>The resistance sounds right but the capacitance is an order of magnitude
>out. Watch crystals are usually around the 10-12pF load capacitance. The
>extra will be attenuating it enough that you would expect it to start
>slowly, although with that amount, you should be happy that it starts at
>all.
>Drop your capacitors to around 20pF.


That's exactly what the problem was. The MICROCHIP spec sheet for the
16C63 (Pic16f8x pg39) says that they tested the oscillator on 68pF-100pF
(LP mode for 32kHz) in their capacitor selection (table 8-2). I guess that
must be a mistake??

I had a 10pF and a 12pF laying around to test this on and my project
starts up very quickly now.

Thank you very much Steve.


anthony.tekatch@sympatico.ca