Hi,

With all these IOT things, everybody uses ESP8266 for various
applications, where something has to be measured, switched, etc
remotely, in relatively close proximity. Nothing can beat that price,
under 5$ for MCU with wifi.

What could be the cheapest/easiest option to get the same with wired
ethernet? PIC with ENC28J60?

I'm talking about really simple tasks, currently I need to switch on
and off some lights around the house. I have not tried to program
ESP8266 directly, just as an serial-wifi bridge with PIC, programmed
in JAL, and it did not seem very reliable.
As far as I have looked, ENC28J60 libraries seemed quite easy to use
in JAL, so probably that's the way to go.
Are there any other cheap and simple options?

I have used LANTRONIX UDS-10 as serial-ethernet bridge, but I have a
very limited amount of them, and they are quite bulky.

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