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Advice on Murata resonators

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2001-07-17 17:28 in General Discussion
Hi all,

I need some advice on the Murata resonators sold by Parallax.

When I connect such a resonator to a PIC, are the outer pins of the DIP
resonator
connected to the OSC1 and OSC2 pins while the middle pin connects to GND?
Or ...

Do those resonators require any additional capacitors and if so, how do
these connect?
The PIC manuals state diferent capacitor values.

Is it possible to connect a single resonator to multiple PIC's that are up
to 8 inches apart,
or would it be better to supply each PIC with its own resonator, keeping
tracks as short as possible.

Greetings peter

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-07-17 02:26
    Peter:
    I have used Murata resonators from Digikey, which are probably similar to
    yours, (three leads). The center lead is gnded, while the outer leads
    connect to Osc 1 and 2; no extra caps needed, they are in the resonator.
    You need two extra caps if you use a crystal. My PIC books say to keep
    leads short. Osc1 can be driven by an external clock oscillator, (Osc2 left
    open), so you probably could drive multiple PICs with one external
    oscillator.

    Ray McArthur


    > *********
    > I need some advice on the Murata resonators sold by Parallax.
    >
    > When I connect such a resonator to a PIC, are the outer pins of the DIP
    > resonator
    > connected to the OSC1 and OSC2 pins while the middle pin connects to GND?
    > Or ...
    >
    > Do those resonators require any additional capacitors and if so, how do
    > these connect?
    > The PIC manuals state diferent capacitor values.
    >
    > Is it possible to connect a single resonator to multiple PIC's that are up
    > to 8 inches apart,
    > or would it be better to supply each PIC with its own resonator, keeping
    > tracks as short as possible.
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-07-17 15:39
    It is as you said, the outer pins to the OSC terminals, the center to
    GND. These resonators do not require the caps typically used with
    crystals.

    Regards

    Rich




    --- In basicstamps@y..., "Peter Verkaik" <peterverkaik@b...> wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > I need some advice on the Murata resonators sold by Parallax.
    >
    > When I connect such a resonator to a PIC, are the outer pins of the
    DIP
    > resonator
    > connected to the OSC1 and OSC2 pins while the middle pin connects
    to GND?
    > Or ...
    >
    > Do those resonators require any additional capacitors and if so,
    how do
    > these connect?
    > The PIC manuals state diferent capacitor values.
    >
    > Is it possible to connect a single resonator to multiple PIC's that
    are up
    > to 8 inches apart,
    > or would it be better to supply each PIC with its own resonator,
    keeping
    > tracks as short as possible.
    >
    > Greetings peter
  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-07-17 16:21
    Hi Rich,

    Thanks,.
    Do you also know if a single resonator CAN be used on multiple PIC's
    or would the clocksignal become too distorded to be usable, too much
    (capacitive) load perhaps?.

    Greetings peter


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    It is as you said, the outer pins to the OSC terminals, the center to
    GND. These resonators do not require the caps typically used with
    crystals.

    Regards

    Rich




    --- In basicstamps@y..., "Peter Verkaik" <peterverkaik@b...> wrote:
    > Hi all,
    >
    > I need some advice on the Murata resonators sold by Parallax.
    >
    > When I connect such a resonator to a PIC, are the outer pins of the
    DIP
    > resonator
    > connected to the OSC1 and OSC2 pins while the middle pin connects
    to GND?
    > Or ...
    >
    > Do those resonators require any additional capacitors and if so,
    how do
    > these connect?
    > The PIC manuals state diferent capacitor values.
    >
    > Is it possible to connect a single resonator to multiple PIC's that
    are up
    > to 8 inches apart,
    > or would it be better to supply each PIC with its own resonator,
    keeping
    > tracks as short as possible.
    >
    > Greetings peter


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2001-07-17 17:28
    Hi Peter

    Some chips are designed to be used with a common oscillator. It is
    often necessary that several devices use a common clock. One device
    is used as the "master". The crystal or resonator is connected to
    this chip. The chip then has an "osc out" pin. The "osc out" pin
    supplies the clock pulses to the other chips.

    The important thing is that the output of the crystal is a very
    fragile thing.It must be buffered before being used. You can not
    extend wiring from the crystal to various points around the PCB.

    If you desire that multiple PIC's use a common clock you will have to
    build one. The easiest way of doing this is to use a crystal timebase
    IC, this buffers the crystal, the output of this device is a stream
    of nice clock pulses. You could do it yourself- - crystal,
    transistor, schmidt trigger. Anyway, there are timebases available
    where everything is self contained in one DIP module. These can be
    seen in the MOUSER catalog. they have a bunch of them available at
    different frequencies. The output of the timebase will connect to the
    PIC through one of its OSC pins. If OSC1 doesnt do it OSC2 probably
    will.

    I have had success doing this in similar situations, however I have
    not tried this with a PIC. Still, I can see no reason why it wouldn't
    work

    Hope this helps

    Regards

    Rich
    --- In basicstamps@y..., "Peter Verkaik" <peterverkaik@b...> wrote:
    > Hi Rich,
    >
    > Thanks,.
    > Do you also know if a single resonator CAN be used on multiple PIC's
    > or would the clocksignal become too distorded to be usable, too much
    > (capacitive) load perhaps?.
    >
    > Greetings peter
    >
    >
    >
    Oorspronkelijk bericht
    > Van: iceninevt@y... [noparse][[/noparse]mailto:iceninevt@y...]
    > Verzonden: dinsdag 17 juli 2001 15:39
    > Aan: basicstamps@y...
    > Onderwerp: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] Re: Advice on Murata resonators
    >
    > It is as you said, the outer pins to the OSC terminals, the center
    to
    > GND. These resonators do not require the caps typically used with
    > crystals.
    >
    > Regards
    >
    > Rich
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > --- In basicstamps@y..., "Peter Verkaik" <peterverkaik@b...> wrote:
    > > Hi all,
    > >
    > > I need some advice on the Murata resonators sold by Parallax.
    > >
    > > When I connect such a resonator to a PIC, are the outer pins of
    the
    > DIP
    > > resonator
    > > connected to the OSC1 and OSC2 pins while the middle pin connects
    > to GND?
    > > Or ...
    > >
    > > Do those resonators require any additional capacitors and if so,
    > how do
    > > these connect?
    > > The PIC manuals state diferent capacitor values.
    > >
    > > Is it possible to connect a single resonator to multiple PIC's
    that
    > are up
    > > to 8 inches apart,
    > > or would it be better to supply each PIC with its own resonator,
    > keeping
    > > tracks as short as possible.
    > >
    > > Greetings peter
    >
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