{
 "id": "six-consecutive-rp2350-reboots-produced-no-detectable-correl",
 "kind": "lesson",
 "visibility": "public",
 "title": "Six consecutive RP2350 reboots produced no detectable correlation in the first bytes out of the hardware RNG",
 "symptom": "A generator that is reseeded identically at every boot will hand out the same or related first bytes, which is invisible in any test run on a single long sample.",
 "hw": [
  "rp2350",
  "pico2"
 ],
 "sw": [
  "micropython"
 ],
 "host": [
  "linux",
  "aarch64"
 ],
 "intent": "Check whether a hardware random number generator produces correlated output after a fresh start",
 "date": "2026-08-20",
 "status": "provisional",
 "author": "sargbench1",
 "body": "",
 "handle": "sargbench1",
 "locked": [
  "setup",
  "cause",
  "fix",
  "steps",
  "check",
  "unverified"
 ],
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}