From: Martin Riddle on


<krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:24 -0800, John Larkin
> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:42:27 -0800, Fred Abse
>><excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:07 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I never buy crystals for things like this. They have a high
>>>> probability of
>>>> not working, and you wind up fiddling with capacitors and such.
>>>> It's
>>>> easier to but a packaged, working crystal oscillator, already tuned
>>>> to a
>>>> couple PPM, guaranteed to oscillate, for $1.50 or thereabouts.
>>>
>>>Me, too. Amplifiers oscillate, oscillators don't ;-)
>>
>>We've just started using silicon oscillators, in SOT-23 sized
>>packages, for things where 1% is good enough. We're using one part
>>that's pin strappable for 8-4-2-1 MHz.
>
> A seven pin SOT-23?

I think its this Linear part
<http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/6900fa.pdf>
There are others tho.

Cheers



From: krw on
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:23 -0500, "Martin Riddle" <martin_rid(a)verizon.net>
wrote:

>
>
><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
>news:6qmnp598tm30hlmvgvdne65ps3msbb8q3r(a)4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:24 -0800, John Larkin
>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:42:27 -0800, Fred Abse
>>><excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:07 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I never buy crystals for things like this. They have a high
>>>>> probability of
>>>>> not working, and you wind up fiddling with capacitors and such.
>>>>> It's
>>>>> easier to but a packaged, working crystal oscillator, already tuned
>>>>> to a
>>>>> couple PPM, guaranteed to oscillate, for $1.50 or thereabouts.
>>>>
>>>>Me, too. Amplifiers oscillate, oscillators don't ;-)
>>>
>>>We've just started using silicon oscillators, in SOT-23 sized
>>>packages, for things where 1% is good enough. We're using one part
>>>that's pin strappable for 8-4-2-1 MHz.
>>
>> A seven pin SOT-23?
>
>I think its this Linear part
><http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/6900fa.pdf>
>There are others tho.

Neat (but sloppy - 1/5% to 2% error). That's a trinary input (1/10/100) in a
SOT-23-5. John was suggesting 1-2-4-8 binary inputs. I've never seen a
SOT-23-7. Up to six pins on a "SOT-23" I can understand, but where does the
seventh pin go?

From: John Fields on
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:15:43 -0600, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
<krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:23 -0500, "Martin Riddle" <martin_rid(a)verizon.net>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
>>news:6qmnp598tm30hlmvgvdne65ps3msbb8q3r(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:24 -0800, John Larkin
>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:42:27 -0800, Fred Abse
>>>><excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:07 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I never buy crystals for things like this. They have a high
>>>>>> probability of
>>>>>> not working, and you wind up fiddling with capacitors and such.
>>>>>> It's
>>>>>> easier to but a packaged, working crystal oscillator, already tuned
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> couple PPM, guaranteed to oscillate, for $1.50 or thereabouts.
>>>>>
>>>>>Me, too. Amplifiers oscillate, oscillators don't ;-)
>>>>
>>>>We've just started using silicon oscillators, in SOT-23 sized
>>>>packages, for things where 1% is good enough. We're using one part
>>>>that's pin strappable for 8-4-2-1 MHz.
>>>
>>> A seven pin SOT-23?
>>
>>I think its this Linear part
>><http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/6900fa.pdf>
>>There are others tho.
>
>Neat (but sloppy - 1/5% to 2% error). That's a trinary input (1/10/100) in a
>SOT-23-5. John was suggesting 1-2-4-8 binary inputs. I've never seen a
>SOT-23-7. Up to six pins on a "SOT-23" I can understand, but where does the
>seventh pin go?

---
It doesn't.

I think he was talking two binary inputs to switch between four output
frequencies, so that's only 5 pins.

JF
From: John Fields on
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:31:19 -0600, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:15:43 -0600, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:23 -0500, "Martin Riddle" <martin_rid(a)verizon.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
>>>news:6qmnp598tm30hlmvgvdne65ps3msbb8q3r(a)4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:24 -0800, John Larkin
>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:42:27 -0800, Fred Abse
>>>>><excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:07 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I never buy crystals for things like this. They have a high
>>>>>>> probability of
>>>>>>> not working, and you wind up fiddling with capacitors and such.
>>>>>>> It's
>>>>>>> easier to but a packaged, working crystal oscillator, already tuned
>>>>>>> to a
>>>>>>> couple PPM, guaranteed to oscillate, for $1.50 or thereabouts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Me, too. Amplifiers oscillate, oscillators don't ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>We've just started using silicon oscillators, in SOT-23 sized
>>>>>packages, for things where 1% is good enough. We're using one part
>>>>>that's pin strappable for 8-4-2-1 MHz.
>>>>
>>>> A seven pin SOT-23?
>>>
>>>I think its this Linear part
>>><http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/6900fa.pdf>
>>>There are others tho.
>>
>>Neat (but sloppy - 1/5% to 2% error). That's a trinary input (1/10/100) in a
>>SOT-23-5. John was suggesting 1-2-4-8 binary inputs. I've never seen a
>>SOT-23-7. Up to six pins on a "SOT-23" I can understand, but where does the
>>seventh pin go?
>
>---
>It doesn't.
>
>I think he was talking two binary inputs to switch between four output
>frequencies, so that's only 5 pins.

---
Or, pin-strappable means four hot pins and you strap to the one(s)
that'll give you what (8,or 4,or 2,or 1MHz) you want, for a total of 6
pins.


JF
From: krw on
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:31:19 -0600, John Fields
<jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:15:43 -0600, "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz"
><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:53:23 -0500, "Martin Riddle" <martin_rid(a)verizon.net>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>><krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz> wrote in message
>>>news:6qmnp598tm30hlmvgvdne65ps3msbb8q3r(a)4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:24 -0800, John Larkin
>>>> <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:42:27 -0800, Fred Abse
>>>>><excretatauris(a)invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:28:07 -0800, John Larkin wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I never buy crystals for things like this. They have a high
>>>>>>> probability of
>>>>>>> not working, and you wind up fiddling with capacitors and such.
>>>>>>> It's
>>>>>>> easier to but a packaged, working crystal oscillator, already tuned
>>>>>>> to a
>>>>>>> couple PPM, guaranteed to oscillate, for $1.50 or thereabouts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Me, too. Amplifiers oscillate, oscillators don't ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>>We've just started using silicon oscillators, in SOT-23 sized
>>>>>packages, for things where 1% is good enough. We're using one part
>>>>>that's pin strappable for 8-4-2-1 MHz.
>>>>
>>>> A seven pin SOT-23?
>>>
>>>I think its this Linear part
>>><http://cds.linear.com/docs/Datasheet/6900fa.pdf>
>>>There are others tho.
>>
>>Neat (but sloppy - 1/5% to 2% error). That's a trinary input (1/10/100) in a
>>SOT-23-5. John was suggesting 1-2-4-8 binary inputs. I've never seen a
>>SOT-23-7. Up to six pins on a "SOT-23" I can understand, but where does the
>>seventh pin go?
>
>---
>It doesn't.
>
>I think he was talking two binary inputs to switch between four output
>frequencies, so that's only 5 pins.

Ah, that would make sense. When I see 1-2-4-8 I naturally assume a 4-bit
binary sequence. With only a binary divider it's even less interesting.