David Schmidt asked me to forward a copy of this message to the list, so... ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >Brad Pousland wrote: > >> I have one of those protoboards from Depew engineering which I >> bought from Digi-Key. The oscillation circuit on their schematic >> looks like this: >> c2 >> +5 GND----| |----------osc2(pic) >> | | >> / X1 >> R1 \ | >> / | >> ----------------------------osc1(pic) >> | >> --- >> C1 --- >> | >> GND Perhaps R1 is used when the PIC is setup for an RC oscillator and no xtal. They may be trying to use one board for both possible setups. ------- End of Forwarded Message ------ Andrew Warren - fastfwd@ix.netcom.com Fast Forward Engineering, Vista, California http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2499