Animation Architectures

Standalone Microcontrollers

Master Microcontroller driving slave Microcontrollers

PC driving a microcontroller

PC driving a commercial controller

PC driving a network, which communicated with microcontrollers

PC driving a network, which communicates with commercial controllers

Networks can be:

Ethernet/Wifi DMX

Layer 2/3 protocols include:

TCP/IP UDP

Layer 4+ protocols include:

DMX MQTT ArtNet SACN