Sharing Crystal with 2 IC's

[ShaneMichael]

ok, I'll go back and try that set up again, glad I'm not crazy to think that should work.

Also I'll try leaving the crystal across the reciever and take X2 to X1 of the generator.

Thanks,
Shane

[Sirdeevo]

Hi Shane,

Did you get this working in the end?

As it happens I'm using the same two chips, and have had the same thought!
I searched for "sharing crystals between IC", but I could take a guess where "sharing crystal" might get you

I was talking to a friend and they recommended I use a series resistor, and tune it up to minimise reflections off the IC1-X2(out) and IC2-X1(IN) as well.

Cheers,

[ShaneMichael]

Yes, this did work, just as Darrel Taylor posted in his reply. I didn't use any additional hardware, just the two capacitors and crystal. I do remember having trouble with one of the IC's, seems like when I toggled the Enable/Disable it would shut down the crystal. I tested the other IC it the crystal worked Enabled or not. So I used it and took X2 of it to X1 of the other IC.

Hope that helps,
Shane