Crystal Oscillator Selection Guide: Load Capacitance, Jitter and Drive Level
Every microcontroller needs a clock. Get the crystal wrong and your UART drops bits at temperature extremes, or the oscillator fails to start at all on a cold Monday morning. This guide covers the four parameters that determine whether a quartz crystal works reliably in your design: load capacitance, ESR, drive level, and frequency tolerance over …
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