Originally I wrote:

> I've had one experience with ECS. It was a SMD crystal
> (ECS-SR1-4.00-B) on a PIC711 and PIC715. It failed
> to work at temperatures higher than 30C (thats
> around 86F).


Harold followed up with:
>         In one product where we went surface mount, the
> surface mount 4 MHz resonator with caps from Digikey
> was unreliable with a 16f628. We surface mounted
> leaded devices until we got the board characterized by
> murata.

Where these SMD crystals from ECS? That would be
useful information. Two people experiencing problems
with 4 MHz SMD crystals from ECS.


Phil Eisermann
Electronics Engineer
The Ridge Tool Company
(440)329-4680

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