4 HN users recommended this explainer4 months2020–2023score 4.5
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN recommends it as an invaluable, intuitive explanation of Hamming codes that pairs well with hardware-oriented treatments.
3Blue1Brown's discovery-oriented introduction to error correction codes, building up Hamming codes from the puzzle of locating a flipped bit. It explains the parity-check idea and why it is so efficient.
“I would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to check out any of these videos” (HN, 2022)
To understand how error correction works and to learn more about Hamming codes & Reed-Solomon, 3Blue1Brown and Ben Eater were invaluable. 3Blue1Brown and Ben Eater are by far some of the best educational content creators within their fields, mathematics and computer engineering respectively. I would strongly recommend anyone interested in the topic to check out any of these videos: How to send a self-correcting message (Hamming codes): [this video] Hamming codes part 2, the elegance of it all: [link] And any of Ben Eater's five videos on error correction: [link] As an aside, Ben Eater does all of his videos and demonstrations using an 8-bit computer he has built step by step in videos on a breadboard. Very impressive and inspiring.
Nice! pairs well with the 3Blue1Br video on the subject: [this video] Hamming's book The Art of doing Science and Engineer's a solid read. Mixed topics, centered around problem solving techniques, and pitfalls.
If you want to learn more about Hamming Codes from a mathematical perspective, I recommend 3Blue1Brown's YouTube series: > How to send a self-correcting message (Hamming codes) - [this video] > Hamming codes part 2, the elegance of it all - [link] Associated with Ben Eater's video, if you want a perspective regarding low level computer hardware: > What is error correction? Hamming codes in hardware - [link]
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