You wrote:

>
>I'm designing a cheap consumer product and need to find a 500K HZ (.5 MHZ)
>timing source accurate to within 2-5%.
>
>Can anyone recommend a cheap crystal or ceramic resinator?
>
>I'd like to keep the cost under $.50 ea / 1000.

Digi-Key seems to be having stocking problems with the
Panasonic resonators,  but they do expect to get them back
in "someday".

We just got some samples from Integrity Technology,  and
haven't started testing them yet,  but Scott Edwards mentioned
on comp.robotics the other day that he's been using them in
his PIC products.  They're cheaper than the Panasonics by
quite a bit,  but the packaging isn't quite as nice-looking
(they look kinda like a dipped cap,  while the Panasonics
are molded into a more-compact block).  I have their phone
# at work,  but you should be able to get it from information
in the 408 area code.

Ran