Ether Card
€5.00 - €19.50
The Ether Card is an add-on for the Carrier Board, which in turn is made to fit perfectly in a small plastic box. It has three 6-pin headers on the side (only 8 pins on 2 of the headers are used).
This card is based on the good ol' trusty ENC29J60 chip, and is designed 100% for through-hole components, making it very easy to solder and assemble. The resulting configuration will work on any 10/100 Mbit Ethernet LAN. A small TO-92 voltage regulator is used to supply the 3.3V needed by the ethernet chip, but there is room for a larger TO-220 type regulator.
The Kit version includes the PCB, and all the components needed to complete the board, including an RJ-45 MagJack with built-in pulse transformers + LEDs, and three 6-pin headers.
The PCB only version contains just the board. No parts, no headers.
The documentation and full design details are freely available.
Note that the Ether Card is also compatible with 5V boards, such as the Arduino and RBBB. It only needs 4..6 I/O lines + power.