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Hi,

I'd like to use an HTML webpage for the purpose of controlling a robot, using the Wifi Dipcortex for wireless connectivity.

Does anyone know what would be the simplest way of acquiring connectivity between the module and a webpage? Would it be best to use the Kitchensink example project as a basis and modifying it to communicate with a webpage instead of putty?

Cheers,

Tom

You could use the HTTP client library on mbed, perhaps have it fetch www.yourdomain.com/commands.txt on a timer. you could then create a php script that gives you an interface and writes commands to this file.

This method bypasses any NAT issues as your making the dipcortex fetch the data.

Thanks for the reply Carl.

I've done a little bit of googling around the topic and some sources suggest that using an HTTP Server on the mbed itself is the best way to go about it. I have absolutely no experience in this type of thing so it could be quite a challenge!

I`m using about 7 different platform for my project right now, each platform as its advantages and disadvantages.
If you just want simple control of a robot etc , try looking at the flyport platform , it will not do half of the stuff which mbed will do , but having a web page with ajax control ouputs / inputs that`s flyport does best.