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authorbnewbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>2012-08-02 14:02:53 -0700
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@@ -21,9 +21,22 @@ Random Number Generators
noise from two P-N junctions; lots of support and features.
- Overview of cheap avalanche technique: http://web.jfet.org/hw-rng.html
- whirlygig CPLD-based source: http://warmcat.com/_wp/whirlygig-rng/
+- a bunch of resources: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/rnd/
+- more: http://robertnz.net/rng_rep.htm
+- one open design (as a shield): http://1010.co.uk/org/notes.html#45
+- IEEE article: http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/behind-intels-new-randomnumber-generator/0
+- basic design: http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/isarng/ http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/rng/
+
+Breakdown of the base-emitter junction of a 2N3904 happens at about 6v,
+accoding to: http://sentex.ca/~mec1995/tutorial/xtor/xtor6/xtor6.html
See also:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Million_Random_Digits_with_100,000_Normal_Deviates
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_up_my_sleeve_number
+STM32 Toolchain Guides
+-------------------------
+
+"STM32/ARM Cortex-M3 HOWTO: Development under Ubuntu (Debian)" (from
+fun-tech.se: http://fun-tech.se/stm32/)