[sdiy] Fun with LFSRs and such

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On Tuesday 27 March 2012, 23:37:03, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
> Can non-maximum length cycles produce chains of ones and zeros that are
> longer than n? Could I get 27 zeros in a row out of a 16-bit LFSR? Or
> does it only alter the distribution?

Well it can, if you produce a degenerate cycle of _only_ zeros, but I don't 
think you would want that... :-)

You can only skew the distribution by chosing (sub-)cycles.


Regards,
Achim.
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