Grab any old crystal, stuff it in there, forget the caps.  99%+ shot it will
work.  OK, maybe that 20 MHz crystral will oscillate at 20.0004 MHz, is that
such a big deal?

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith L. Kovala"
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 9:39 PM
Subject: [PIC:] Argh, more crystal questions.


> Ok, I've read AN826 from Microchip, and while informative... I'm still not
> sure whether I want a parallel or series resonant crystal, and if parallel
> does it really matter for basic circuits what the load cap value is (other
> than it be between 12 and 32 pF)??  I suspect series resonant will work,
but
> can I get some advice from the pros on this one?
>
> Why can't this just be easy?  All I want to do is play with the chips...
why
> does this have to be so difficult?  (That's a rhetorical question and I
> don't expect an answer to that. GRiN)
>
> BTW: Thanks everyone for the input on my previous post about A/D
converting.
>
> Keith L. Kovala
> klk@renderedelement.com
>
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