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jrudd
- 9th November 2005, 01:23
If I use a Resonator that has built in caps, should I still put external 22pf caps around it or none at all?
Thanks,
John
Bruce
- 9th November 2005, 02:49
3-pin resonators with built-in caps do not need external caps.
jmgelba
- 9th November 2005, 13:55
Yep what Bruce said.
Also, the center pin is always ground and the other two pins connect to OSC1 and OSC2.

Heres a link to the catalog page of Digikey.

http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T053/0875.pdf
BigWumpus
- 9th November 2005, 21:04
We only use Resonators...

You don't need capacitators and they are cheap ! They are great !

(Do you really need a precisious timebase ?)
jrudd
- 9th November 2005, 23:53
Actually I'm ordering some from rentron.com as well as some PIC 16F877's to go on the Proto64 board.