At 16:40 01/04/96 +0100, you wrote: >> Tom Rogers wrote: >> >> >Sipke de Leeuw wrote: >> >> >> >> I think someone else has ask this question before, but I didn't read any >> >> answers. What kind of crystal do we need for building the extern part of >> >> the oscillator for a PIC: serial or parallel ?? >> >> (&etc.) >> > >> >I didn't see any answers, either, so try this: >> > >> >STUFF deleted about ' it really doesn't matter' >> >> MORE STUFF deleted about 'Oh yes it does' >> > >Well, it is on page 39 of the PIC16C8X data sheet I have. > >It should be a parallel cut crystal, as "use of a series cut crystal may give >a frequency out of the crystal manufacturers range". > >Cheers > > Hello, Thank you very much for the answer! I think I have a different, maybe older, databook of the PIC family, so I can't find this line you mentioned. But anyway: THANKS. Greetings: ... Sipke de Leeuw ...