OK, so here’s a little followup to one of my previous posts. I’ve got a robot, that I want to be able to control from a web page. This means I have a PIC controller (an Arduino) controlling some motors, sensors, etc, that I need to be able to access from a web page. I wrote a little app using .NET that listens on the TCP wire for a command, and then converts it to a serial command which it sends to the PIC. Quite handy, as with this app, you could write your own controller for serial devices such as alarms, sensors, power supplies, etc. and take complete control of your rack from anywhere in the world.

I’ve updated the code for the web page, together with the serial controller to allow you to specify the serial port to target, and the command to send, as well as provide feedback to the page, so now it’s async and gives you much more control. You can review the code here if you want to see it, or you can connect and control the camera if you want to see it in action. Registration is required, but it’s so I can control access, I’m not using your email for any other purpose.