On 24/11/2010 22:09, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> On 24/11/10 21:10, Dwayne Reid wrote:
>> One consequence of these experiences is that I now tend to use only
>> real crystals whenever I need to run at 20 MHz.  That's a very tiny
>> percentage of the projects that I (we) do here.  Everything else runs
>> at 4 MHz (either internal RC Oscillator or external resonator) and we
>> have never had a problem with using 4 MHz resonators.
> I don't think I've ever used a resonator.. I standardised on crystals
> (Rakon, Abracon and Golledge) early on, and haven't really seen the need
> to try anything else...
>

Same here, unless you are really trying to save money (or maybe a bit of=20
space), then I can't see the reason for using a resonator - never had=20
any issue with 20MHz crystals and PICs, use them all the time, even on a=20
breadboard occasionally.



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