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News Release from: Arrow Electronics (UK) | Subject: Microchip PICDEM.net
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 September 2001
Development platform for web MCU
applications
Arrow Electronics reckons its latest Microchip development platform will dramatically simplify the design and prototyping of embedded systems requiring Internet connectivity.
Arrow Electronics reckons its latest Microchip development platform will dramatically simplify the design and prototyping of embedded systems requiring Internet connectivity or the management of networked devices via standard web browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator The new Microchip PICDEM.net kit is based around an Internet/Ethernet demonstration board that combines a PIC16F877 microcontroller with a user-friendly TCP/IP firmware stack from Iosoft
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This board is preconfigured with an Ethernet and IP address and a standard web browser can be used to view HTML pages generated by the PICmicro.
As a result, developers can quickly evaluate web-enabled embedded systems or embedded systems in which web-style browsers provide the control and diagnostic interfaces for networked sensors and other devices.
Compatible with any 40-pin device that conforms to the standard pin-out used by the PIC16F877 or PIC18C452, the PICDEM.net board supports Ethernet and RS-232 interfaces and incorporates Xmodem firmware to download web pages into on-board serial EEPROM.
A six-pin modular connector provides a direct interface to the Microchip In-Circuit Debugger (ICD), while a 16 x 2 LCD and several status indicators help to further simplify debugging.
A large breadboarding area provides board space for application-specific circuitry and for the addition of an embedded modem for integrated dial-up capabilities.
In addition to the board itself, the PICDEM.net kit is supplied with its own power supply, a User Guide, Category 5 Ethernet and DB9 serial cables and Microchip's MPLAB integrated development environment.
A copy of the Jeremy Bentham textbook, "'TCP/IP lean: web servers for embedded systems" is also provided.
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