Project Brochure
Build anything with light
Protopixel empowers you to build anything with light effortlessly, with outstanding quality and seamless interoperability.
Take
project
designs to the next level
Develop more projects, more diverse and with greater differentiation and emotionality.
Accelerate project implementation
Add value through digital services
Improve revenue through 3x faster, more robust, future-proof execution.
Agnostic & Interoperable
Ecourage upseeling and enhance customer loyalty.
Develop differentiated projects, suitable for all sectors
Protopixel is a lighting platform that combines software, hardware, and cloud services to design, integrate, control, and manage lighting projects from start to finish. It works with all major protocols like DALI2 DMX and SPI, also including Casambi, integrating with a BMS as needed, making it technology-agnostic and future-proof.
With Protopixel, lighting professionals, estate owners and end user clients can move easily from concept to commissioning to daily operation, ensuring reliable, scalable, and flexible lighting installations.
Selected Projects
Akai Sora
At Protopixel, we brought our lighting platform to life in the Akai Sora Restaurant & Bar, transforming its atmosphere into a vibrant and dynamic space. By integrating our technology, we curated an adaptable lighting design that enhances every facet of the dining experience— from the warm, welcoming glow during dinners to
Partnered with Anoche, Difusiona
the energetic vibes during after-work gatherings and DJ sessions. Our platform ensures the perfect ambiance, making Akai Sora not just a restaurant, but a fully immersive environment where light plays a central role in creating unforgettable moments.
The restaurant features a combination of luminaires with diverse protocols that are centralized into our all-in-one platform.
Control and integration of several technologies (DALI2, SPI, Phase Cut, DMX) allow a complex orchestration and a transformation of the space depending on the time of the day and use.
1. Audio-reactive content
2. Interoperability all-in-one with DALI2, Phase Cut, DMX, SPI
3. Curated atmospheres thanks to the flexibility of combining different types of luminaires and technologies
Unique Selling Points
Sant Joan de Deu
Partnered with Lumalia
The completed installation comprises exteriormounted fixtures, remote management capabilities, and scheduled lighting configurations. Each component underwent extensive testing to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
The Protopixel Platform allowed for:
-- Installation of architectural lighting system
-- Custom mapping and control implementation
-- Integration with existing building infrastructure
The project has successfully established Hospital Sant Joan de Deu as an architectural landmark in Barcelona’s nighttime landscape.
The first Hospital in the city to feature a digital lighting facade. This project demonstrates how healthcare facilities can balance architectural presence with operational requirements through thoughtful design and reliable technologies. It stems from the collaboration between all parties: LUMALIA’s technical expertise in implementation, ARTEC’s architectural vision, and Protopixel’s lighting control technology. The project serves as a model for large-scale architectural lighting in healthcare environments.
These features provide great flexibility and allow the use of the facade as a communication element between the hospital and the citizens.
Illa Diagonal
Partnered with Lumalia
L’illa Diagonal, the first shopping center built in Barcelona, underwent an ambitious renovation project with a budget of 35 million euros. Led by the prestigious architectural firm Batlleiroig, the aim of this project is to redefine the shopping, art, and cultural experience offered by L’illa Diagonal. The center, which spans an impressive 35,000 square meters and boasts 170 stores, attracts
approximately 14 million visitors annually. Working in collaboration with the renowned architectural firm Batlleiroig and the studio Lighting Artec, Lumalia Studio has brought to life a dynamic 1,100 square meter installation that serves as a testament to the integration of architecture and lighting design.
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Simon SWITCH
Partnered with Simon Electric
SWITCH, the new headquarters for Simon, has been designed by renowned interior designer Antoni Arola, in collaboration with Jordi Tamayo. The architectural design was handled by b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos, with respectful rehabilitation of the original factory, emphasizing its industrial heritage while modernizing it for contemporary use. Protopixel’s Platform was key in achieving the desired lighting for the building.
The Protopixel Platform enabled adaptable lighting to meet the building’s needs through its agnostic and interoperable capabilities, providing precise control and customization. Dynamic lighting was implemented on the façade, winter patio, and multipurpose wellness room (using DMX and SPI for RGBW control). In the showroom, indoor dynamic and functional luminaires were installed (SPI and DALI2 spotlights with Tunable White).
1. User comfort through lighting
2. Manages multiple protocols (DMX, SPI, DALI2) with seamless integration and interoperability
3. BMS integration with emergency response coordination and synchronization with environmental factors
Unique Selling Points
The installation, mapped in the Project Tool, includes motion sensors for energy saving, Simon IO button panels for analog control, and the Protopixel App for digital control. All dynamic content was designed using the Protopixel Suite for project design, implementation, and deployment. Protopixel manages a variety of luminaires with different control types: on/off, DALI2, SPI, and DMX for outdoor lighting on the patio. This comprehensive control ensures that all lighting needs are met efficiently and effectively.
Equipped with daylight and motion sensors, the Protopixel Platform reduces energy consumption and is integrated with the building management system (BMS). This integration allows the BMS to send commands to Protopixel during emergencies, ensuring synchronized lighting across the building for coordinated responses.
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Mineirao Stadium
The Mineirão Stadium, officially known as Estádio Governador Magalhães Pinto, is a renowned football stadium located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The stadium features an automation network composed of Protopixel equipment. This network enables the creation of a wide range of pre-programmed lighting effects that can be synchronized with music and on-field attractions remotely, using Protopixel’s Remote Access.
