Sync serial bridging over Ethernet, was Re: [HECnet] Multi-floor household (DECnet) routing help needed

[Ian McLaughlin]

I'm not working on anything now - I just came up with the idea.   I did some Googling, and there seems to be commercial units, all around $1K per end (async is much cheaper).

Microcontrollers and digital electronics is another one of my hobbies.   Async serial is simple for a microcontroller to handle.   I've never actually looked to see if there's any synchronous libraries out there.

Wrapping the data in UDP is simple.   The HDLC layer could deal with error detection/correction.

The problem is finding surplus time to embark on this.   Maybe a few of us could collaborate on it?

Ian

On 2013-01-17, at 10:07 PM, Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 01/18/2013 12:41 AM, Ian McLaughlin wrote:
I wonder if there'd be any interest in cobbling up a little
microcontroller circuit that could convert synchronous serial to
Ethernet.   We could use these to emulate leased lines on equipment
that doesn't even have Ethernet boards.

YES.   Are you working with that sort of stuff?   I ask because I am and
could probably do it.

                        -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

Hello!
That is a truly amazing idea. What sort of adapters are the both of
you thinking of?

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