Embedded Ethernet Capable Devices |
Here's the summarized results of the survey I did. If you find errors or omissions, or just have a comment, let me know!
| Device Name | Raw Cost | Embedded Cost | Additional Needs | Developers Cost |
Features |
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| Language | Web Server | FTP | Telnet | Remote Updates | Serial | I/O | Support | Other | ||||||
| EtherNut | $120 | $120 | power | $165 | C, asm | Y | Y | Y | RS-232 | 24-dig, 8-anal |
web, email | |||
| Rabbit | $50 | $60 | power | $239 | Dynamic C | Y | Y | Y | $129 additional card | RS-232 | 26 total | web email | chipset available | |
| Picoweb | $79 | $79 | power | $150 | Pcode, C | Y | limited | N | N | N | RS232 | 16 dig | ||
| TINI | $55 | $78 | Carrier board, CAN transceivers, power |
$100 | Java | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | RS-232, CAN | web email | chipset available | |
| XPORT | 3.3 v power | C | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | RS232 | 2 | very small | ||||
| EmbeddedEthernet | $70 | $90 | host uC | |||||||||||
| EmbeddedEther | $70 | $90 | host uC | |||||||||||
| EDTP | $25/$30 | host uC | ||||||||||||
| EDTP | $75/$95 | $75/$95 | incl. PIC16F877 | |||||||||||
Ext. Eth. x-frmr |
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| IPC@CHIP | $180 | +$ | 80186 | RS-232 | some | embedded PC, flash disk, etc | ||||||||
| emWare | ? | s/w that you install in your product | ? | |||||||||||
| MCB167-NET | ? | ? | C, Asm | $ | $ | $ | $ | RS-232 | CAN | web | ||||
Why do you suppose that none of these are "the product"? All are designed to be installed into a socket on the product. So, they often exclude the 3 terminal regulator, or the Ethernet transformer, or holes to mount to a case, and so on... It seems to me that if they repackaged a version of these things small, but complete, they would sell more of them, since the end user would simply mount and harness it in...
Part of the answer is in how you use it. There are circumstances where just a wee bit more and they'd have a full product. In one of my use cases, I need a PS/2 keyboard socket, and a 5volt drive circuit to power a remote device. You won't find these as standard equipment... (although they would fit into a small prototyping area ;)
In many cases, there is a difference between the raw and embedded cost. It may be that their is a carrier board required, or it may require an external Ethernet transformer, and so on.
The best link is to google, and then create the search of your choice. There are quite a few users of each of these, some harder to discover than others.