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If you wish to use the platform, please see http://apt.cs.manchester.ac.uk/projects/SpiNNaker/project/Access/ for information on the HBP portal, or on purchasing your own board.

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Christian Brenninkmeijer

Oct 15

Release 7.4.0. End of support for Python 3.8 3.9 and CSAConnector

We are please to announce the release sPyNNaker version 7.4.0 This release marks the end of our

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Release 7.4.0. End of support for Python 3.8 3.9 and CSAConnector

We are please to announce the release sPyNNaker version 7.4.0 This release marks the end of our

Oct 15

Hadar Cohen-Duwek, … Chris Huyck3

Sep 25

Nengo

Thanks Andrew. I've spent a lot of time recently trying to get this stuff running. I made

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Nengo

Thanks Andrew. I've spent a lot of time recently trying to get this stuff running. I made

Sep 25

Chris Huyck, Andrew Rowley2

Sep 18

Crash Downloading Spikes from Board

Hi, Do you have more details of the crash ie the error message / stack trace produced? The run /

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Crash Downloading Spikes from Board

Hi, Do you have more details of the crash ie the error message / stack trace produced? The run /

Sep 18

Alfonso Yamamoto, Andrew Rowley7

Aug 21

Energy consumption

Hi, It was precisely that, thanks! Alfonso On Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 12:00:31 PM UTC+2 Andrew

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Energy consumption

Hi, It was precisely that, thanks! Alfonso On Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 12:00:31 PM UTC+2 Andrew

Aug 21

Rohit, … Christian Brenninkmeijer3

Aug 20

Help Needed: Training Locally Before Deploying on SpiNNaker (World Model + RL)

Hi, Another thing to add to what Andrew said is that how the model is setup can greatly affect

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Help Needed: Training Locally Before Deploying on SpiNNaker (World Model + RL)

Hi, Another thing to add to what Andrew said is that how the model is setup can greatly affect

Aug 20

Brain and More Lab, Andrew Rowley2

Aug 19

Access to SpiNNaker board via eBrain

Hi, To add to the previous response, when you use SpiNNaker on EBRAINS with PyNN, you are accessing

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Access to SpiNNaker board via eBrain

Hi, To add to the previous response, when you use SpiNNaker on EBRAINS with PyNN, you are accessing

Aug 19

Brain and More Lab, Andrew Rowley2

Aug 19

eBRAIN access

Hi, The EBRAINS notebooks themselves can be used for processing as much as you need I believe. That

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eBRAIN access

Hi, The EBRAINS notebooks themselves can be used for processing as much as you need I believe. That

Aug 19

Andrew Rowley2

Aug 18

SpiNNaker Offline

Hi, I believe that everything is back online and working now. Please let us know if you have any

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SpiNNaker Offline

Hi, I believe that everything is back online and working now. Please let us know if you have any

Aug 18

leixiaoyi

Aug 4

Request for Access to Neuromorphic Computing System

Hi everyone, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Xiaoyi Lei, and I am a first-year PhD

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Request for Access to Neuromorphic Computing System

Hi everyone, I hope this message finds you well. My name is Xiaoyi Lei, and I am a first-year PhD

Aug 4

Alfonso Yamamoto, Andrew Rowley2

Jul 24

Sending something other than spikes

Hi, This is possible but can be a bit tricky in the current implementation. The SpiNNaker

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Sending something other than spikes

Hi, This is possible but can be a bit tricky in the current implementation. The SpiNNaker

Jul 24

Pedro Félix, … Andrew Rowley4

Jul 21

Syncing SpiNNaker to a real-time data source

Hi, One additional note is that there were some experiments on I/O on SpiNNaker in this paper (which

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Syncing SpiNNaker to a real-time data source

Hi, One additional note is that there were some experiments on I/O on SpiNNaker in this paper (which

Jul 21

ABHAYA PAL Singh, Simon Davidson3

Jun 23

SpiNNaker

Hi Simon, Thank you for the quick response and the suggestion. I will be in touch with them. Best,

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SpiNNaker

Hi Simon, Thank you for the quick response and the suggestion. I will be in touch with them. Best,

Jun 23

Andrew Rowley

Jun 9

Jupyter Service changes

Hi, As some may have noticed, we are planning on moving our local Jupyter service to a new server

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Jupyter Service changes

Hi, As some may have noticed, we are planning on moving our local Jupyter service to a new server

Jun 9

Alfonso Yamamoto, Andrew Rowley3

May 15

Recording new variable

Hi, Sorry for taking so long to reply! The first error regarding recording is down to the matching

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Recording new variable

Hi, Sorry for taking so long to reply! The first error regarding recording is down to the matching

May 15

Iffat Iqbal, Andrew Rowley2

May 14

Spinnaker Board Problem?

Hi, That does suggest that either the IP address is wrong, or something has gone wrong with the

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Spinnaker Board Problem?

