PIC && WiFi suggestions

[jellis00]

That sounds like a lot of current for a battery operated device. How much does the MatchPort draw?

It looks like all WiFi modules will draw in the 250mA area when transmitting.

You might look at the ConnectOne Mini Socket iWiFi. You send it AT commands - there's an example (wired or WiFi will be nearly identical) in the new Ethernet section here. I suspect but do not know for certain that there's an AT command to wake it from deep sleep mode.

Thanks so much, Dave, for this info. I checked out the MiniSocket from ConnectOne and have a couple of questions:
1) I couldn't find the "new Ethernet Section" and would like to read the example you mention that is located there. Can you be more specific as to how to find the "Ethernet Section" url location on their MiniSocket web page?
2) You mention in another post that the MiniSocket only consumes 8 uA in sleep mode, yet the data sheet I see says it consumes 8 mA in power save mode and 40 uA in deep sleep mode. Can you please clarify where your "8 uA" comes from?
3) I checked the AT+i Progammers Guide and I couldn't find an AT+i command to awaken the MiniSocket from PC side. I sent a question on this via email to ConnectOne and will let you know answer when I receive it.
4) Do you have an PicBasic Pro code that you have developed for use with the MiniSocket for the PIC MCU serial interface (RS232, RS485 or UART??) that you could share with me?

[dhouston]

Thanks so much, Dave, for this info. I checked out the MiniSocket from ConnectOne and have a couple of questions:

1. It was added to the PicBasic Forum - Communications section a few days ago. Here's a direct link to mackrackit's code.

2. It probably came from conflating the values you cite in a quick scan of the product brief.

3. They are usually quite prompt in response.

4. mackrackit's code cited above will serve as well as anything else. The AT commands are the same although there may be differences in details and configuration.

As I noted recently in another thread I usually use ZBasic for projects that need more than 8 pins. It nearly eliminates development time and can cost as little as $10 for the smallest of their chips. However, I don't believe there's any way to put their chips to sleep in a really low drain mode. You can with a PIC but I believe you need to use the ASM sleep commands to do this. It's been too long for my feeble old brain to recall details and I lost a network HDD that had nearly all of my older projects a few months back.