Well.. whadda'y'know...

Howdy again

Sometimes things do go better than planned/hoped for.

I compiled CCS tcp/ip-stack and now it works.
It was that simple. I don't know what to say.

Now I need to integrate my can-module to it and start thinking the messaging from PC to end devices (gauges, instruments etc.)

Should the ethernet-can transceiver be just a dummy repeater or should it have some intelligence like buffering messages or doing error checking?

Oh yeah, now when this ethernet-thingy got done I have spent some time drawing the schematics and layout for "enddevice" pcb.
"Enddevice" is a small pcb that handles the actual instrument control. It receives/sends messages over CAN-bus to ethernet-can-transceiver (should I call it "ethernet-can"?).

Here is the drawing:



And the final (we'll see about that...) pcb layout:


The size of pcb is 36mm x 51mm. It fits nicely inside the gauge.
It could be smaller, or even tiny if I would use smd-components but there is no need for that.
At least for now...

Ah, and here is the ethernet-can-transceiver all powered up an ready to receive data over ethernet:


Stay tuned. I have feeling this project is starting to get shape now...