Arduino Ethernet shield is based on W5100 ethernet chip which provides a network stack capable of both TCP and UDP. The module allows Arduino to connect with internet without operation system. This ethernet module supports 4 simultaneous socket connection.
RoboElements has the latest version of Arduino Ethernet shield so it has a micro SD card slot and a reset controller. By using the SD card, it stores the data serving over the internet. Reset controller ensures that the W5100 Module is properly reset on power-up.
Features
- Ethernet shield allows Arduino to connect to the internet
- Has SD card slot to save data
- No soldering required to connect with Arduino. Directly plug puzzle board
- Compatible with all the version of Arduino
- Connection speed: 10/100Mb
- No external power needed
- Arduino communicates with both W5100 and SD card using SPI bus
- Shield provides standard RJ45 ethernet jack
LED and indication
- PWR: Board is powered
- LINK: the presence of network and flashes when transmits or receives data
- 100M: the presence of 100Mb/s network connection
- FULLD: a network connection is a full duplex
- COLL: flashes on detection of network collision
- RX: flashes when receives data
- TX: flashes when transmits data
Instrcutions
- Ethernet library comes in Arduino 0019
- SD card library is not yet included in Arduino distribution.
- W5100 and SD card share SPI bus, so only one can be active at a time
- While using both peripherals in the programme, corresponding libraries should be taken care of.
- If one of the peripherals used in the programme, then the maker needs to explicitly deselect it. To do so
- For SD card: set pin 4 as output and write a high for it
- For W5100: set digital pin 10 as a high output
