Lpc2000

At 04:49 AM 5/8/04 +1000, you wrote:
>I didn't mean to contradict you Leon, just that Xtal oscillators are very 
>little understood
>beasties at times, and many just bang it in without knowing their actual 
>load capacitance,
>but considering it is the heart of any MCU system, it should be given MUCH 
>more attention.....
>(regarding runtime reliability). Notwithstanding layout issues...
>
>I hope the brief before clarfied it a little.
>
>Mayge Philips_apps could clarify whether the oscillator indeed is a 
>Pierce, and whether it's
>a NOT gate or a FET ???
>This will help in future.

This seems to be one of those little spoken of issues.  Hitex had a section 
on this in one of their white papers "Insider's Guide to Planning 166 
Family Design"  (http://www.hitex.com/download.html)

Robert

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