At 01:55 PM 6/23/2005, Dave Tweed wrote: >Bradley Ferguson wrote: > > On 6/23/05, Maarten Hofman wrote: > > > A simple way I would probably use is to use a compressor, like (g)zip, > > > to try and compress the output. The more random the output is, the > > > less likely (g)zip will be able to compress it. Apart from that, you > > > would want to make sure that a histogram of all the output values > > > looks like a reasonably flat line (i.e. all values are equally > > > represented). The state 00000...000 usually won't happen on these machines either, but as long as you're looking at N-1 bits of the register, then you should, over time, see all states equally as often. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist