Hello,

You might want to take a look at the IP2022 from Ubicom. It has
two on chip serializers/deserializers which can handle just
about all types of serial communication, including ethernet.

Higher level protocolls are implemented with software modules.

On the downside is the rather high priced development tools
(it's clearly not intended for hobby use).

It would be nice to play with though - at a demonstration, a
web server was put together in a couple of minutes with
standard software modules. Well, that was for an FAE
demonstrating it, it would probably take me a couple of days.

Ruben


> Hi all,
>
> I would like to add an ethernet interface to my PIC project for
> connecting multiple units on one network and for future monitoring via
> the internet. I was thinking of building an external interface box
> containing an Ethernet chipset and a PIC to do the communication
> between the Ethernet chip and my PIC project. How difficult is this to
> build, and what are exactly the tasks performed by this Ethernet chip
> (TCP/IP handling?). Of course I need to assign and store an IP number
> too.
>
> I am looking for pointers about Ethernet hardware and protocol issues
> (IP).
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Daniel...
>
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AB Liros Electronic
Box 9124, 200 39 Malm=F6, Sweden
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