I looked at a couple of microcontroller solutions, being a Raspberry Pi fan. Unfortunately, I couldn't see a cheap way of doing a small switch mode PSU suitable to run them, and I didn't want to go the inefficient 7805 route...
I guess that's my natural instinct - to play to my strengths. When I meet a few more people who have other strengths, like yourself, we'll have a much better (and more relevant) skill pool.
