Mark Chauvin wrote :

> I'm experiencing about a 3% failure rate on my 
PIC-based 
> product.

> Is this a normal failure rate for this 
> type 
of crystal?

*Any* crystal would break if hitted or
shaked hard 
enough... :-)

What type of environment is it used in ?

I'm using 22pF 
as my "standard" setup.

I don't claimt to "know" this, but I guess 
that a
crystal can be "over-driven" if used with to large
caps...

Jan-
Erik.



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