Hi, That does suggest that either the IP address is wrong, or something has gone wrong with the

May 14

Raúl Parada Medina

Apr 29

New spinnaker board?

Hi, Is there any update about new spinnaker boards available to purchase (or borrow)? Thanks, Raúl

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New spinnaker board?

Hi, Is there any update about new spinnaker boards available to purchase (or borrow)? Thanks, Raúl

Apr 29

Christian Brenninkmeijer

Apr 22

Manchester Spinnaker/Spalloc down due to cooling issues

Please note that due to a colling issue in the server room we have had to take down all Spinnaker and

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Manchester Spinnaker/Spalloc down due to cooling issues

Please note that due to a colling issue in the server room we have had to take down all Spinnaker and

Apr 22

Melissa, Andrew Rowley3

Apr 3

Undesired behaviour recording spikes

Hi, I just wanted to add that I tested some things using our own Balanced Random network, which I

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Undesired behaviour recording spikes

Hi, I just wanted to add that I tested some things using our own Balanced Random network, which I

Apr 3

Ahmad Waseem, Andrew Rowley4

Apr 2

Handling Connection Loss in SpiNNaker Simulations

Hi, A thought might be that the jupyter notebook is timing out when not in use, then when you

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Handling Connection Loss in SpiNNaker Simulations

Hi, A thought might be that the jupyter notebook is timing out when not in use, then when you

Apr 2

Sotirios Panagiotou, Andrew Rowley3

Mar 17

Issue running on spinn-20 jupyter

That's all it took for all cases, thank you very much! On Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:59:36 AM

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Issue running on spinn-20 jupyter

That's all it took for all cases, thank you very much! On Monday, March 17, 2025 at 11:59:36 AM

Mar 17

Sergio Davies, Andrew Rowley2

Mar 7

Spif and ExternalFPGARetinaDevice

Hi, There are already a couple of SPIF implementation classes. Please see https://github.com/

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Spif and ExternalFPGARetinaDevice

Hi, There are already a couple of SPIF implementation classes. Please see https://github.com/

Mar 7

Daniel Casanueva Morato, … Andrew Rowley3

Jan 6

Undesired behaviour STDP mechanism

Hi, You are correct that the number of pre-synaptic neurons will affect the values. This is because

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Undesired behaviour STDP mechanism

Hi, You are correct that the number of pre-synaptic neurons will affect the values. This is because

Jan 6

mazdak fatahi

12/12/24

Supervised STDP

Hello, I hope you are doing well. A colleague of mine is working on a supervised STDP model, which

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Supervised STDP

Hello, I hope you are doing well. A colleague of mine is working on a supervised STDP model, which

12/12/24

Daniel Casanueva Morato, Andrew Gait3

11/20/24

Implementing reward-based STDP mechanism

Oops, my reply got sent early, that incomplete sentence was meant to say this: We don't use a

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Implementing reward-based STDP mechanism

Oops, my reply got sent early, that incomplete sentence was meant to say this: We don't use a

11/20/24

Alberto Arturo Vergani, Andrew Rowley2

10/4/24

update python version

Hi, We could likely update this on your VM. I think that this might require a bit of work to get

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update python version

Hi, We could likely update this on your VM. I think that this might require a bit of work to get

10/4/24

Christian Brenninkmeijer

10/2/24

Release 7.3.0

We have just released Version 7.3.0 One of the main changes is reducing the number of reports run and

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Release 7.3.0

We have just released Version 7.3.0 One of the main changes is reducing the number of reports run and

10/2/24

Christian Brenninkmeijer

10/2/24

Jupyterlab on https://spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk/

The Jupyterlab on https://spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk/ is fully functional again after clearing the out of

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Jupyterlab on https://spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk/

The Jupyterlab on https://spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk/ is fully functional again after clearing the out of

10/2/24

Alfonso Yamamoto, Christian Brenninkmeijer3

8/27/24

spike saturation

Hi Christian, Thanks for the reply it was really helpful. Alfonso On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 8:24

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spike saturation

Hi Christian, Thanks for the reply it was really helpful. Alfonso On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 8:24

8/27/24

Christian Brenninkmeijer

8/13/24

Release 1!7.2.1 and end of support for Python 3.8

We are please to announce that we have done release 1!7.2.1 The recommended python version is 3.12 as

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Release 1!7.2.1 and end of support for Python 3.8

We are please to announce that we have done release 1!7.2.1 The recommended python version is 3.12 as

8/13/24

Christian Brenninkmeijer

8/12/24

Spinnaker JupyterLab disk full

I regret to inform that the machine hosting spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk including the Jupyterlab is full.

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Spinnaker JupyterLab disk full

I regret to inform that the machine hosting spinn-20.cs.man.ac.uk including the Jupyterlab is full.

8/12/24