PIC Ethernet

["Alex Monaghan" <ha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Third off, the commercial compilers for the Microchip C stack are
> > pricey, if you exclude the limited student edition compiler.
Unless
> > I've missed it somewhere, the MicroChip code hasn't been
> ported to the
> > lower cost CCS compilers.
>
> True, the microchip compiler is pricey. The last time I spoke
> to the CCS guys and the PicAnt guys, they were busily doing
> ports of the microchip TCP/IP stack. Can't remember which one
> it was now, but they were having to port it to their C++
> compiler because of lack of support for structures in their C
> compiler. It's not much fun doing complex C without structs :(

If you want to have a bash with a free, but quite powerful, PIC programming
language, then have a look at the JAL Ethernet project
(http://jalethernet.sourceforge.net/),
you should quite easily be able to
modify a netp.jal to the required pins on the modtronix board. I did get
the
board details when I first looked at it and it did seem possible, just
never
ordered a board - SWMBO controls the budget and HA comes lower than
decorating over all the fresh (and no so fresh) plaster where I've put cat5
and new ring / lighting cables :(

I did start having a bit of a look at a simple xAP routine, but (like most
of my projects) ran out of time, it's still on the breadboard lashed to an
NE2000, just waiting for time.