----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Michaels <oricom@USWEST.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 11:17 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:
> >
>
> Jacob,
>
> On every xtal I have [about 20 different frequencies], the labelling
> matches the freq in an "obvious" way.
>
> And don't let Bob steer you wrong on D-K [probably not his intent].
> I order from them all the time, and have had few problems.

Indeed, I think Digikey is terrific.

> However, last week I did get a salesperson [man] who was apparently
> very new, and screwed my order up in 3-4 places. In your case, simple
> difference between entering P/N SE3438 and SE3436. Just imagine
> having a job where you have to enter 20,000 of those friggin P/Ns
> every day --> decreasing IQ and brain fog and "terminal" stupidity.

I use the web ordering capability, and I don't get it wrong (or at least I
haven't yet).

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

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