Slashdot Mirror

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/21/1947222 http://d116.com/spud/

Does anyone remember the posting from a looong time ago that showed a webserver that ran off a potato? The slashdot article was at http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/21/1947222

But that turned out to be a joke. The real deal can be seen at http://d116.com/spud/

Yawn, a 10 second google search reveals that a smaller webserver has been created 9 years ago.
Nothing to see here, please move along...

There have been smaller webservers made. Just a few
http://www.webservusb.com/
https://research.sun.com/spotlight/2004-12-20_vgupta.html
http://linuxmafia.com/wearables/
http://d116.com/ace/
http://tzywen.com/photos/smallservers/sfarm2.jpg

This after 3 seconds of typing in the search "smallest web server" in google and waiting for 0.11 seconds. So what does this one make it so special?

Then there's an oldie but goodie: the World's Lowest Power Web Server, running on a single AAA battery and a bank of potatoes.

...the spud server

Does this mean we'll soon see pages proudly displaying at the bottom:

"This page hosted on a 1997 Nintendo Game Boy."
I think I'd rather see a potato-powered server....

yes they are !

Arithmetic Controller The ACE1101 (Arithmetic Controller Engine) family of microcontrollers is a dedicated programmable monolithic inte-grated circuit for applications requiring high performance, low power, and small size. It is a fully static part fabricated using CMOS technology. The ACE1101 product family has an 8-bit microcontroller core, 64 bytes of RAM, 64 bytes of data EEPROM and 1K bytes of code EEPROM. Its on-chip peripherals include a multi-function 16-bit timer, watchdog/idle timer, and programmable under-voltage detection circuitry. On-chip clock and reset functions reduce the number of required external components. The ACE1101 product family is available in 8-pin TSSOP, 8-pin DIP and 14-pin DIP packages.

• Fairchild Semi product page
• PDF Datasheet
• Newark product page ($2.47 each)
• Great page on the WebACE server and WebACE II
• Ace resources

Arithmetic Controller The ACE1101 (Arithmetic Controller Engine) family of microcontrollers is a dedicated programmable monolithic inte-grated circuit for applications requiring high performance, low power, and small size. It is a fully static part fabricated using CMOS technology. The ACE1101 product family has an 8-bit microcontroller core, 64 bytes of RAM, 64 bytes of data EEPROM and 1K bytes of code EEPROM. Its on-chip peripherals include a multi-function 16-bit timer, watchdog/idle timer, and programmable under-voltage detection circuitry. On-chip clock and reset functions reduce the number of required external components. The ACE1101 product family is available in 8-pin TSSOP, 8-pin DIP and 14-pin DIP packages.

• Fairchild Semi product page
• PDF Datasheet
• Newark product page ($2.47 each)
• Great page on the WebACE server and WebACE II
• Ace resources

I eat my words! As you can see here there is a package for the chip that supports a SLIP connection with a limited TCP/IP stack. Wow! Impressive! Granted it doesn't do a lot, but for the sort of applications it would be used for, it doesn't need to.

Huh, it looks like there is a package to do a web server Cute hack.

In fact, that seems quite pointless and the main focus of the article should be on the tiny chip

That has already been done.

Don't forget to power your web server with potatoes!

These guys found a way to recycle thier rotten potatoes into a powersuply for thier server ...

You mean a beowulf cluster of Purple-Potato-powered Servers.

Personally, I'd like to cut up a cluster of these and fry them, then do a review on the Official French Fries Pages. And with neon green ketchup from Heinz, the page will certainly be memorable.

woof.