> http://www.fairchildsemi.com/an/AN/AN-340.pdf Despite their attempts, I'm afraid it's still all a bit of a black art. The drivers in micros must be more complex than these parallel circuits, the type I've found so flakey. Do micros have AGC or some detector in them so they will operate over a wide range of frequencies ? For example, what is switched in/out when the micro is set to LP, XT or HS ? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads