1992-11-09 - Re: Analysis of cost to produce random serail generator.

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From: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar)
To: crunch@netcom.com (John Draper)
Message Hash: 3de4239d0a7796712031d11148bfd6fd8105e825c351137a76c0688400af6096
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UTC Datetime: 1992-11-09 23:09:09 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:09:09 PST

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From: pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar)
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 15:09:09 PST
To: crunch@netcom.com (John Draper)
Subject: Re: Analysis of cost to produce random serail generator.
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John Draper wrote:
> [...]
> So,  it is clear that the cost is rather high,
> [...]
> Although,   it IS possible to use a cesium noise source
> [...]
> John D.

  Geez... What happened to the idea of using a reversed-biased diode?
That into a cheapy A/D and into a UART, should do the trick...

                     Tim
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