[sdiy] is raspberry pi the future?

[Eric Brombaugh]

RPi is a significant step forward for low-cost / high-power embedded 
computing and I'm glad to see it becoming so popular. That said however 
it's not the last word in this space - TI has been providing embedded 
boards with more I/O and more modern processors for several years and 
isn't resting on their laurels.

The current low-cost / high I/O winner is the Beaglebone, which provides 
more than 80 pins of digital and analog interfacing, including 
high-speed SPI, I2C, I2S, LCD, parallel external memory and plain GPIO 
for less than $90. A low-cost Beaglebone with similar capabilities is 
right around the corner and is expected to cost about half that. See 
more about it here:

http://www.citizensinspace.org/2013/03/next-generation-beaglebone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=next-generation-beaglebone

For synth applications the built-in multi-channel ADC and I2S audio 
output protocols put it in a class beyond the RPi, and the new version 
drops the price point into the same neighborhood.

Well worth consideration.

Eric