We’ve said it time and again, the Arduino is a prototyping platform. In that spirit, [Doug Jackson] shows you how to conserve the expensive Arduino board and Ethernet shield by building your own ...

With SPI, an Ethernet controller easily interfaces to 8-bit microcontrollers. Connectivity keeps moving down the food chain. TCP/IP stacks for 8- and 16-bit MCUs are readily available. Yet interfacing ...

It’s no secret that Ethernet shields for the Arduino are a little expensive. With the official Ethernet shield selling for about $50 and other options not much cheaper, there’s a lot of room for ...