Bringing together two areas of computer technology--networking and
embedded systems--this developer's guide offers guidance and examples
for each of these, with a focus on the special requirements and limits
of embedded systems. Because developing an embedded system for
networking requires knowledge from many areas, including circuit design,
programming, network architecture, and Ethernet and Internet protocols,
developers are given valuable technical information on each that can be
put to use right away. Covered are the advantages and limits of using
Ethernet to connect embedded systems in a local network, hardware and
program code needed to connect an embedded system to an Ethernet network
and the Internet, and how to build a network. Also discussed are how
embedded systems can use TCP/IP and related protocols and how
personal-computer applications can use the protocols to communicate with
embedded systems. Developers will learn how their Web server's pages can
include dynamic, real-time content and respond to user input.