Comparing the R-Pi to the B-Bone

[pezman]

Here's a pretty nice article that compares the two

http://www.designspark.com/content/beaglebone-revisited

Basically, if you want lot's of i/o, overall better performance and overall better connectivity, get the bone. If you want better
raphics and an extra $45 in your pocket, get the PI. If you feel you deserve to suffer, get an Arduino with a networking shield.

[Sean McBeth]

Man, that is a really tough call. I coveteth the IO pins (especially the 12-bit ADCs!) and better through-put of the Bone, but the Pi's on-board graphics and audio are very, very appealing. Any idea how much IO you lose when adding the DVI-D to the Bone? That could be the make-or-break for me.

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[pezman]

I think that if graphics are make or break, you may want to go Pi.  The BB is perfectly optimized for headless operation (with volumetric displays being one really interesting exception  https://plus.google.com/104712705716996155416/posts/eTrjfM3K5uz ). 

I could not imagine putting the DVI cape on the BB under any circumstances, since any application that would require the DVI cape would have me shopping for entirely different boards.

For what it might be worth, the node.js web-server on the BB is pretty nice, and you can use a number of other web technologies if you prefer (YAWS, embedded versions of Apache etc.) -- so the ability to use a browser-based UI is an attractive alternative to a dedicated display in some applications.

[Sean McBeth]

Very true, hadnt considered that. Im thinking of some home made arcade games ideas.

[pezman]

Hah -- just ran across this.

http://blog.embeddedcoding.com/2012/09/new-ti-arm-starter-kit-includes-display.html 

[Sean McBeth]

Hmm, very interesting.

[pezman]

Phah :(  resistive touch-screen -- no me gusta.

[Sean McBeth]

Oh, good, so it doesn't freak out when it gets slightly damp :D

[pezman]

That will be handy when I am urinating on it.