Re: Ethernet-based systems for DIY?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Tommi Herva <extin@poista_tämä_tästä_suomi24.fi> wrote:

>I'm thinking of doing something alike. There really isn't any good
>choices for doing what you want (or I haven't found one). The tibbo
>suggested earlier costs >50$ and you need hardware around it too.
>Have a look at http://www.tuxgraphics.org/electronics/
>this is one approach I'm considering. It certainly isn't fast enough to
>deliver video, audio could be possible, but this would make for a cheap
>networked data acquisition. AVR's have A/D and GPIO built in. Cost per
>unit in small quantities is quite low ~15$. Mix in power over ethernet,
>and you've got yourself a good start.

In which case it probably makes more sense to do this using the Microchip
PIC18F97J60 which combines an MCU and the ENC28J60 (used in the project you
cite) in one package.

http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=1335&dDocName=en026439

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