Morris, Its good to see that you're still at it. Nice job ! Always like hearing about people random number schemes. I think my clock output is on par with yours. I haven't made one since ~2010, and before that ~2006.
On Friday, September 13, 2013 2:45:01 AM UTC-7, Morris Odell wrote: > > Hi all, > > I don’t have a great output of clocks what with work and all but here’s > one I just got going. > > http://youtu.be/KiJ3dhK6-Ws > > It uses a AVR Mega32 as the processor, a Motorola Oncore VP timing > receiver and has PIR switch to turn off the display when nobody’s there > (very Zen). The most interesting bit of design was the random number > generator used to index into the dictionary. It uses a zener noise source > and feedback circuit to ensure symmetrical distribution of 1’s and 0’s. > There’s a Von Neumann algorithm in the firmware to iron out any residual > asymmetry. > > It’s amazing how the four letter word hypnotizes people who can’t wait to > see what it’ll say next….. > > Morris > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f5ead052-3eab-40bd-9641-f4a9c8da5d76%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
