Re: How to get PIC to ethernet

From: Luhan Monat (fake_at_you.out)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:23:35 -0700

Richard wrote:
> Luhan Monat wrote:
>
>>I have a wirewrap board interfacing a pic to ISA
>>bus. What got me hung up was "Plug-n-Pray" board I
>>found. If I can get some old ISA cards with jumper
>>addresses I may be able to make that work.
>
>
> 1) PnP cards often come with a config utility so you can manually
> configure them. Drop it in a PC and run the utility to turn off PnP and
> config the settings you want. Then put it in your project and go.
> Stores like Fry's sell NE2000 cards like this for ~$10.
>
> 2) Skip the ISA card slot and use these proto cards for PIC and AVR:
> http://www.edtp.com
> Fred has NE2000, Crystal, and ASIX (NE2000 w/ 10/100) boards - plus
> driver code. He's also written a book on the subject, and an article in
> the Oct 2002 CircuitCellar (AVR+ASIX). And... he'll sell you the chips
> and magnetics for a decent price if you roll your own boards.
>
> 3) Here's a newer solution that's turnkey; however, they're pricey (~$50
> ea.) and limited in their back-end connectivity. If you just want to
> put an Internet face on your widget, these are a good fit. If you want
> to do something high-performance, they're not.
> http://www.lantronix.com/products/eds/xport/index.html
> http://www.digi.com/products/embeddeddeviceservers/digiconnectme.jsp
>
> Have fun!
> Richard

Good advice. I've ordered a unit from edpt.com. That should get me
started, then I can try using old pc network cards and such when I know
more about what I'm doing. 

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