I don't understand your two statements. But generally, we like self-contained oscillators because (1) they are tested to a high standard, (2) their cost seems to be the same versus testing and populating individual parts, and (3) competition keeps the costs down. --Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pang" To: Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: [EE]:Build crystal based external Oscillator - Howto > Hi all, > > I need to build an oscillator using a crystal. The first reason is that I > need to have an 9.8304MHz external clock source to be input to a controller > and the second reason is to know beyond the OSC1/OSC2 of a microcontroller. > My question - > 1. Is it going to be complicated job? > 2. Are there any useful link? > 3. Will it be more feasible to buy those external canned oscillator? > > Thanks. > > Rgds, > pang > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.