Quantum Random Number Generator Squirts Out Numbers Via MQTT
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Summary
Random number generator (RNG) developer Sean Boyce has detailed what he describes as a practical joke he has played for nearly 15 years.
Boyce developed various quantum TRNGs, or true random number generators leveraging quantum effects, which he said purports to make the random numbers they generate truly random, rather than pseudo-random.
Details on how the generators work are thin on the ground, but Boyce explained that two transistors are used to generate a lot of avalanche noise, which is then shaped by other components into random square waves, and sampled by an ATtiny261A, with the resulting data read by a Raspberry Pi Pico W, which pushes random bytes via MQTT.
