The answer to my prayers, thank you for the info

I was building an OpenPicus flyport, but maybe I can use this to simplfy matters, and solve my original problem with the stack.

First the datasheet...

There are few other interesting Wifi solutions .i.e. Redpine signals and  Atheros. I have tried redpine one and it works awesome

The openpicus is just a PIC24+MRF24WB0M plus a custom firmware that bootloads from their custom IDE.

It's comfy but you can do it yourself, in the end it's running the MCHP TCPIP stack just as you would.

The Microchip MRF24WBOMx modules are great, especially due to the low price, and existing code for 8bit PIC, AVR and Arduino etc.

I'm successfully using it with an ATMEGA168 (or better) and WPA2/AES encryption.

You do NOT need MCW1001A or any other chip to control it, an 8bit micro with around 6k flash to spare is enough.

They can be gotten for around 17eur/each @100pcs here:

http://se.mouser.com/Search/Refine.aspx?Keyword=mrf24wbom

Although they are probably cheaper from microchip direct.

I believe the original designer is Gainspan, but I'm not sure.

A while ago, I had a few small breakout boards fabricated for connecting a MRF24WBOMx to SPI with a single 9 pin 2.54mm header... interrupts (optional) and such are broken out.

If anyone is interested, I have a few extra boards I could send.

I've hooked up the MRF24WB0M like this: http://store.weburban.com/store-weburban/wifi.html

It's compatible with WiShield and some other Wifi libs for Arduino.

git clone git://github.com/asynclabs/WiShield.git

Info about WiShield and its' lib:

http://asynclabs.com/wiki/index.php?title=AsyncLabsWiki

I just tested compiling the web server example for atmega328, which showed Binary sketch size: 10996 bytes

Obviously text parsing (http) bloats the code tremendously, so, not recommended on an 8bit micro, unless you like to waste memory ;P

I have finally managed to get the PIC24EP512GU810-I/PF PIC24EP512GU810-I/PF Starter kit + MRF24WB0MA to run the demo web page, and so far have just toggled led's and buttons on the board.

Hi,

Thanks to the recent acquisition of RovingNetworks by Microchip, there are plenty of new 802.11B/G WiFi modules, adapters and developers kits which can be also used for embedded low power WiFi applications : http://www.rovingnetworks.com/products/Wi_Fi_Products

The modules will become easier to source on a worldwide basis in the next months through the larger global sales network from Microchip.

The modules are UART / SPI based. Any microcontroller can control them easily as the TCP/IP stack run on the WiFi module itself ;=)