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I build an avalanche random number generator based on this: https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01257868826 https://emergent.unpythonic.net/01257868826 More fun

• jepler 8y ago
  Hey, that's my website! I'm tickled pink to see it linked in a comment here. That device ran for literally ages, mostly to produce massive input files for DIEHARDER to attempt to prove its worth as a RNG. I am sure it did that more often than it was used to seed the Linux /dev/random. The project was also fun because of the "every last cycle" optimization of AVR assembler code to achieve the 2Mb/s generation rate of whitened bits.
  • jayalpha 8y ago
    Yes man, was fun to build it. But I pussied out with the layout etching and ordered them custom etched from ebay as a service. During high school I would have done it myself. BTW, Do you have an up to date software. I remember I run into trouble the last time I tried to use it. Great project. Thanks a lot.
    • jepler 8y ago
      No, sadly I haven't touched the project in ages.