this one may contain internal capacitors. Take this into account Omer. ihsan ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "=D6mer Yalh=FD" To: Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:29 PM Subject: [EE]: XTal Question I have seen a board with the xtal being connected to the pic, and the bod= y of xtal to the ground and no more connections (no caps then to gnd etc.) = Is this valid? Does it work? (Pls. see picture) I always thought you need to connect the xtal legs to the ground through capacitors. -- 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: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu