I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement. 

The problem comes in connecting the wifi module to WLAN and which TCP/IP
protocols to use in order to establish a successful transfer of information
from the PC to the PIC MCU?....Thanks

	   
					
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On Oct 2, 11:09 am, "que63" <a...@n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com> wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement.

You can rule out PIC18 for TCP/IP WiFi.  You need lot of memories.

>
> The problem comes in connecting the wifi module to WLAN and which TCP/IP
> protocols to use in order to establish a successful transfer of information
> from the PC to the PIC MCU?....Thanks

PIC24FJ256 should do, with a USB WiFi adapter call Android.  Anyway,
that's what we are doing.

In article <I...@giganews.com>, abdique63
@n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com says...
> 
> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement. 

Be sure you're picking an ethernet part.
Not all pic18 support this.
For the microchip TCPIP stack at least 128kb rom and 64kb ram are 
required I think.
You'd be best of with a pic32, but it's a totally new architecture.

Then on how to exchange data: you have many options.
There are a number of way to use custom sockets with Microchip TCPIP 
stack, but I can't give you any advice as I haven't personally used any.

Claudio

On 2011-10-03, Claude <e...@tiscali.it> wrote:
> In article <I...@giganews.com>, abdique63
> @n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com says...
>> 
>> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
>> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
>> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
>> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
>> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement. 
>
> Be sure you're picking an ethernet part.

Why would he want or need an Ethernet part to interface to a MRF24WB0MA?

-- 
John W. Temples, III

On Oct 5, 9:12 am, John Temples <use...@xargs-spam.com> wrote:
> On 2011-10-03, Claude <erup...@tiscali.it> wrote:
>
> > In article <IcWdnW8-tMJCNRXTnZ2dnUVZ_g2dn...@giganews.com>, abdique63
> > @n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com says...
>
> >> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
> >> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
> >> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
> >> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
> >> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement.
>
> > Be sure you're picking an ethernet part.
>
> Why would he want or need an Ethernet part to interface to a MRF24WB0MA?

Why would he interface it at all. Yet another undocumented wifi
part. "Works with the free tcp stack", great.
If I need something which "works with", I'd go for a readily available
TV-set, phone, notebook, whatever.
If I design a part in I expect it to be documented so I can at least
talk to it if not reprogram it.
But this is the wifi reality today, unfortunately. Someone(s?) was
busy
buying out and killing all documented wifi parts which used to be on
the market at the beginning and nobody in the trade seems to notice
or object that.

Dimiter

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que63 skrev 2011-10-02 20:09:
> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement.
>
> The problem comes in connecting the wifi module to WLAN and which TCP/IP
> protocols to use in order to establish a successful transfer of information
> from the PC to the PIC MCU?....Thanks
>
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Have a look at the WiFi stuff at http://www.hd-wireless.se/
There is a module which has a UART interface.

http://www.hd-wireless.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id0

I think you can get the stuff through Arrow.
If you can skip the PIC, there is ready software for AVR32s.

BR
Ulf Samuelsson

On 2 ïËÔ, 21:09, "que63" <a...@n_o_s_p_a_m.gmail.com> wrote:
> I am looking for suggestions on which PIC MCU to use with MRF24WB0MA (wifi
> transceiver module which is compatible with PC18/24/32 and dsPIC)....I want
> to send messages (80 chars) from my PC to this MCU through wifi and display
> it on a 20 by 4 LCD. I plan to make my whole module to be battery powered
> and I found out that the PIC18F1220 supports this requirement.
>
> The problem comes in connecting the wifi module to WLAN and which TCP/IP
> protocols to use in order to establish a successful transfer of information
> from the PC to the PIC MCU?....Thanks
>
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www.olimex.com/dev check for MOD-WIFI there is demo web server done
with this module and PIC32-MX460LCD but it will work with any of our
PIC board which have UEXT connector, Microchip web stack provide easy
way to make TCP-IP to RS232 bridge

Best regards
Tsvetan