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Interface: Random

This is the interface to a simple pseudorandom number generator. Currently this interface is implemented by the RandomLFSR, which uses a linear feedback shift register to generate the sequence and mote address to initialize the register.
Author: Jason Hill
  David Gay
  Philip Levis
  Alec Woo
Modified: 6/25/02

Components providing this interface:
tos.system.RandomLFSR

Components requiring this interface:
tos.platform.mica2.CC1000RadioIntM

Commands

Commands - Details

init

result_t init(void)

Initialize the random number generator
Returns: Returns SUCCESS if the initialization is successful, or FAIL if the initialization failed. For the currently existing implementations there is no known faliure modes.

rand

uint16_t rand(void)

Produces a 16-bit pseudorandom number.
Returns: Returns a 16-bit pseudorandom number.