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Hackspace has a couple of dangerous/expensive bits of equipment which we need to control access to, both for safety reasons and to stop untrained people damaging them. At present this is done by sharing locations of keys, but this is not very hacker-like. | Hackspace has a couple of dangerous/expensive bits of equipment which we need to control access to, both for safety reasons and to stop untrained people damaging them. At present this is done by sharing locations of keys, but this is not very hacker-like. | ||
A solution is a control device consisting of a box in which you put your membership RFID card, which enables the machine for as long as your card is in the box. | A solution is a control device consisting of a box in which you put your membership RFID card, which enables the machine for as long as your card is in the box. This can also act as an automatic electronic logbook for the device. | ||
The Hackspace will agree to buy at least 3 of these and will pay a reasonable premium to someone who can design, build and test them. This sounds like it could be a nifty commercial project with relatively few modifications. | The Hackspace will agree to buy at least 3 of these and will pay a reasonable premium to someone who can design, build and test them. This sounds like it could be a nifty commercial project with relatively few modifications. | ||
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* Ideally sub-£60. | * Ideally sub-£60. | ||
* Ability for super-users to program new cards from the device - this should result in a callback to the membership server to verify it. | * Ability for super-users to program new cards from the device - this should result in a callback to the membership server to verify it. | ||
* Easy to program/modify (i.e. Linux instead of microcontroller code) | * Easy to program/modify (i.e. Linux instead of microcontroller code). | ||
* Ability to monitor "actual" hours run - i.e. how long the laser cutter tube is actually on for. (This could potentially be done using a current transformer sensor.) | |||
==Potential design== | ==Potential design== | ||
