[sdiy] Simplest random source

[Paul Perry]

At 08:02 PM 15/11/02 -0800, you wrote:

>On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Seb Francis wrote:
>
>> I'm not convinced sofware is the way to go.  It would be no problem to do
it in software, but I have a couple of reasons for wanting to use analog:
>> - CPU cycles are a premium - this PIC is doing a *lot* and I don't want
to waste more than 10 cycles or so getting a random number.
....I was thinking of using a SECOND pic!
>>
>> - I have a hunch that a simple random algorithm (such as what could be
achieved in 10 cycles) would sound a whole lot different (not so nice) to
the human brain than for example taking a sample via A->D of some white noise.
....with software, you could have whatever flavor of random or quasi random
you want ;D
>>
paul perry melbourne Australia