At 05:03 PM 3/22/00 +1100, you wrote:
>Peter van Hoof wrote:
>> I have a bag of the ZTT-20.00MT ones (digikey partno:X909-ND) that I use
>> on the 16f877 with 100% success. I use the HS oscilator mode.(highest gain)
>> Peter
>
>> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Marius Bratrein
>
>> Subject: acceptable resonators for PIC MCUs
>>     Does anyone have experience using a ceramic resonator at clock speeds
>> greater than 16 mhz?  Can anyone tell me which resonators will work?  I
>> have tried an ECS ZTT series 20mhz resonator, but as far as I can tell,
>> the PIC does not have enough gain to drive it.  Thanks
>
>I know Jim at Newfound has tried the ZTT-20.00MT in his proto warp-xx
>for 876's and had it working fine.
>
>I just got bags of them from 4mhz right up to 20mhz (they don't
>manufacture higher frequencies), so I'm sure I will find out very soon.
>:-)
>
>Be interesting to see how they go on AVR's also.
>
>Don McKenzie    mailto:don@dontronics.com      http://www.dontronics.com

I have exactly one proto working and really, this has rather limited testing
but it did work flawlessly.

Most of my R&D is done on a PRIME-17 with a 20mhz oscillator pack and a
16F877. This discussion has got me a little nervous that it may not be
safe to release my 20MHz based programmer/ICD and perhaps I should drop
down to 16mhz?

I would appreciate further feedback myself.





Regards,

Jim Robertson
NEWFOUND ELECTRONICS
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