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Source for small oscillator crystals

Started by db May 18, 2004
I am working on a project using an FT2232C. I am trying to find a
source of small oscillator crystals. The smallest I have found so far
is a Citizen CS20 which is larger than the chip I am trying to use. 
Seems rather silly to build this nice   smd board and then have this
huge crystal nearly dwarfing the rest of my components.
"db" <javaguy11111@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I am working on a project using an FT2232C. I am trying to find a > source of small oscillator crystals. The smallest I have found so far > is a Citizen CS20 which is larger than the chip I am trying to use. > Seems rather silly to build this nice smd board and then have this > huge crystal nearly dwarfing the rest of my components.
ACT in the UK makes miniature SM crystals in a 5 mm x 7 mm package, if that helps. I've got some 8 MHz ones but haven't used them. Leon
db wrote:
> > I am working on a project using an FT2232C. I am trying to find a > source of small oscillator crystals. The smallest I have found so far > is a Citizen CS20 which is larger than the chip I am trying to use. > Seems rather silly to build this nice smd board and then have this > huge crystal nearly dwarfing the rest of my components.
Here is a brief list... NDK - http://www.ndk.com/ ILSI - http://www.ilsiamerica.com/ MF - http://www.mfelectronics.com/ If these don't suit your needs, drop me an email to the address below and I will check my data sheets. I have seen some as small as 2 x 3 mm IIRC. I know you can find them readily at 3 x 5 mm. -- Rick "rickman" Collins rick.collins@XYarius.com Ignore the reply address. To email me use the above address with the XY removed. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX
javaguy11111@yahoo.com (db) wrote in message news:<903bda3b.0405180417.1f7433cc@posting.google.com>...
> I am working on a project using an FT2232C. I am trying to find a > source of small oscillator crystals. The smallest I have found so far > is a Citizen CS20 which is larger than the chip I am trying to use. > Seems rather silly to build this nice smd board and then have this > huge crystal nearly dwarfing the rest of my components.
After looking at the suggested sites, I did not find anything that was that much smaller than the CS20. The FT2232C needs a 6Mhz crystal. It seems that the crystal sizes are in the 9-12mm range. I did look into ceramic resonators. The FTDI datasheet does recommend one from Murata with a .1% tolerance, but does not appear to be readily available.The datasheet claims that .5% would work to but is not in USB spec. I much rather stay in spec with a larger component. than risk problems with a smaller less accurate component.

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