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02/25/04 17:49
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#65483 - RE: 8051 + WLAN (802.11b)
Responding to: ???'s previous message
You could look at the possibility of using a PCMCIA card WLAN receiver. This type of card has a much simpler processor side interface that works similar to an IDE or COMPACT FLASH card interface. If you search the web you can find examples of people having done this.

But now please consider another much greater issue. You will need a TCP/IP stack to be running on the processor AND an the underlying transport layer software for 802.11 support. I do not believe that an 8051 is going to be an effective platform on which to achieve this software implementation. It is a struggle for even a very high performance version of an 8051 to just run just a rudimentary TCP/IP stack provided that it has an Ethernet Framer and Controller to handle the physical packeting of the Ethernet.

It is my suggestion instead that you look seriously at using a wireless device that has an RJ45 on the back and have that interface to some microcontroller platform that has an onboard Ethernet MAC. Look for instance at Dallas that has a part like this in their 'C400 line. Look also at Zilog that has a part in their eZ80 ACCLAIM series. There are also others if you look with Google

Michael Karas


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8051 + WLAN (802.11b)            01/01/70 00:00      
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