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From: -boggy<boggy@e...>
Date: Sun Nov 20 15:34:38 CET 2005
Subject: [oc] random integer - VHDL
Hi Charles,NonDigital@g... wrote: >Hi- > > I read your discussion with interest. I am charged with generating >random signals for testing seismometers in the frequency span 1mHz to >50Hz. >Question 1: Is it possible to simply lower the spectrum of the >generated- noise by lowering the clock frequency? > > I think: yes. But, your lower frequency of your noise is mainly defined with duration of your sequence. Sample rate define maximum frequency, and _also_ duration of sequence if number of samples is constant.
>Question 2: What is the "diehard" test? I am searching for a method of >testing random signals or the underlying numbers. I have read that a >good archiving file compressor will give a qualitative measure of >randomness based on the degree of compression achieved. Is this >accurate? > (A friend of mine wrote a program to win at one of the Las Vegas >games, and based on his results drove to Vegas and lost his money. He >discovered that the fly in the ointment was allowing his PC to generate >the random numbers for the game simulation, without any checking.) >-Charles > > Try (well known) MLS (Maximum Length Sequence) for generating pseudo random stream... this method is used in audio/acoustics measurements, for example. Possibly you can find responses to your questions because MLS is well analyzed.
Hope this helps,
Best regards -boggy
BoZo Electronics http://www.bozoel.com
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