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The Milwaukee Makerspace Pi-powered Informational System (MMPIS for short) is a very large television at the space with a Raspberry Pi connected to it running as a kiosk. It provides important information to the members such as, which side of the street they should park on, upcoming events, and silly quotes from the wiki.
MMPIS is currently using Screenly Open Source Edition, though other options are still being explored. The image and video assets can be stored locally on the Pi, or remotely on the web. The web pages are all running on my own server.
2014-01-27 - MMPIS is malfunctioning. Pete or Chris will take a look as time allows.
2013-12-29 - MMPIS has been permanently installed in the lobby.
2013-12-29 - Blog Post - MMPIS (Part IV)
2013-12-20 - Blog Post - MMPIS (Part III)
2013-12-10 - New calendar code has been written and deployed.
2013-12-09 - Blog Post - MMPIS (Part II)
2013-12-08 - Blog Post - MMPIS (Part I)
2013-11-27 - The MMPIS is up and running
Part Desc | Vendor | Part Nbr | Qty | Unit Cost | Total Cost |
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Raspberry Pi | Raspberry Pi | Model B | 1 | $35.00 | $0.00 |
Power Supply | Monoprice | 8856 | 1 | $7.88 | $7.88 |
Micro USB Cable | Monoprice | 4868 | 1 | $0.82 | $0.82 |
8GB SD Card | Transcend | TS8GSDHC10E | 1 | $8.95 | $8.95 |
1080p HD Television | Phillips | ??? | 1 | $??? | $0.00 |
Screenly OSE | WireLoad, Inc. | 1 | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Note that the TV was donated to the space by jason g. (Thanks!) and the Raspberry Pi was also donated to the space by an admirer of the group. (Thanks!) That's why they are listed as $0.00.