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Beaglebone Black CC3X00 board host with CC3200 board "slaves"

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: CC3100, CC3200

Hello, I was wondering if the SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 or CC3100 module LaunchPad (CC3X00MODLAUNCHXL) could be attached to a beaglebone black so that the BBB could serve as a main controller and web server and the lauchpad could be the host with other CC3200 chips (CC3200MODLAUNCHXL) sending and receiving information from the main host. Note that I do not want the "slave" boards connected directly to the internet, I want them all to connect to the host and then that connects to the BBB to act as a server where an android app could send the various boards commands. Or is there a better way to do this? 

I'm hoping to use some sort of infrastructure or wifi-direct mode and possibly use some security libraries (python possibly). I want to use the SimpleLink chips because they support video transmissions.

Would I be fine using the non-fcc approved boards (CC3X00LAUNCHXL) first because they are much cheaper or is there a big difference between the "mod" and "non-mod" boards? Finally, would it be better to use the CC3200 or CC3100 board that is the BBB's host wifi, I just don't know if its better to allow the CC3200's MCU to be controlling the wifi service or just use the BBB's MCU to controll the CC3100.

Any help is greatly appreciated, and I thank you all for your time