prbs C code Example 1

prbs.c

// replicated from wikipeda, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom_binary_sequence
// Example of PRBS7
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
    
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    uint8_t start = 0x02;
    uint8_t a = start;
    int i;    
    for (i = 1;; i++) {
        int newbit = (((a >> 6) ^ (a >> 5)) & 1);
        a = ((a << 1) | newbit) & 0x7f;
        printf("%x\n", a);
        if (a == start) {
            printf("repetition period is %d\n", i);
            break;
        }
    }
}