At 08:51 PM 4/4/03 -0800, Alex Harford wrote:

>the parts dept at my university only had series resonant crystals that I
>could use to test my breadboarded project.  I've only seen parallel
>circuits, so I'm assuming that there is a downside to using a series
>crystal.
>
>If not, how does the series crystal connect to the XTAL lines?  Just
>across the two like a parallel circuit, but without the caps going to
>ground?

Treat it the same way as a parallel cut crystal.  The only problem you may
see is that the frequency may be off a tiny amount.

dwayne

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