We had a *good* discussion on this very topic just a
few months back.

Refer?

Jim


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Lile" <llile@TOASTMASTER.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Will an unprogrammed chip oscillate?


> Series cut .. Parallel cut - How does one figure out which applies to the
> crystal in question.  I just looked at EVERY crystal in Digikey, and NONE
> (i.e. diddlysquat, Nada, Nichts, Nyet, Zip, Zilcho) specify whether the
> crystal is parallel or serial cut.  Now there are a few that allude to
> "When run in parallel mode.."  "Effective series resistance"  And one has
a
> whole paragraph of rubber language which basically says "Your Mileage May
> Vary" when run in parallel or series mode, but none of them just come
right
> out and say one or the other.
>
> I guess the correct method is to use a CRYSTAL ball.  <Groan>
>
> --Lawrence
>
>

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