Oscillation in Delay after EEPROM - bug?

[mengstr]

This design bugs out with an oscillation when I run it. It seems like I can't hook up a Delay directly to the data of an EEPROM. An Inverter or a Driver between the EEPROM and the Delay makes the problem go away.

[delaybug.zip](https://github.com/hneemann/Digital/files/12432996/delaybug.zip)

[hneemann]

That is an interesting one! Thank you for pointing this out. Although I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.
The problem can also be produced in a simpler way:

This way, an infinite stream of random numbers is fed into the delay gate, which thus never reaches a steady state.
It only occurs when the delay time is set to a value greater than one.
I have to think a bit about this problem before I understand what is best to do.

[mengstr]

Yes, I see now that I can put a 1-gate delay infront of the one with the longer delay and it works. For the time being that is less confusing than putting a double inverter or a driver there. :)