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RE: [AVR-Chat] Oscillator Lock?!?!

2004-03-15 by David VanHorn

At 08:52 AM 3/15/2004 -0700, Cobb, Quentin wrote:

>0.001%!
>
>Where do you buy your capacitors - Planet Ultron?   Given their very nature
>and the limitations on measurement you'd find it difficult to match better
>than about 1%.

I was stretching the point to make a point. 

Theoretically speaking, no two small caps will ever be exactly the same value.
However, for any practical definition of the word, the two oscillator caps are intended to be the same value, and if by some miracle they are EXACTLY matched, they will still work just fine.

Just make sure CKOPT is set to 1.

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