A practical Introduction to communication protocols in digital arts

A key rquirement for Digital Media practitioners and artists is the ability to connect different hardware and software. To enable this communication a myriad of protocols have been developed including MIDI, Serial, DMX, OSC, Ethernet , SPI etc. The student and re- searcher working in the Digital Art domain needs to be fully confident in the use of such protocols. The aim of this project is to survey the most common communication protocols used in the Digital Art domain and create a substantial information resource (in PDF and as an online WIKI). It is intended that this source will be a  one stop shop for student studying digital art who are need of information regarding communication protocols.