Reply by Tom Biasi ●March 2, 20122012-03-02
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:16:59 GMT, Chiron <chiron613@gmail.com> wrote:


>On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:03:27 -0500, Tom Biasi wrote:
>
>> Rather than just tell you I would like to refer you here:
>> http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/crystal.html
>
>Tom, that's a great tutorial.  Short and sweet, yet informative.  Thanks 
>for that.

You're welcome.
Reply by Chiron ●March 2, 20122012-03-02
On Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:03:27 -0500, Tom Biasi wrote:


> Rather than just tell you I would like to refer you here:
> http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/crystal.html


Tom, that's a great tutorial.  Short and sweet, yet informative.  Thanks 
for that.



-- 
F:	When into a room I plunge, I
	Sometimes find some VIOLET FUNGI.
	Then I linger, darkly brooding
	On the poison they're exuding.
		-- The Roguelet's ABC
Reply by John Fields ●March 2, 20122012-03-02
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 02:58:08 -0800 (PST), Zv_oDD <zv.odd.101@gmail.com>
wrote:


>So I'm playing with a AVR PiC, the ATMEGA32. And its needs 16mhz crystal hooked to it like so:
>
>http://tinypic.com/r/ei9im9/5
>Note; I used a Cap and Inductor pair for the crystal symbol.
>
>
>I am just wondering what is the role of the capacitors?


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http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00826a.pdf
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Can I use 1uf caps instead and still get 16Mhz?

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No.


-- 
JF
Reply by Tom Biasi ●March 2, 20122012-03-02
On Fri, 2 Mar 2012 02:58:08 -0800 (PST), Zv_oDD <zv.odd.101@gmail.com>
wrote:


>So I'm playing with a AVR PiC, the ATMEGA32. And its needs 16mhz crystal hooked to it like so:
>
>http://tinypic.com/r/ei9im9/5
>Note; I used a Cap and Inductor pair for the crystal symbol.
>
>
>I am just wondering what is the role of the capacitors?
>Can I use 1uf caps instead and still get 16Mhz?

Hi,
Rather than just tell you I would like to refer you here:
http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/crystal.html

have fun,
Tom
Reply by Zv_oDD ●March 2, 20122012-03-02
So I'm playing with a AVR PiC, the ATMEGA32. And its needs 16mhz crystal hooked to it like so:

http://tinypic.com/r/ei9im9/5
Note; I used a Cap and Inductor pair for the crystal symbol.


I am just wondering what is the role of the capacitors?
Can I use 1uf caps instead and still get 16Mhz?