justDIY said:
I've run three pics on a breadboard, all sharing a 20mHz oscillator ... the oscillator is a Maxim EconoOscillator, in the TO-92 package.
Sorry for taking this thread a bit off topic but a TO-92 style oscillator, with trimmable frequency is very attractive.
However, the device datasheet shows that the active current for such device is some 40~50mA and this is easily many more times the PIC operating current of a few mA (2.75mA for 16F628A) using crystal at 20MHz with accuracy timing accuracy. So is the extra current drain justify the use of these oscillators?