WiFi alternative
Looking around the web I found this:
http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/WL330gE
I was thinking of coupling it with a spinneret. This way the WiFi should work out of the box. Requires 5V 1A, so not so difficult ot achieve even in a portable environment.
I would like your opinion.
At the moment it is out of stock here, but the price is affordable..
Massimo
http://www.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/WL330gE
I was thinking of coupling it with a spinneret. This way the WiFi should work out of the box. Requires 5V 1A, so not so difficult ot achieve even in a portable environment.
I would like your opinion.
At the moment it is out of stock here, but the price is affordable..
Massimo
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I was thinking of a device to connect my remote prop to a standard device.
For prop to prop connection in a short range xbee if a great solution, but if I want to be able to connect to my prop via a smarphone or a similar device I have to go WiFi.
Massimo
-Tor
Power requirements are probably related to range. The "N" requires a 2A power supply... probably it is a peak/conservative value, anyway it could ease the pain for the WiFi premature EOL..
I have also used it as a (slightly big) wi-fi dongle for laptops with no built-in wi-fi (I bought it before this became common with newer laptops). It works great that way too.
It's very versatile, although I haven't needed the bridging feature (which they removed in the g and apparently re-added in the gE). If my 330b fails, or I suddenly really think I need g speeds, then I would buy that 330gE in a hearthtbeat. There are other similar pocket adapters out there, but I've been really happy with the Asus.
I looked at the specs for that 330gE. It says it comes with a 1A power adapter, it doesn't really say that it _needs_ 1A.. it does, however, also say that it comes with a USB power cord, just as mine did. Which means that it should almost certainly work with just 500mA, unless that USB cable is a Y-cable, and I think they would have said so if that were the case.
-Tor
It looks a good candidate as a spinneret companion..
When back in stock I'll get one and report how it works.
Massimo
single USB, so 500mA max... better.. :-)
OBC
-Phil
Unfortunately they are not available as cheaply in Europe...
Massimo
WiFi - PROTO Board
$54.00 USD
WiFi PROTO Board is a miniature, inexpensive wireless 2.4GHz 802.11b solution for your prototype. It carries MRF24WB0MA Wi-Fi radio transceiver module with integrated PCB antenna, matching circuitry, and supports Wi-Fi with the free TCP/IP protocol stack. Board uses 4-wire SPI and UART interface for communication.
http://www.mikroe.com/eng/products/view/475/wifi-proto-board/
EasyWiFi Board
EasyWiFi Board is a all-in-one wireless 2.4GHz 802.11b solution with high-speed voltage translators, making it suitable for most microcontroller architectures. It carries MRF24WB0MA Wi-Fi radio transceiver module with integrated PCB antenna, matching circuitry. Board uses 4-wire SPI interface connected with IDC10 connectors compatible with all mikroE development boards. Board uses 4-wire SPI and UART interface for communication.
http://www.mikroe.com/eng/products/view/572/easywifi-board/
http://rovingnetworks.com/
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The RN-171 is the WiFi module and the RN-174 is a Development board with the RN-171 soldered on.
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After about 3 and 1/2 hours, I have a working WiFi link that I have wanted for years.
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This unit is really easy to use and easy to configure.Most of the time spent was in reading the Docs.
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I'm still in outage mode here in Fl. But when I get done with that, I'll post some info and some simple code for the Prop and the BS2 that works great with this WiFi module.(TCP/IP) mode for now.
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It will do TCP/IP,DHCP, UDP, FTP, UART,DNS,HTML,http,adhoc and more.
FYI your link is bad loss the "e".
Ron
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I still found enough fun time to write a quick Telnet app on the Prop with PropBasic and the RN-174 via WiFi.
Works like a champ.
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I plan to do some range testing later on this week.I'll report back later with the results.
As one might expect, there was some serious WiMAX boosterism evident at this week's WiMAX World show in Chicago. Somewhat less expected was a fair bit of trash-talking about municipal WiFi from supporters of WiMAX who believe that 802.16e, better known as Mobile WiMAX, has the potential to provide the kind of user experience and business case that municipal WiFi lacks.
http://oleg.wl500g.info/
I have a converted Asus wl500gp, which may be more optimal for Oleg's firmware. Most of the challenges are to learn to configure your own firewall settings. Everything else is fairly easy to do.
And on another front, I have on order a PandaBoard from Digikey - but I fear this is going to sit in backlog forever.
http://pandaboard.org/
You might want to have a look at this module, XBEE pinout and should be the same as the RN-171. I ordered one to swap out one of my XBEE series 1's.
http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Roving-Networks/RN-XV-U/?qs=sVdVlwbC4QifOw6fYaNjHw%3d%3d
Here is a link to the data sheet, the one on Mouser's site is giving a 404 error:
http://www.rovingnetworks.com/files/resources/WiFly-RN-XV-DS.pdf
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Better look again.
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Or maybe you have found something I haven't.
To be honest I have done a brief read on this,and it does need a farther read on my part.
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To configure the unit...Your just gonna have to read the docs. Its not bad only 84 pages....Its well worth it.
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I have a REMed out config jpeg below that will help get the connection started.
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A word of note here.
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telnet is NOT auto installed on WIN-XP, But it is on the WIN-OP/XP install disk.
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In control panel/ add/remove prog. type in "telnet"...insert the WIN/XP/CD and point to the path to load telnet.[drive
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The little BS2 code parses out some ASCII code from the RN-174 to turn an led on or off. "1"=LEDon :"0"=LEDoff vea WiFi and telnet. Note I've also used PuTTY and it works good to.
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Please forgive the weird SLCD commands, I couldn't find the SLCD command file for this so I wrote the demo from my memory only.
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The RN-174 uses a NULL MODEM...on J3 RS232 jack .If you by the Dev. kit. you get a NULL adapter.
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The RS232 is also inverted from the RN-174,You will see it in the BS2 code...
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