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Re: Exhausted

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Subject Re: Exhausted
References <op.yeelaqs9wei6gd@phenom-pc> <14viebl3o245hbo9hjru101t68a35leh3k@4ax.com>
From "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au>
Message-ID <op.yehodwgrwei6gd@phenom-pc> (permalink)
Date 2016-03-18 07:52 +1000

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2016 01:35:25 +1000, John Larkin  
<jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:53:04 +1000, "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au>
> wrote:
>
>> If any kind soul can help...
>>
>> There was a short post/note on SED or SEB about a transistor with a 2.5V
>> max Vebo and another one with 3.0 max Vebo. I have spent hours looking  
>> for
>> the transistors and have run out of options. Does anyone remember which
>> transistor numbers these were?
>>
>> I'm adding transistor junction breakdown noise to a Arduino and they  
>> would
>> fit the bill perfectly - and cut out problem of providing extra voltage
>> sources other than %v power from USB.
>>
>> As always TIA.
>
> Just because it's rated for 2.5 volts max doesn't mean it will conduct
> at 2.5 or even 5 volts.
>
> There are other noise sources that don't need a lot of voltge. What do
> you want to use the noise for?
>
>

yeah, I've seen that. Phillips (and Motorola) made BC547's break down at  
6v but a bunch of Chinese ones I got only started to zener at 9v and that  
despite being subjected to intense swearing (9v was the maximum voltage  
supply that was available and relatively noise free).

The desire is to update a design for a cryptographically secure true  
random number generator. Low voltage zeners are difficult to use as the  
noise is way down in the mud (the thing has a microcontroller and crystal  
in close proximity which is exacerbated if you try to get ride of 1/f  
noise so you can get random samples fast(ish) - say 50k - 250k sps

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Exhausted  "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-16 15:53 +1000
  Re: Exhausted Klaus Kragelund <klauskvik@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-16 01:07 -0700
  Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-16 06:04 -0700
    Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-17 00:16 +1000
      Re: Exhausted Allan Herriman <allanherriman@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-16 16:35 +0000
        Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-16 11:15 -0700
          Re: Exhausted Allan Herriman <allanherriman@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-17 12:11 +0000
      Re: Exhausted mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2016-03-17 10:37 -0700
        Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 07:25 +1000
          Re: Exhausted mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2016-03-17 15:05 -0700
    Re: Exhausted Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-03-16 07:32 -0700
      Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-16 08:04 -0700
        Re: Exhausted Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-03-16 08:16 -0700
        Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 10:32 -0700
          Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-16 11:08 -0700
            Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 12:30 -0700
              Re: Exhausted Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2016-03-17 06:47 +1100
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 17:01 -0700
                Re: Exhausted Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2016-03-17 07:01 +1100
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 17:27 -0700
                Re: Exhausted Piotr Wyderski <peter.pan@neverland.mil> - 2016-03-17 17:35 +0100
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 10:13 -0700
                Re: Exhausted Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2016-03-18 11:38 +1100
                Re: Exhausted dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt) - 2016-03-16 17:17 -0700
                Re: Exhausted Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2016-03-16 17:21 -0700
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 17:39 -0700
                Re: Exhausted "Tim Williams" <tiwill@seventransistorlabs.com> - 2016-03-16 21:24 -0500
                Re: Exhausted Phil Hobbs <pcdhobbs@gmail.com> - 2016-03-16 20:51 -0700
                Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-16 20:21 -0700
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 21:16 -0700
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 17:34 -0700
                Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 07:31 +1000
                Re: Exhausted rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 00:01 -0400
                Re: Exhausted Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2016-03-17 14:09 +1100
                Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 09:01 -0700
                Re: Exhausted Piotr Wyderski <peter.pan@neverland.mil> - 2016-03-17 17:46 +0100
                Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 07:33 +1000
                Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 07:35 +1000
                Re: Exhausted Piotr Wyderski <peter.pan@neverland.mil> - 2016-03-18 11:44 +0100
      low-voltage low-current noise sources Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2016-03-16 08:10 -0700
  Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-16 08:35 -0700
    Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 07:52 +1000
      Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 15:35 -0700
        Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 09:09 +1000
          Re: Exhausted John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2016-03-17 16:54 -0700
          Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-17 17:40 -0700
            Re: Exhausted mixed nuts <melopsitticus@undulatus.budgie> - 2016-03-17 22:37 -0400
        Re: Exhausted "David Eather" <eather@tpg.com.au> - 2016-03-18 09:09 +1000
        Re: Exhausted George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2016-03-17 17:29 -0700

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