At 10:07 AM 1/3/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Of course not. It is an interesting experiment, if nothing else. The PICs
>have an internal osc - why not use it if it will do what you want? If it
>won't, I'll use an xtal - I have a bunch of them. I'd like to use the OSC
>pins as I/O ports for this project, but it isn't necessary, since I can
>multiplex a couple of other pins if I have to.

Or use a 30 cent resonator with built-in capacitors. A good compromise
for many situations (0.5% accuracy).

Best regards,

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