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Propeller Chip and Wifi

balorntbalornt Posts: 3
edited 2013-09-03 18:07 in Accessories
I am no stranger to software development but am a newbie to microcontrollers and have been looking to do some playing around with the propeller chip. I want to write a simple web client using a propeller board hooked up to an lcd screen. Nothing fancy, just grab files and display their raw text content to the screen (for now). I want to do this wirelessly, but am concerned about wifi modules for the propeller. There was a lot of discussion a few years ago about wifi modules that were ended then subsequent use of third party modules. Then for two years there has been nothing it seems (from a simple forum search). What projects has anyone done anything with the propeller and wifi? Which wifi modules did you use? I just want to ensure that my project is doable for someone at my level before I go buying propeller devkits and wifi modules.

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  • tonyp12tonyp12 Posts: 1,951
    edited 2013-08-23 20:33
    My CC3000 Wifi Quickstart and Breakout board is probably the only solution right now.
    This weekend I will work on adding Bind and Listed so it can be a server and not just a client.
    As TI have not released the HCI structure, the software is a work in progress as I have to hack raw memory dumps to get an idea.

    http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php/148136-Prop-Quick-Wifi-is-now-available?p=1185597&viewfull=1#post1185597
  • balorntbalornt Posts: 3
    edited 2013-08-23 22:43
    Looks good, but will it work with Prop 2?
  • rjo__rjo__ Posts: 2,114
    edited 2013-08-26 11:09
    Yes, but not right away. The calls to the supporting object libraries probably won't change much, but the libraries don't exist yet.

    There also will be tools to convert from Spin to Spin2, but they will be likely be third party and probably won't arrive before Christmas:)

    I haven't ordered tonyp12's cc3000 yet, but I'm planning to. In the mean time, I would be very interested in your experiences.

    Rich
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2013-08-27 19:31
    Take a look at the RN171/174 WiFi devices.
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    They are really easy to use.
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2013-08-29 18:58
    This process is a simple serial read/write to the RN171/174...The device(RN171/174) does the WiFi work.
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    You can drop me a PM if your having trouble.
  • Don MDon M Posts: 1,652
    edited 2013-08-30 01:58
    $WMc% wrote: »
    This process is a simple serial read/write to the RN171/174...The device(RN171/174) does the WiFi work.
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    You can drop me a PM if your having trouble.

    Walt- Did you mean to attach some code on this post and forgot?
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2013-09-03 18:07
    No...
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    I don't use/or write in Spin...But there is serial Spin code in the OBEX on how to do this!!!
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    You can use the PST terminal for that matter.
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    You're way over thinking this!
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