@Rayfield @BowsacNoodle
hmm, if it was my time on the line, I think you have more than enough theory. Build something easy, at a manageable size.

A small bit of trial and error will tell you a lot.

Hyper Space Pirate seems insanely productive, and he usually goes through many different prototypes and feature alterations before arriving at something he is satisfied with. And, I think that is the right move here.

Learning electricity, I've been noticing that equations are withing plus or minus 20% of good simulation software, which is in turn sometimes orders of magnitudes off of the physical circuit.