On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 11:30 PM, Joep Suijs <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I am afraids these postings get too long for me te keep up :(
>
> Please consider:
>
> - Determine the quality of a pseudo random sequence is mathematics.
> I've choosen a pretty good algorithm (according to the info I found on
> the net) and would suggest to use it or switch to a weaker on if you
> need to save time or flash space. Or of course a better algorithm, but
> i've not seen any valid arguments for this.
> - It would be good to have - in addition to the algorithm at hand - a
> way to generate a seed that is non-deterministic, even when this is
> low-quality like using unconnected adc registers or memory value. This
> generator should works on any pic (or at least most pics) and is
> independent of external components.
> - The suggested methodes could give such a seed, but will provide much
> less quality (pseudo) random than the algorithm at hand. So please
> don't consider it a replacement.
> - Real random (opposed to pseudo random) requires some external source
> like atmospheric noise (see http://www.random.org/). The avalanche
> effect of a semiconductur might be a local alternative
> (
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1338337/pdf/jeabehav00162-0045.pdf
> )
>


   I like this stuff from 57! Nothing has changed.
 Here is used the same principle:
http://www.sentex.ca/~mec1995/tutorial/xtor/xtor6/xtor6.html

Vasile

P.S: what is so important that need a real random generator?

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