Well, the SX Video Design Challenge and Contest went so well that Ubicom (Scenix) kicked in 20 Ethernet SX Stack Evaluation Kits as prizes for the next contest!
Wow!
These boards have:
and the kits include:
Software support includes the TCP/IP Stack and Application Layer Software: Protocols integrated into the SX controller include:
| Memory Usage | CODE | RAM |  |
| SX Stack | |||
| - UDP/IP/PPP | 1700 | 61 | |
| - HTTP/TCP/IP/PPP | 3200 | 100 | |
| - SMTP/TCP/IP/PPP | 3000 | 90 | |
| - POP3/TCP/IP/PPP | 2800 | 127 | |
| Physical Layer - Ethernet | |||
| - Ethernet IO | ~512 | 16 | |
| Physical Layer - Modem | |||
| - DTMF Detection | 295 | 52 | |
| - DTMF Generation | 89 | 15 | |
| - FSK Detection | 42 | 6 | |
| - FSK Generation | 47 | 8 | |
| - Caller ID | 369 | 70 | |
| - Ring Detect | 19 | 3 | |
| - UART | 51 | 10 |
The (minimal) hardware for the Modem Physical Layer is NOT on these boards, but I've included the figures incase you want to plan for that in the long run.
So...
...you need to pic one of the SX Stack Layers and then add that to whatever
Physical Layer parts you want and subtract that from the 4k words and 262
bytes of RAM the SX52 provides to find out how much room you have for your
application idea.
What can you do with them? Anything that needs a fast little processor connected to the inter or intra net. Here are a few ideas off the top of my head:
...besides any number of industrial control or reporting solutions where you need a network connection and some signal conditioning or processing and intelligence in the interface.
And, of course, its perfect for connecting the office coffee and soda machines
to the net so you don't have to walk all the way down the hall if your drink
of choice isn't available.
Since we are getting started late and in a short month, I'm going to make
this a three month / three phase contest:
20 Finalists will be shipped Ethernet SX Stack Evaluation Kits
One winner will receive $100 a trophy and some toys and will be advertised
on every page on my servers. We are averaging 11,000 hits a day from 1,100
visitors (distinct IP's) so this is not a bad thing. You can check it out
yourself at
I WILL give out as many boards as I can
So send in what you have even if it's not perfect.
James Newton
Here is the concept...
possibilities include :
A daemon on one of the computers on the network would normally control the
device but the device may include some automatic things, like turn the TV
on and show callerid info automatically and then turn the tv off if it was
off previously.
I would eventually include an IR receiver to remote control some other things
through the network.
Here is the code and memory usage:
this is about 2k, and about 130 registers.
For my contest entry I will be designing a kitchen internet appliance.
I think I might use an LCD controller IC or an SX to scan the LCD and
run touch screen. Until I have the screen taken care of I will write a
QBASIC program to interface through
the printer port and emulate the screen. I will probably implement either
POP3 or HTTP to get recipes, and fill in what features I can until I run
out of room.
Environmental Logger
While I was looking at the plants in my room, I came up with this idea. I
noticed that my 2 trees were dying. I wanted to make a monitoring system
to keep them watered and at a good temperature. This system would be computer
controlled through a Visual Basic program that I will write. I could also
use this to control my heat with a servo motor connected to the valve.
Some features would be:
When I’m done with the hardware, I will send in pictures of it
Some other ideas:
PROBLEM
Long term collection and presentation of environmental data currently requires
large and expensive personal computers and networking hardware. This equipment
is used for Weather Prediction, Home/Office HVAC monitoring, Factory Floor
and Warehouse materials monitoring, Agricultural data collection, and Biological
and Environmental Research.
The currently available equipment is cumbersome, expensive, and difficult
to protect from harsh environments or theft in remote areas. The size of
the equipment, and the heat radiated from such units also tends to impact
the environment being monitored. This is especially true of micro biosphere
type experiments.
Data collection in remote areas also posses accessibility and operator hazard
problems. The ideal system should be accessible from multiple physical locations,
by multiple users, and present the data in a easily interpretable format.
PROPOSAL
Create an Ethernet connected device which can collect, store, and present
environmental data over the Internet or intranet.
The device should be compact and low power, being enclosed in a NEMA type
enclosure. Data should be presented as a simple HTML page via HTTP protocols,
as well as comma separated values for remote archival and programmatic
interpretation.
The device should be able to function as a remote weather station, ans well
as a scientific environmental data collection device.
