Ethernet module uses free open-source stack

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 14, 2004

New from TR Control Solutions is the Charon II embedded Ethernet module.

New from TR Control Solutions is the Charon II embedded Ethernet module.

Charon II is an open source, low-cost embedded Ethernet module designed to enable designers to easily add Ethernet connectivity to existing products or to quickly produce a completely new Ethernet-enabled product.

Charon II is based upon the AVR Atmega 128 MCU and a free open-source RTOS and TCP/IP stack known as the Ethernut project.

By using either the freely available Gnu AVR C Compiler Collection for Linux and Windows, or the commercially supported ImageCraft AVR C Compiler for Windows, developers can create custom applications from the Ethernut source code.

The Ethernut licence provides royalty-free, commercial use of the source code, in both open and closed source projects.

A Charon II development kit is available which includes a Charon II module, a development board, cables, a variety of peripherals and a CD containing a user guide and the appropriate firmware to get started.