Crystal Signal? Where is it???

[Sharky]

Hi Dave,

I'm not the one that is trying to messure on pin 13

Well I agree on that you could stop the oscillator with your scope prope,
that's why I asked Netjammer if he was messuring directly on the osc pins.

I don't know the LAB X1 board, but when I read about it, it says that it has a crystal oscillator that can be set to different frequencies.

So as you say Dave you can not messure directly on the pins when using a crystal and 2 caps hooked up to the PIC because the capacity from the skop prope wil stop the oscillation, but it is possible to messure the output on a "extern" oscillator like the one I think is on the LAB X1 board.

Puuh, I hope you understand me english, writing is absolut not what I like most!

Regards
Sharky

[NavMicroSystems]

Netjammer,

it could also be a problem wit the breadboards capacitance.

This has been discussed several times on the forum.

search for "breadboard"

[Netjammer]

Hi Everyone, just wanted to say thanks again. I didn't get the crystal work but did use the RC capabilties and the microcontroller worked fine, though at a much slower clock speed. Today I purchased several crystal oscillators ranging from 5, 10, 12, 16MHz. I will give them a try. I'll post my results.

Thanks again all,
Netjammer-

[Netjammer]

Just wanted to follow up again. I used the Crystal-Oscillators 4 & 10 MHz. They both worked fine. Someday I'll try to figure out why just the single crystal & caps circuit didnt' work. For now, I'm going to use the Crystal/Osc. combo's. They are CTS brand if anyone's interested.

Cheers!
Netjammer-