diff --git a/src/debug/recorder_debug.cpp b/src/debug/recorder_debug.cpp
index 8fdf7ba..f53eb76 100644
--- a/src/debug/recorder_debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug/recorder_debug.cpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void REC_testCreateBigSession(void)
     input_length = atoi(user_input);
     for (hex_idx = 0; hex_idx < input_length; hex_idx++)
     {
-        rand_byte = random(256);
+        rand_byte = SF::utils::random(0, 256);
         switch (pRecorder->putBytes(&rand_byte, 1))
         {
         case 0:
diff --git a/src/util.cpp b/src/util.cpp
index 54ad37e..16533b3 100644
--- a/src/util.cpp
+++ b/src/util.cpp
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 /**
  * @file util.cpp
  * @author Emily Thorpe (ethorpe@macalster.edu)
- * @brief 
+ * @brief
  * @version 0.1
  * @date 2023-07-26
- * 
+ *
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2023
- * 
+ *
  */
-
 #include "util.hpp"
 
+#include "Particle.h"
 #include "cli/conio.hpp"
 #include "consts.hpp"
-
-#include "Particle.h"
+#include "product.hpp"
 
 /**
  * \brief A macro that stores the the size of each line of output as a constant 16 bytes
@@ -62,4 +61,13 @@ void hexDump(const void *memoryLocation, size_t buflen)
         SF_OSAL_printf(" |%s|" __NL__, (const char*)byte_buffer);
     }
     SF_OSAL_printf("%08x" __NL__, buffer_idx);
+}
+
+int SF::utils::random(int min, int max)
+{
+#if SF_PLATFORM == SF_PLATFORM_PARTICLE
+    return ::random(min, max);
+#elif SF_PLATFORM == SF_PLATFORM_GCC
+#error
+#endif
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/util.hpp b/src/util.hpp
index 36334c9..2864b23 100644
--- a/src/util.hpp
+++ b/src/util.hpp
@@ -17,4 +17,15 @@ void hexDump(const void *memoryLocation, size_t buflen);
 #define B_TO_N_ENDIAN_2(x)  N_TO_B_ENDIAN_2(x)
 #define B_TO_N_ENDIAN_4(x)  N_TO_B_ENDIAN_4(x)
 
+namespace SF::utils
+{
+    /**
+     * @brief Generates a uniform random number in the given range
+     *
+     * @param min Minimum value (inclusive)
+     * @param max Maximum value (exclusive)
+     * @return int random integer
+     */
+    int random(int min, int max);
+}; // namespace SF::utils
 #endif