So after a lot of research I finally decided on the next controller for my project. I really did enjoy the Stellaris but I wanted something with more power and it's always nice to learn something new.
So here is my thoughts on the Stellaris vs BeagleBone. With the BeagleBone I am going to have less control, the output's are set using files in a rather interested way using embedded Linux which I don't know but am excited to learn. On the other hand I have A LOT more power and I believe more pins but at these numbers that's kind of trivial. The more important thing is the ability to do image processing smoothly. I was considering doing this with the Stellaris but I would have to be incredibly efficient and the actual processing would have to be very simple.
Next question, why the BeagleBone over the Raspii? While it is true that the Raspii is both cheaper and more openly used I find that the ability to hardcode pins is something I really enjoy and the Raspii severely lacks. While it is possible on the Raspii it's less of a focus than on the BeagleBone. Along with this the BeagleBone is much easier to program on a separate host machine a good way to maintain backups and save on file space. There is a lot of other things that went into this decision but these are the most important ones. As many articles suggest, if you want to program get a BeagleBone if you want to learn how computers in a general sense get a Raspii.
Just to try and get people on par with as much as possible I ordered the Raspii 8/5/13 (posting 8/7/13) from Mouser. This is generally a good supplier, the price was static across all companies since I believe it's set by the makers but shipping varies from company to company depending on where you live.
Will post again when the BeagleBone finally comes in, and will hopefully start coding right away.
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