1. How evenly distributed were the numbers for your Random Number Generator? If your game was perfect, then each number should have come up approximately 16.67% of the time. Do you think your Random Number Generator is fair? Why or why not?
Numbers 2 through 6 were close to being rolled 16.67% of the time but number 1 was rolled 33% while number 7 was rolled 0% out of the 100 rolls. I do not think my random number generator is fair because 7 did not come up once in all 100 rolls and number 1 came up 33% of the time which is twice as much as any other number.
2. Another word for troubleshooting is debugging. Do a little research to determine the origin of the term debug and who the person to coin the phrase was.
A moth got trapped into a relay so the called it debug when they found out that the problem was just a moth. Admiral Grace Hopper was the person to coin the phrase.
Numbers 2 through 6 were close to being rolled 16.67% of the time but number 1 was rolled 33% while number 7 was rolled 0% out of the 100 rolls. I do not think my random number generator is fair because 7 did not come up once in all 100 rolls and number 1 came up 33% of the time which is twice as much as any other number.
2. Another word for troubleshooting is debugging. Do a little research to determine the origin of the term debug and who the person to coin the phrase was.
A moth got trapped into a relay so the called it debug when they found out that the problem was just a moth. Admiral Grace Hopper was the person to coin the phrase.
Reflection
The random number generator consists of seven 180 ohm resistors, a 1.2k ohm resister, a 10k ohm resistor, a 18k ohm resistor, 7 red light emitting diodes, a 100 uf capacitor, a .47 uf capacitor, a .01 uf capacitor, a pushbutton switch, a slider switch, a timer, and multiple ICs. The soldering equipment I used were a vise, safety glasses, a solder tool, diagonal cutters, needle nose plyers, solder, solder wick, damp sponge, and a soldering iron. I wore safety glasses at all times while in the lab and made sure not to touch the hot solder iron or the hot solder on the circuit board. I have soldered in the past so it was not hard to solder correctly. Instead of putting one component in and soldering just one at a time I put multiple components in and soldered them all at the same time. Then I cut all the leads as flush as I could to the board. The only problem I encountered was keeping the component tight to the board when I flipped it over to solder, so I just put the needle nose plyers under the component to keep it flush. While testing my random number generator 7 did not come up one time, while 1 came up 33 times out of the 100 times it was rolled. Numbers 2-6 were all in the 12-15 out of 100 range.