Great work, Petri. It's good to see more new hardware coming on stream and I wish you every success with it.
Adrian www.memorylanecomputing.com On 15/02/2012 22:10, Petri Pellinen wrote: > Hi everyone, > > in case anyone is interested, there's a pic of the second prototype version > of an ethernet / TCP/IP expansion card for the QL available on Flickr: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/petrip/6883064083/ > > Fresh off the production line, it was finished tonight :) And the amazing > thing is that it actually works. To me, the hardware side of things was the > scary/educational part of the project. Now I feel confident that this > prototype can be used as a nice starting point for prototype v3 with an > actual printed circuit board. > > I was forced to take a long (10 months!) break from all hobbies due to > hectic personal/business life but finally had some time to put this second > version together. Now that I have hardware that can actually be handled > without fear of tearing a wire loose I can concentrate on the software side > of things. I have the source code for a rudimentary socket layer interface > for the WizNet module (the TCP-IP-on-a-chip on the board) and will try to > compile something with it. A very simple command line HTTP client would > probably be an interesting starting point as that would open up all kinds > of possibilities (file download, REST client, etc). > > Best regards, > Petri > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
