Brian Kraut wrote:

> 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?

I have not used that exact unit, but I have used Epson programmable
oscillators.
The units I use require jumpers or links to set logic levels on the pins to
program them.


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