[onerng talk] D1 type in 20v generator

Paul Campbell paul at taniwha.com
Thu Jul 27 19:17:27 BST 2017


On Friday, 28 July 2017 2:35:55 AM NZST xba0bab wrote:
> I was looking for a scheme of "really random number" generator for my own
> purposes, and I've found it in OneRNG (scheme part with avalanche diode). I
> try to built it, but I couldn't find type of D1 in generator. All other
> types of elements are clear from drawing except this one. Could anyone help
> me to get information about this diode type?
> I'd prefer to reproduce scheme which really works (I'm not so familiar to
> the electronics in practice, that is why I prefer existing and well-tested
> scheme like OneRNG). ――

My manufacturing BOM has no part number - the spec is "a >=60v >=0.25A 
schoctky diode"  make sure you include an at least 1uF cap on the 3V input to 
the AP3015 - turns out AP3015s made on some days wont reliably start without 
one

	Paul


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