so ive been using this board to prototype a safe. it took a while to get everything hooked up and updated, install the pya20gpio lib, and the oa version for c++ which i have yet to use, but with the python one, if you install pygtk, it flows like a dream. full gui programming to control 100+ gpios(not quite 160 if you use the touch screen but still plenty). plus being broken free from the rasp pi foundation, you can do whatever you please with this board. after my safe is complete, im looking into home automation on steroids. people already rave over the pi and its home auto task capabilities, and this has over 4x the output. sick