Basic Stamp + Ethernet

jeremya

Is the Parallax Internet Netburner Kit the only way to connect the Basic Stamp to the internet?
I ask because I really don't need all the webserver functionality. I work for a company that has
an API that lets you start phone calls via the web. (Real phone calls not VoIP) Anyway I thought
it might be cool to build a hardware device that could start the call... something to show our sales
team something else besides websites.

Anyway all I would need to do a http get to a web page and gather a small string of characters (maybe 10).

I am still pretty new to electronics, but I have a boebot and I have messed with that a bit.

Thanks!!!

-- Jeremy

Mike Green

There are some other companies that sell Ethernet adapters with a processor inside that can be controlled from a Stamp via a serial connection. SparkFun carries some of them.· The main problem for your project is that the Stamps have very limited speed and storage capacity, particularly storage which makes it hard to process complex arbitrary internet packets.
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jeremya

So is there any semi-easy way to send data from the stamp to an external website?

i apologize if this a dumb question, but I honestly have no idea.

-- Jeremy

Harrison.

There are plenty of ways to send data to a remote host (or website in your case). You could purchase a serial-to-ethernet converter that will allow you to connect to a remote server. Then all you would need to do is write a bit of code to send a valid HTTP 1.0 GET/POST request (HTTP 1.0 because HTTP 1.1 uses chunked encoding which is no fun, especially for memory constrained devices). The XPort is a popular (although expensive) choice for this.

You could also write a small application that will run on a PC that will forward requests from the basic stamp to your website. This would probably be the easiest method since you would have complete control over all aspects of the implementation.

jeremya

Ok thanks I will look in to XPort or a similar solution.

Jeremy