Brian,

I called DigiKey a few months ago and asked about them.  Their tech told me
that "they" have to do the programming.  I believe that you can do the
programming, but the hardware is expensive and probably is not cost
effective.
My interest was for a DDS project.

David


----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Kraut <engalt@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 7:55 PM
Subject: PROGRAMMABLE OSCILLATORS


> I have seen some low cost programmable oscillators from Epson in
> DigiKey's catalog.  The SG-8002 is programmable from 1-125MHz with 50ppm
> stability.  They are under $4.00 each.  I thought that it would be good
> to keep a few around for prototyping when I need an oddball fequency and
> don't want to order a crystal and wait for it.  Anyone have any
> experience with these?  Is there anything special needed to program
> them?
>
> What would really be great is something like this that is not OTP for my
> proto boards.  Are there any "EPROM" type programmable oscillators out
> there?
>