Comments on: How-To: Web server on a business card (Part 2)

By: Ramon

Ramon — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:28:13 +0000

Wow Ben, that looks nice, can I contact you in any way about your project?

My email address is: ramonvanbruggen[AT]gmail[.COM]

Thanks!

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:44:22 +0000

I have been working on a similar project for a while now. Instead of a 16-bit PIC and SD card, it uses an 8-bit PIC and 4MB Atmel DataFlash chip. I think it turned out quite well, though. Especially since I hand-wrote everything in assembly :-)

When the server is up (most of the time), you can find it at http://benlaskowski.is-a-geek.net:8000/ .

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:55:42 +0000

Just a note for anyone attempting this project as-is: SparkFun changed the microSDcard holder they sell, but didn’t change the part number. This has caused problems for a few people. SparkFun has the footprint for their new SD card holder so you can update your PCB, but it’s a more difficult part to hand-solder.

By: Dave (VA7DB)

Dave (VA7DB) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:25:19 +0000

Ian very kindly gave us all a page with a link to where the live Micro Server is running and discussion of firmware mods etc is taking place. This is an especially good place for folks new to the project to see how it all functions and get access to the latest topics, FAQ’s etc.
http://whereisian.com/forum/index.php?topic=51.0

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 02:00:34 +0000

Hey Ian,
Thanks very much for the pointer mate….
much appreciated.
Dave

By: Ian Lesnet

Ian Lesnet — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:28:38 +0000

@dave - There's some discussion of this project going on here, you can post code updates there too. I can put the main source files in an SVN if there's interest.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:19:35 +0000

Hi Boris,yes it appears to lock up occasionally, not sure of the reason yet, will investigate with Wireshark…..as for the load speed in your question above, the unit is fairly slow due to it’s limited capacity. I kept my pics to a few dozen Kb as larger Mb files take a minute or so.
great little project though, enjoying it thoroughly.
I’ll reset it now, try again….may have to add a regularly timed reset into the code if we cannot find the cause of the lock ups.
Dave

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:09:10 +0000

Dear Ian,

I’d like to know what is the performance of the web server, how much time does it take to download for example a 1Mb zip, or jpeg, or something. If someone else knows the answer please let me know!

Thank You!

@dave If I try to open the web page on your site it says “Not found.”
Although I can ping that address from command line.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 01:59:35 +0000

Well the beast is up and running, due to our local ISP we had to rework the code to run on port 81 and utilize a redirector page to access it cos of dynamic IP suppied by said provider (Telus) here in Vancouver area of Canada.
Check it out live at: http://microserver.yolasite.com/
Thanks to Ian Lesnet and Hack A Day for hosting his wonderful little project.
Dave (VA7DB)

By: lunchboxrts

lunchboxrts — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:36:41 +0000

does anyone have an extra bare pcb? i noticed that some of you received and extra pcb with out components and i am in need of one. contact me at lunchboxrts at gmail dot com

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:02:10 +0000

Board built and ready to program PIC, need help with ICSP (which circuit to use..I found the various messages very confusing )
Any helpful pointers appreciated…..can’t afford the Microchip (commercial) programmers!
Thanks Dave

By: Igor Peixoto

Igor Peixoto — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:53:32 +0000

I found a 3M microSD card holder that uses the same footprint of the one sold by SparkFun but much cheaper $1.19
Mouser Part#: 517-2908-05WB-MG

Peixoto.

By: leblanc meneses

leblanc meneses — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Were can i find the programming interface (api)
to access get and post variables provided by user through form postbacks and url query strings?

Would there be a sample online that has a simple example.. i’ll be able to extend it after that.

-lm

By: Anass

Anass — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 23:17:27 +0000

Can this code work with a pic18 ? (in that way i can use extra pins)

By: Paolo

Paolo — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:16:59 +0000

I did get the HTTPExecCmd command working. Now i can control the LED0 and LED1 on the board via the web page, but i’m still trying to get the httpgetvar working. Send me a email (perostoka@gmail[dot]com), ‘ll talk and we can share our knowledge.
Paolo