Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Arduino Ethernet with Power over Ethernet Module

The Arduino Ethernet is a microcontroller board based on the ATmega328 (datasheet). It has 14 digital input/output pins, 6 analog inputs, a 16 MHz crystal oscillator, a RJ45 connection, a power jack, an ICSP header, and a reset button.
An optional Power over Ethernet module can be added to the board as well.
The Ethernet differs from other boards in that it does not have an onboard USB-to-serial driver chip, but has a Wiznet Ethernet interface. This is the same interface found on the Ethernet shield.
A six pin header can be connected to an FTDI cable or USB Serial board to provide USB power and communication to the board.


Summary

MicrocontrollerATmega328
Operating Voltage5V
Input Voltage Plug(limits)6-18V
Input Voltage PoE (limits)36-57V
Digital I/O Pins14 (of which 4 provide PWM output)
Arduino Pins reserved:
10 to 13 used for SPI
4 used for SD card
2 W5100 interrupt (when bridged)
Analog Input Pins6
DC Current per I/O Pin40 mA
DC Current for 3.3V Pin50 mA
Flash Memory32 KB (ATmega328) of which 0.5 KB used by bootloader
SRAM2 KB (ATmega328)
EEPROM1 KB (ATmega328)
Clock Speed16 MHz
W5100 TCP/IP Embedded Ethernet Controller
Power Over Ethernet ready Magnetic Jack
Micro SD card, with active voltage translators