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Hamming is a mini itx type thing donated by [[User:Aden]]. It's an old Via something or other and not very good. It was frontdoorbot at one point.
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| name = Hamming <!-- Name of the item. -->
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| image = Hackspace_Unknown.png <!-- Image of the item. Leave with placeholder image if none exists. -->
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| model = Raspberry Pi 2 <!-- Model -->
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| category = Equipment <!-- Main category. Please leave alone to keep item in this category -->
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| subcat = Systems <!-- Sub-category if one exists. Please check main listing to see other categories contained within the main one -->
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| status = Under construction <!-- Set to one of; Good working order, Faulty, Out of order, Under construction, Out of consumables, Scrapped, or Unknown -->
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| consumables = Unknown <!-- Any items used up in normal operation, such as; ink, paper, saw-blades, cutting disks, oil, etc.. -->
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| accessories = Unknown <!-- Any items associated with the equipment but not consumable, such as; drill bits, safety gloves, goggles, etc.. -->
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| reqtraining = Unknown <!-- Is training required to use this equipment? Yes or no. -->
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| trainlink = Unknown <!-- If training is required, provide a link to training signup or contact page. Otherwise leave blank. -->
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| acnode = No <!-- Is the equipment ACnode locked? -->
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| owner = LHS <!-- Provide a link to owners members page if other than LHS -->
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| origin = Yvanj <!-- If via pledge, please link to the completed pledge page on the wiki -->
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| location = Ground floor, middle room <!-- Floor, room/zone and location within that area -->
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| maintainers = Sysadmin team!-- If someone is nominated as managing the upkeep of this item, please list them here. No links please; it currently breaks the template. -->
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| template_ver = 1.1 <!-- Please do not change. Used for tracking out-of-date templates -->
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Is connected to a 7(? lots anyway) powered usb port so it can run [[Project:Notification_Board]] and [[Orange_led_strips]].
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Hamming is a Raspberry Pi 2.  Hamming was named after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamming Richard Hamming] who invented the Hamming Code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing (or Hamming bound), and the Hamming distance.
  
It's also connected to some speakers so it can do the glados voices as well.
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It used to run a the daemons for the  [[Project:Notification_Board|Notification Board]].
  
It does have 2 x hard drives in RAID1, which is nice. It also runs X and can do TV out (maybe) so could connect to one of the CRT TV's for extra grimy retro ness.
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At 447 Hackney Road, Hamming previously ran the [[Orange_led_strips| Orange LED Strip Moving Sign]] and [[Project:Infotec_displays|National Rail clock]] connected via a powered USB hub. The Raspberry Pi 2 hardware was kindly donated by [[User:Yvanj]]
  
Useful note for crashes / restarts etc - run <pre>export AUDIODEV=hw:0,0</pre> before rebooting listeners.sh or PulseAudio won't work.
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It now runs voice announcers and doorbell at Ujima House.

Revision as of 18:05, 2 December 2019

Hamming
Hackspace Unknown.png
Model Raspberry Pi 2
Sub-category Systems
Status Under construction
Consumables Unknown
Accessories Unknown
Training requirement Unknown
Training link Unknown
ACnode No
Owner LHS
Origin Yvanj
Location Ground floor, middle room
Maintainers

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Hamming is a Raspberry Pi 2. Hamming was named after Richard Hamming who invented the Hamming Code, the Hamming window, Hamming numbers, sphere-packing (or Hamming bound), and the Hamming distance.

It used to run a the daemons for the Notification Board.

At 447 Hackney Road, Hamming previously ran the Orange LED Strip Moving Sign and National Rail clock connected via a powered USB hub. The Raspberry Pi 2 hardware was kindly donated by User:Yvanj

It now runs voice announcers and doorbell at Ujima House.