Partnered with Simon Electric
Mineirão will become the third stadium in Brazil to implement LED lighting, following the Morumbi Stadium in 2019 and the Allianz Parque in the previous year. This lighting upgrade not only enhances the visual experience for spectators but also contributes to energy efficiency and the overall development of the stadium’s infrastructure.
With the new LED technology, energy consumption will be reduced to less than half of the current: 800 kWh. The responsiveness of the lighting system has also improved, enabling instant activation and deactivation of the projectors. Previously, it would take approximately 15 minutes for the entire lighting system to fully illuminate, whereas now, it’s instantaneous, similar to turning on the lights at home.
Torre Glòries
The intervention Mix & Match put in the hands of thousands of people the possibility of drawing anything on the skin of the city’s iconic landmark. Controlled by tablets through our software Create, the façade of the Tower became during the 3 days of the festival an unmissable attraction for the public who went to the Poblenou neighborhood, the urban venue of the massive event. Since 2011, thanks to
Merlin Properties, the company that owns the emblematic building designed by the prestigious architect Jean Nouvel, Protopixel has provided the technology and professional services for the lighting of the Tower, designing each and every one of the dozens of animations that have been seen over the years.
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The upgrade of an existing installation that went from being underutilised due to the complexity of the control system, to becoming a dynamic element for the city and an asset for MERLIN, thanks to the ease of deploying new content offered by Protopixel.
Unique Selling Points
Products Protopixel
Project Products
Product Classification
Project Products serve as centralized devices for advanced and orchestrated control, offering both wired and wireless setups for managing multiple luminaires seamlessly.
Luminaire Products
User
Interfaces
Software Tools
Accesories
Luminaire Products are crafted for seamless integration within or near luminaires, providing straightforward lighting solutions with an emphasis on simplicity and functionality.
User interfaces tools to enhance usability through intuitive controls.
Protopixel’s Software Tools facilitate project creation, design, and implementation for comprehensive lighting management through intuitive interfaces and advanced control functions.
Peripheral devices or additional elements, both required and useful, to complement lighting setups, enhancing functionality and compatibility within Protopixel’s ecosystem.
Software Tools
Protopixel’s Software Tools facilitate project creation, design, and implementation for comprehensive lighting management through intuitive interfaces and advanced control functions.
Project Tool
Software for managing lighting projects. It handles floorplan setup, luminaire control, space mood management, scheduler configuration, and is compatible with DALI devices. It also offers a WebSocket API for real-time control. It integrates different technologies while remaining agnostic and interoperable.
Mapping Tool
Pixel-to-pixel control tool, supports the creation of static and dynamic lighting scenes, interactive content using Python scripts, as well as the integration of image content from other software using NDI technology.
Software Tools
Protopixel App
The Protopixel App allows you to connect to a Project tool installation running on a node on the same network. With this app, you can see and control all elements, spaces, moods, and behaviors of your lighting project, depending on their capabilities. You can also create moods and apply them, as well as create behaviors for buttons and sensors.
Project Products
Project Products serve as centralized devices for advanced and orchestrated control, offering both wired and wireless setups for managing multiple luminaires seamlessly.
Brain Experience
Brain
Brains Gates
Autonomous, powerful, miniaturized orchestrator that integrates easily with Protopixel Controllers and all lighting systems.
Compact orchestrator that supports one DALI universe and one DMX universe, making it highly adaptable.
Brain PRO
Gate Casambi
Gate SPI Wired
Gate SPI Wired Long-Range
Gate DALI Wired
Gate DALI Wireless
Scaled-up Brain for even more robust powerful orchestrations. Coming soon.
Integrate Casambi devices seamlessly into Protopixel and expand possibilities: effortless configuration, control, and real-time status overview through a floor plan interface.
LED SPI controller with dual output and an integrated micro SD card reader. It can control up to 2400 RGB pixels, most IC’s through Ethernet or Wi-Fi. It can orchestrate with up to 10 Gates in standalone mode.
LED SPI Controller for large-scale projects, up to 330 meters wiring, with 8 SPI outlets to control up to 9600 RGB pixel LEDs in total.
Ethernet to DALI2 communication device (DT6, DT7, DT8). Allows control over 64 gears or 64 input devices.
Wireless (Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) DALI converter, for up to 15 adressable luminaires or 0/1-10V signals.
Protopixel Brain Experience
Protopixel Brain
User Interfaces
Simon iO 270 Keypad
DALI Sensor
DALI Switches
Smart switch from Simon iO 270 compatible with the Protopixel Platform.
Input signal sensor to automate daylight functionalities or presence behaviours.
Control and manage DALI2 installations with any kind of keypads or digital input accesories for standard switches.
Luminaire Products
Enablers
Product Enabler DALI Wireless
Luminaire Products are crafted for seamless integration within or near luminaires, providing straightforward lighting solutions with an emphasis on simplicity and functionality.
Product Enabler PCB SPI
Product Enabler Chip
Wireless DALI converter (supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi) designed to manage up to 15 lighting fixtures or 0/1-10V signals as a unified group.
Compact solution for single-output pixel LED lighting. Perfect for built-in luminaires with limited space, it allows the driver to be installed remotely.
Coming soon
Accesories
Peripheral devices or additional elements, both required and useful, to complement lighting setups, enhancing functionality and compatibility within Protopixel’s ecosystem.
CASAMBI Lithernet, Network Router, DALI Luminaires, SPI LED Strips, DMX LED Strips, BUS, SPI Product, DALI Product, DMX Washer, DALI Driver, DALI Relay, DALI Switch, amongst others.
Protopixel Architecture