MINIMUM INPUT REQUIREMENTS
EXPANDED INPUT PROVISIONS
The SX52 has abundant I/O and would serve as an excellent platform on which
to develop an IDE hard drive interface. Add the SX-Ethernet Stack, a little
code integration and you have all the pieces for the net storage device.
For the purposes of this contest, there has to be a stopping point, but for
the long-term, this could serve as a wide-open platform for many expansion
projects. Basic idea - (Entry for this contest)
Expansion Ideas (Just a little ilde brainstorming to start the ideas
flowing...)
Create a second Embedded Ethernet device that pulls MP3 files from the SX
Net Storage Device and plays them in realtime. Essentially, a 'Net Jukebox'.
Interface a serial WebCam (a'la Atmel Barbiecam and similar projects). Store
images on hard drive for later scanning and retrieval. Add-on: Write some
simple camera motion-detector software.
Interface a Mic, preamp, A/D and you can record hours of audio for later
download and review.
Create separate SX-28 A/D D/A boards with UDP interface and create a "voice
mail" system. Each remote stores audio on the server and downloads messages.
Add Sensory's speech recognition device and it can be voice activated.
Add multiple drive support for a poor-man's 'Net RAID Controller'?
Replace IDE hard drive with CD-ROM, implement ATAPI controls, create network
controlled music system.
Streaming audio?
kasdorfm@knightfire.com says:
The basics:
If there is enough time, maybe I could even wire up my singing Billy Bass
wall plaque to the other serial port.
Well, the SX Video Design Challenge and Contest went
so well that Ubicom (Scenix) kicked in
20
Ethernet
SX Stack Evaluation Kits as prizes for the next contest!
Wow!
These boards have:
and the kits include:
Software support includes the TCP/IP Stack and Application Layer Software:
Protocols integrated into the SX controller include:
The (minimal) hardware for the Modem Physical Layer is NOT on these boards,
but I've included the figures incase you want to plan for that in the long
run.
So...
What can you do with them? Anything that needs a fast little processor connected
to the inter or intra net. Here are a few ideas off the top of my head:
...besides any number of industrial control or reporting solutions where
you need a network connection and some signal conditioning or processing
and intelligence in the interface.
And, of course, its perfect for connecting the office coffee and soda machines
to the net so you don't have to walk all the way down the hall if your drink
of choice isn't available.
Since we are getting started late and in a short month, I'm going to make
this a three month / three phase contest:
20 Finalists will be shipped Ethernet SX Stack Evaluation Kits
One winner will receive $100 a trophy and some toys and will be advertised
on every page on my servers. We are averaging 11,000 hits a day from 1,100
visitors (distinct IP's) so this is not a bad thing. You can check it out
yourself at
I WILL give out as many boards as I can
So send in what you have even if it's not perfect.
James Newton
Here is the concept...
possibilities include :
A daemon on one of the computers on the network would normally control the
device but the device may include some automatic things, like turn the TV
on and show callerid info automatically and then turn the tv off if it was
off previously.
I would eventually include an IR receiver to remote control some other things
through the network.
Here is the code and memory usage:
this is about 2k, and about 130 registers.
For my contest entry I will be designing a kitchen internet appliance.
I think I might use an LCD controller IC or an SX to scan the LCD and
run touch screen. Until I have the screen taken care of I will write a
QBASIC program to interface through
the printer port and emulate the screen. I will probably implement either
POP3 or HTTP to get recipes, and fill in what features I can until I run
out of room.
Environmental Logger
While I was looking at the plants in my room, I came up with this idea. I
noticed that my 2 trees were dying. I wanted to make a monitoring system
to keep them watered and at a good temperature. This system would be computer
controlled through a Visual Basic program that I will write. I could also
use this to control my heat with a servo motor connected to the valve.
Some features would be:
When I’m done with the hardware, I will send in pictures of it
Some other ideas:
PROBLEM
Long term collection and presentation of environmental data currently requires
large and expensive personal computers and networking hardware. This equipment
is used for Weather Prediction, Home/Office HVAC monitoring, Factory Floor
and Warehouse materials monitoring, Agricultural data collection, and Biological
and Environmental Research.
The currently available equipment is cumbersome, expensive, and difficult
to protect from harsh environments or theft in remote areas. The size of
the equipment, and the heat radiated from such units also tends to impact
the environment being monitored. This is especially true of micro biosphere
type experiments.
Data collection in remote areas also posses accessibility and operator hazard
problems. The ideal system should be accessible from multiple physical locations,
by multiple users, and present the data in a easily interpretable format.
PROPOSAL
Create an Ethernet connected device which can collect, store, and present
environmental data over the Internet or intranet.
