That kind of takes the fun out of it.  It would be nice if they mentioned that.

David Covick wrote:

> 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?
> >