[sdiy] Non maximal-length LFSR

[Dave Manley]

It hasn't been mentioned, but the LFSR implementation can be done so that it generates multiple bits per update, not just a single bit.  This is commonly done in telecom/ networking descramblers which operate on a multi-bit serdes output.

-Dave

On March 4, 2016 5:24:02 AM PST, Richie Burnett <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:
>Yeah, but throwing away every 49th result would be throwing away 7
>years 
>worth! ;-))  Could I live with that!?!?
>
>Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions about this.  I'm confident I
>know 
>the way forward now, and also have some good pointers towards working 
>through the maths to back up my decisions, which always makes me feel 
>better.
>
>-Richie,
>
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Tom Wiltshire
>Sent: Friday, March 04, 2016 12:17 PM
>To: Richie Burnett
>Cc: mskala at ansuz.sooke.bc.ca ; synth-diy DIY
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Non maximal-length LFSR
>
>371 years!!
>
>On 4 Mar 2016, at 11:34, Richie Burnett <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> 
>wrote:
>
>> Sure the resulting sequence will be a smidgen shorter, but 2^49-1 is
>quite 
>> long anyway.
>
>
>
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