newbie. Just wondering what I would need to do to make it work? Thanks!

@whale-av Thanks man! Worked a treat!

Hey there, doing a uni project at the moment using GEM and it outputs the xy coordinates of where you are in the webcam to number boxes, but the issue we are having is that when we take the numbers (they are 0 - 1) they are triggering constant bangs, even through toggles. So we basically need an object that turns off the constant bangs as it is affecting all [metro] objects in the patch and as it just constantly bangs them. Just wondering is anyone has a solution or has come across this before. Thanks!