Ethernet

Pros

debugging is easier
- talk Talk to all boards with a standard PC
- Talks to teensy
- makes testing easier, simulation easier to implement
works with pre-made tools
- wireshark for debugging / capture of the network for playback
- don't need to implement some kind of discovery protocol, just use ping
- need some other functionality? it probably already exists
  - TFTP
  - SNTP
  - PTP
  - TCP
ground hardware become trivial
- forward network packets identically
speedmore complicated protocol
- Ethernet device ICs cheap (Wiznet W5500)
Cons
- - really matters for video
- Can mix and match Ethernet chips as bandwidth needs change
Cons
- Routing is harder than CAN
  - Not harder enough to be an obstacle given current team composition
  - TI Application Note
- would need an Ethernet switch IC or several on the backplane
  - this requires routing from each board connector as well as power for the switch
- each board needs an Ethernet IC

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