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Re: So, how about that load capacitance?

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July 18, 2012 at 1:39 pm #20792
Windell Oskay
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Then the crystal caps are indeed the likely culprit– the crystal may simply not run if the caps are that far off from spec. It’s likely worse than you think, because a breadboard adds quite a bit of stray capacitance, too.

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