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RE: [AVR-Chat] Crystal Oscillators

RE: [AVR-Chat] Crystal Oscillators

2004-01-13 by David VanHorn

At 03:34 PM 1/13/2004 +1000, Steven Chang-Lin Yu wrote:

>Normally crystal u can just use 20pf loading cap, I don�t think there is any thing special!!
>

If you don't care about exact frequency, or guaranteed startup, then you can just guess at the caps. However, this 20pF value is about half what you need. 39pF would be a better first stab.

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