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The BeagleBone Black is $49.99[1] and has very similar specs. You can interface with its hardware using JS, and it already ships with the web-based Cloud9 IDE.[2] The main differences are:

    * BBB has 4GiB on-board storage vs Chirimen's 1GiB
    * BBB has 512MiB RAM vs Chirimen's 1GiB
    * BBB has no analog audio in/out, but 
      Chirimen has no on-board networking
    * You can buy a BeagleBone board right now.
If you want to trade off the micro HDMI port for two additional 4-pin peripheral connectors (Grove[3]) and trade the 5V power adapter requirement for the ability to power the board with microUSB, then there's the BeagleBoard Green for $38.99.[4]

1. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-16241

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA7E7b5mWh4

3. http://www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/Grove_System

4. http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/83-17001



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