On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 19:48:17 PST Charles Laforge <cjoachim@HOTMAIL.COM>
writes:

>Also, does anyone have any prefered Crystals they like to use?
>Reliability rate and stuff like that.  I don't know what to look for
>in
>a crystal.  What do you do... look for the cheapest???


        I've had great luck with 16 MHz ceramic resonators with built-in
capacitors from muRata.  I'm using them on a 16c74a.  We've probably
shipped a thousand units now with absolutely no problem.  I did find that
the resonators from Integrity Technology and ECS do not seem to work
reliably with the PIC (at least the ones with internal capacitors).  They
may work fine at lower frequencies or with other chips.  The muRata is
something like a 50 cent part and looks like a 3 lead resistor SIP.
Ground the center pin, connect the two other pins to the PIC and you're
running!

Harold