- Fri Dec 09, 2005 8:15 pm
#8443
I've seen these wifi dongles for $2 at Compusa. It would be really nice and cheap if a simple interface for a microcontroller could be built with one of them.
Because they are so cheap most of the grunt work is probably done on the host, but I don't see why that grunt work could not be done with a microcontroller and some clever programming. In fact it probably would not take much clever programming because you could grab one of the linux drivers for these and just plain port it to your favorite microcontroller.
Is there something I'm missing here?
Yes you could buy a Wiport, but where is the fun in that.
Because they are so cheap most of the grunt work is probably done on the host, but I don't see why that grunt work could not be done with a microcontroller and some clever programming. In fact it probably would not take much clever programming because you could grab one of the linux drivers for these and just plain port it to your favorite microcontroller.
Is there something I'm missing here?
Yes you could buy a Wiport, but where is the fun in that.