----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob M Hartman <jmhartma@US.IBM.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:47 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Oscillator not working at indicated frequency


> I believe that it is indeed a parallel cut crystal.  It's an Epson CA-301,
> just like the 16F877 guide calls for, with a 15 pF cap to ground on either
> side of it.  Incidentally, I just noticed that its labeling reads
> "184AP9X".  Maybe that indicates that the crystal is in fact 18.4 MHz?
> (Anyone know how these things are labeled?)
>
> Jake

Yep, DIGIKEY got ya!

They got me about a year ago in a very similar way:

I ordered some 10MHz XTALs for an 18C.

One unit was way off in frequency, turned out the XTAL was an 11.058MHz
(IIRC).

Good grief!

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

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