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		bob1029 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Things you can do with diodes Zener diodes can be used as the basis for a quantum random number generator. https://opg.optica.org/optcon/fulltext.cfm?uri=optcon-1-7-15...

phkahler 6 months ago [–]

These are also good noise sources and were use in several early video arcade games for producing explosion and spaceship thrust sounds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise_generator

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