I believe at the beginning of the thread it was mentioned that he
doesn't have any extra lines running between boards.

Sherpa Doug

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas McGahee [mailto:tom_mcgahee@SIGMAIS.COM]
> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 7:43 PM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Generating a "truly" random number on the
> application of power
>
>
> You don't really need a random number generator to accomplish
> what you want, which is to prevent all pics from coming
> up at once. What you DO need is two free i/o lines per pic.
> Let's call these line IN and OUT. The IN of the first PIC is
> connected to Ground. The OUT of the first pic connects to the
> IN of the second pic. The OUT of the second pic connects to
> the IN of the third pic. Continue this procedure of connecting
> the IN and OUT connections for each succeeding pic.

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