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Re: Interfacing With Ethernet
Andy Laurence wrote:
> Whilst chatting in the pub last night, I came up with a good idea
(they
> always seem good in the pub, eh?). Basically, some simple logic based
on
> events on a network. Now, normally I'd use a serial>ethernet
> converter, but
> this project really needs to be far cheaper to be viable. Is there
> any way
> to interface with a PCI/ISA/PCMCIA ethernet card simply from a cheap
> microcontroller? Anyone ever attempted it? Any other cheap
solutions?
> Probably clutching at straws here :-/
Either use a microcontroller with a built in ethernet interface (eg.
NET+ARM), or you can get rj45 sockets with built in tcp/ip stack h/w!
Jim
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