The device should be compact and low power, being enclosed in a NEMA type
enclosure. Data should be presented as a simple HTML page via HTTP protocols,
as well as comma separated values for remote archival and programmatic
interpretation.
The device should be able to function as a remote weather station, ans well
as a scientific environmental data collection device.
MINIMUM INPUT REQUIREMENTS
EXPANDED INPUT PROVISIONS
The SX52 has abundant I/O and would serve as an excellent platform on which
to develop an IDE hard drive interface. Add the SX-Ethernet Stack, a little
code integration and you have all the pieces for the net storage device.
For the purposes of this contest, there has to be a stopping point, but for
the long-term, this could serve as a wide-open platform for many expansion
projects. Basic idea - (Entry for this contest)
Expansion Ideas (Just a little ilde brainstorming to start the ideas
flowing...)
Create a second Embedded Ethernet device that pulls MP3 files from the SX
Net Storage Device and plays them in realtime. Essentially, a 'Net Jukebox'.
Interface a serial WebCam (a'la Atmel Barbiecam and similar projects). Store
images on hard drive for later scanning and retrieval. Add-on: Write some
simple camera motion-detector software.
Interface a Mic, preamp, A/D and you can record hours of audio for later
download and review.
Create separate SX-28 A/D D/A boards with UDP interface and create a "voice
mail" system. Each remote stores audio on the server and downloads messages.
Add Sensory's speech recognition device and it can be voice activated.
Add multiple drive support for a poor-man's 'Net RAID Controller'?
Replace IDE hard drive with CD-ROM, implement ATAPI controls, create network
controlled music system.
Streaming audio?
kasdorfm@knightfire.com says:
The basics:
If there is enough time, maybe I could even wire up my singing Billy Bass
wall plaque to the other serial port.
My idea is to make a standalone WebCam (only thing required to watch is
a browser) by attaching a camera, some RAM, an AD converter and maybe
some logic to the evaluation board.
I will also try to make it possible for remote control of the camera
(turning and tilting the camera, and maybe turning on and off some
lights), so that you can choose what you want to watch.
The first goal is just to get the thing up and running without any
compression (BMP), then I'll probably try some simple compression (GIF),
I guess it is kind of hard to do JPG compression, but I'll have a look
at it if there is enough time.
A future version of this system could have some motion detection and a
flashcard/harddrive to store images of events for later download, but
that will not be done within this contest as it way too much work.
THE CONTEST
THE PRIZE:
http://www.ubicom.com/ethernet/ethernet_sx_stack_eval.html
These things are $200 a pop.
http://www.sxlist.com/techref/stats/exsum.htm
FINE PRINT:
...and I WILL award at least half the prize money to SOMEONE
...and I WILL post all entries to the site:
1-619-652-0593
jamesnewton@sxlist.com
SX FAQ: http://www.sxlist.com
ENTRIES:
http://204.210.50.240/techref/scenix/contest/ethernet.htm
Modified by:JMN-EFP-786
replace-to:
After reading the contest definition, I just found something that I'm sure
is gonna be a winner... ...here is an ascii-art of the project :
_______________ ________________
| | | |
----|eth |----| video |-- to TV
| | | text |
| sx52 | | generator |
| board | | (contest #1) |
|_____________| |______________|
| | |
| | |
| +----- phone line +-- video in
|
+-->|--+ IR led(s)
_|_
/// (other sensors, such as tv on)
...the device is hooked
A month or two ago I ordered a 320 x 200 pixel
LCD screen from Allelectronics (spec sheet at
http://www.allelectronics.com/spec/lcd-51.pdf)
and have been looking for something to do with it so...
I propose using the SX Stack EVALUATION BOARD to form an interface transducer
between an automobile (Truck or Car) computer system, (both OBD-I and
OBD-II) and the internet. This would allow
for remote acquisition of data, (in the form of error codes or sensor readings),
regarding the condition of the vehicle in question. This could be utilized
by auto dealerships, auto repair garages, trucking or delivery fleet services,
etc. Benefits include being able to do a diagnosis of the vehicle in question
and then taking the correct parts with you on a field repair, having another
expert look at the symptoms of a vehicles condition to correctly diagnose
a problem with which the current technician is unfamiliar, keeping a running
tab on the condition of a given vehicle even as the vehicle is on the road,
etc. And with GPS, the location of the vehicle could be ascertained.
Internet Environmental Data Recorder and Weather Station
Given the current Napster brouhaha, people may soon be looking for new ways
to exchange files via the net. My proposal is to create a standalone "net
storage device" to which users can log in and upload/download files.
