Web Server On a Business Card 169
mollyhackit writes "We've seen tiny Web servers in the past, but rarely ones that are home-built. Here's a guide to building your own tiny web server with a footprint no larger than a business card. The design uses two major chips. One handles the SPI to MAC/PHY translation for the ethernet jack. The other chip is a PIC24F, which hosts a simple web server and reads files stored on a microSD card. All components run at a low 3.3 volts. Part of the compactness of the design comes from the PIC24F having programmable pins; only four jumper wires were needed. The single-sided SMD design is easy to manufacture at home. Part 1 covered many of the 24F's features and both posts have full code available."
If every a server was going to be slashdotted.... (Score:5, Funny)
If every a server was going to be slashdotted....
Re:As big as a business card eh? (Score:4, Funny)
I don't have any 1cm thick business cards
Loser. I have hundreds!
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Might be actually useful... (Score:5, Funny)
This webserver would fit inside a medium sized LAMP...
Re:As big as a business card eh? (Score:5, Funny)
Is that a web server in your pocket sir, or are you just happy to see me?
Re:And this is news why? (Score:4, Funny)
"We've seen tiny Web servers in the past, but rarely ones that are home-built."
You couldn't even bother to read the first sentence of the summary?
best first every! (Score:5, Funny)
best first every!
Sure it sounds cool/hot. (Score:5, Funny)
"As a controls engineer I can just imagine tracking the temp in every room of my house with respect to outside temp and setting up a sweet PID controller on my thermostat to control temps much better than a single temp sensor in a central location in the house. Toss some flappers into the air ducts and you could probably set up a house to keep a temp +-5 degrees throughout the entire house."
Or I could buy a programmable thermostat that does all that.
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:4, Funny)
I don't understand this obsession with making things smaller and smaller - I want my stuff to be bigger and bigger. For example, I have my web server inside an old Cray Y-MP shell (not with original hardware, mind you). Then again, I live in an old church and have plenty of room to spare...
Re:As big as a business card eh? (Score:5, Funny)
When I see a really good looking woman, I might want her. But, if the woman is really really good looking, I might say to myself "that's some really expensive pussy. Can I afford it?"
Having a web server built right into my wallet is very convenient. I can check the balance without taking my wallet out of my pants. Smoothness counts in such situations.
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:3, Funny)
Or a Cray-2 with little plastic fish floating around, but the Fluorinert would probably bankrupt you :-)
Re:As big as a business card eh? (Score:4, Funny)
Ah! A car metaphor! I didn't even plan that.
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wireless Connectivity (Score:4, Funny)
Dunno.
Re:Sure it sounds cool/hot. (Score:3, Funny)
Probably not in the least. Probably just a on off with some built in hysteresis. Exactly the reason to do something like this.
Now... where did I put that Matlab 2008b CD. Simulink and XPC to control a 1700 sq.ft. house a bit over kill? :)
Debate (Score:4, Funny)
Geek 1: "I won't be satisfied until I need an electron microscope to see my web server!"
Geek 2: "I won't be satisfied until I need a crane to plug in my web server!"
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:5, Funny)
Would that make them Cray-fish [wikipedia.org]?
Re:If every a server was going to be slashdotted.. (Score:3, Funny)
Can you fit an ENIAC in that church?
Could you imagine... (Score:4, Funny)
...a Rolidex Cluster of these?