ROTFLMAO.  That's a new PIClist classic, Mike.

Mike Singer wrote:
> Ken wrote:
>> I realize this is simple math and I could go off and do
>> this myself, but it would be nice having something that
>> already exists. I'm sure a lot of people have had a need
>> for this at one time or another.
>> Thanks very much.
>> Best regards,
>> Ken Pergola
>
> Olin replyed:
>> Hmm, charset "iso-8859-1", English is perfect.
>> Well, did you see photo of my working table with boxes
>> for resistors? You are allowed to arrange your boxes in a
>> similar way. Boxes should be well commented and linked,
>> absolute positioning is prohibited. You must place a
>> label with a reference to Embed. Inc. on every box.
>> What the hell are they thinking of out there?
>
> Scott wrote:
>> Have look at my web page. I solved this problems years
>> ago in a generalized way.
>> Let's assume we need to pick up a sample of N resistors
>> (r1,r2,r3...) from fixed M values(k1,k2,k3...) and there
>> is some function F(r1,r2,r3...) we should minimize when
>> picking resistors.
>> Just get a random sample of (r1,r2,r3...), calculate
>> F(r1,r2,r3...). Do it as many times as time permits you.
>> Choose the sample having min F(r1,r2,r3...).
>
> Jinx wrote:
>> To get a random sample I use to use white noise:
>> A coffee-maker with broken regulator at low voltage
>> produces good white vapour. Place microphone near it.
>> Get it's output to PIC ADC. Sample it and you'll get
>> a truly random sample.
>
> Roman wrote:
>> To feed the coffee-maker you may use my DC/DC converter.
>> To pull up resistor you may use my robot with my linnisteppers.
>
> Russell replied:
>> According to newest Rocket Science achievements you never know
>> which box a resistor is placed in. It's called  "Shredinger
>> uncertainty principle". You need very fast PIC to catch the
>> resistor, perhaps 18F at 40MHz.
>
> Olin replied:
>> I'm talking with MChip CEO right now sitting before me here in
>> Embed Inc. He is confirming my observations: 18F wouldn't run
>> reliably at over 32 KHz.


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