To borrow a phrase, "Ok, its time for us Ubicom (Scenix) users to put this
PIC Hard Drive thing to rest" Add FAT32 support to this project and once
again outdo the Microchip crowd at their own game. See
www.montanadesign.com/contest.html
(Once full IDE support is implemented, PCMCIA, CompactFlash, etc. can
be added with minimal additional effort.)
Hi,
I'd like to see something like the "Stamp Drive" produced by MSV; in which any serial device with a terminal program can access a (FAT32 formatted) CompactFlash card, uploading and downloading files from it - that way I can attach a "hard drive" serially to my... Vic-20, Epson PX-8, ZX-81, etc. and backup all my tape based software. Of course full IDE support would be appreciated. I'd even be willing to put up a $100us "cash prise".
My idea is simple: the Furby/ethernet router.
SXList Fast Embedded Ethernet
Design Challenge and Contest
Memory Usage
CODE
RAM
SX Stack
- UDP/IP/PPP
1700
61
- HTTP/TCP/IP/PPP
3200
100
- SMTP/TCP/IP/PPP
3000
90
- POP3/TCP/IP/PPP
2800
127
Physical Layer - Ethernet
- Ethernet IO
~512
16
Physical Layer - Modem
- DTMF Detection
295
52
- DTMF Generation
89
15
- FSK Detection
42
6
- FSK Generation
47
8
- Caller ID
369
70
- Ring Detect
19
3
- UART
51
10
...you need to pic one of the SX Stack Layers and then add that to whatever
Physical Layer parts you want and subtract that from the 4k words and 262
bytes of RAM the SX52 provides to find out how much room you have for your
application idea.
IDEAS
THE CONTEST
THE PRIZE:
http://www.ubicom.com/ethernet/ethernet_sx_stack_eval.html
These things are $200 a pop.
http://www.sxlist.com/techref/stats/exsum.htm
FINE PRINT:
...and I WILL award at least half the prize money to SOMEONE
...and I WILL post all entries to the site:
1-619-652-0593
jamesnewton@sxlist.com
SX FAQ: http://www.sxlist.com
ENTRIES:
After reading the contest definition, I just found something that I'm sure
is gonna be a winner... ...here is an ascii-art of the project :
_______________ ________________
| | | |
----|eth |----| video |-- to TV
| | | text |
| sx52 | | generator |
| board | | (contest #1) |
|_____________| |______________|
| | |
| | |
| +----- phone line +-- video in
|
+-->|--+ IR led(s)
_|_
/// (other sensors, such as tv on)
...the device is hooked
A month or two ago I ordered a 320 x 200 pixel
LCD screen from Allelectronics (spec sheet at
http://www.allelectronics.com/spec/lcd-51.pdf)
and have been looking for something to do with it so...
I propose using the SX Stack EVALUATION BOARD to form an interface transducer
between an automobile (Truck or Car) computer system, (both OBD-I and
OBD-II) and the internet. This would allow
for remote acquisition of data, (in the form of error codes or sensor readings),
regarding the condition of the vehicle in question. This could be utilized
by auto dealerships, auto repair garages, trucking or delivery fleet services,
etc. Benefits include being able to do a diagnosis of the vehicle in question
and then taking the correct parts with you on a field repair, having another
expert look at the symptoms of a vehicles condition to correctly diagnose
a problem with which the current technician is unfamiliar, keeping a running
tab on the condition of a given vehicle even as the vehicle is on the road,
etc. And with GPS, the location of the vehicle could be ascertained.
Internet Environmental Data Recorder and Weather Station
Given the current Napster brouhaha, people may soon be looking for new ways
to exchange files via the net. My proposal is to create a standalone "net
storage device" to which users can log in and upload/download files.
To borrow a phrase, "Ok, its time for us Ubicom (Scenix) users to put this
PIC Hard Drive thing to rest" Add FAT32 support to this project and once
again outdo the Microchip crowd at their own game. See
www.montanadesign.com/contest.html
(Once full IDE support is implemented, PCMCIA, CompactFlash, etc. can
be added with minimal additional effort.)
Hi,
I'd like to see something like the "Stamp Drive" produced by MSV; in which any serial device with a terminal program can access a (FAT32 formatted) CompactFlash card, uploading and downloading files from it - that way I can attach a "hard drive" serially to my... Vic-20, Epson PX-8, ZX-81, etc. and backup all my tape based software. Of course full IDE support would be appreciated. I'd even be willing to put up a $100us "cash prise".
My idea is simple: the Furby/ethernet router.
What I could see, no one has chosen to make a webcam, so that is what I
plan to do: