Live VM2 Web Server Demo
Features
The server demo makes use of:- TCP/IP networking
- Ethernet interface
- HTTPServer object
- Memory Card interface
- File System
- Multi tasking
- Network Time Protocol
As a demonstration of the VM2's
ability to run web server based applications we mounted a VM2 on a
standard application board, fitted a memory card, and connected the
Ethernet port to our office network. You can access it though our
broadband connection on this link:
live web server demo.
We programmed the VM2 to simulate a simple control system, showing its state via a web page that is updated every two seconds. This page allows you to make simple changes to the state of the system using HTML form controls. You can also browse some information pages while the control system runs continuously in the background.
Note that the VM2 can serve web pages at typical broadband speeds, however the speed you see on the demo may be limited by the speed of our ADSL line, as the page is being sent in the slow ("upload") direction and there may be other traffic on the same connection.