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arunb
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| Where can I get a NE2000 compatible ethernet card ?? |
 Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:03 am |
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Hi,
Where do I get a NE2000 compatible ethernet card?? Is it easily available.
It would be easier for me if I get a weblink so I can read the specs for the card, also will Realtek card be OK ( These are commonly available here, they use PCI bus though). ??
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asmallri
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:06 am |
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These are very commom. You can pick them up at any flea market or PC surplus store. Most NE2000 compatible cards I have come across over the last few years have been based on the RealTek RTL8019AS.
The RealTek chip works in PCI and ISA mode but ISA is the easiest of the two to implement with a PIC.
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arunb
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 8:53 pm |
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Hello,
Thank you for the reply..
My PC store has a Realtek based card, in fact we use it in all our computers, the problem is that ISA cards are not easily available these days, is it not possible to use PCI instead,
Kindly post some info on PCI bus and how a PIC can use it.
Please also post info on using a ISA bus.
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asmallri
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| Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:04 pm |
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| arunb wrote: | Hello,
Thank you for the reply..
My PC store has a Realtek based card, in fact we use it in all our computers, the problem is that ISA cards are not easily available these days, is it not possible to use PCI instead, |
I doubt if we are talking about the same Realtek chip. The simplest once to interface to a PIC is the RTL8019AS which is a 10MBps only Ethernet controller. I would be surprised if you can buy these new on a PCI bus today.
| Quote: | | Kindly post some info on PCI bus and how a PIC can use it. |
Can't help you. I doubt it is practical to implement a PCI bus with a PIC just to do Ethernet. However, as mentioned previously, A RTL8019AS supports both PCI and ISA busses. It may be possible for you to get a PCI version and butcher the card to enable you to talk to it as though it was an ISA connection.
| Quote: | | Please also post info on using a ISA bus. |
There are lots of examples of doing this on the web.
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arunb[/quote]
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dyeatman
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Mark
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| Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:31 am |
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Just use the Microchip Ethernet chip ENC28J60. It is supposed to be in production this year. I had the guy in charge of the ENC28J60 visit me and I can't remember if he said Nov or Dec for production.
Don't want to wait, then here's one using the RTL8019AS
http://www.compsys1.com/workbench/uWEB/web_dev_board.html |
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