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Hi Packrat,

Not quite what you're after, but you might find this useful: http://www.ros.org/wiki/ros_arduino_bridge It's an arduino bridge to ROS that handles odometry & encoders onboard, and is a lot more lightweight than pyserial.

There's a lot of functionality from the differential drive in there too, like PID feedback for speeds.

Cheers, Gavin

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