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03/24/07 10:44
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#135762 - The tale of a 1000 fingers
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Hi Mike,

Yes, I understand. However, this is the value recommended by Atmel in their migration from '8252 to '8253. I failed to mention that I have manufactured about 5000 of these units before without any real problems. I have now also tried a 22pF, 44pF and smaller 2.2pF ( as well as no caps ) with exactly the same results. If I hold my finger on the contacts when no caps are present, the board works fine. This is not really a solution as I would need 1000 fingers. Any ideas.

Thanks

List of 15 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
AT89S8253 clocking problem            01/01/70 00:00      
   The scope probe is the clue!!            01/01/70 00:00      
      The tale of a 1000 fingers            01/01/70 00:00      
      Alex did what the datasheet demands            01/01/70 00:00      
   1M across cap            01/01/70 00:00      
   are you sure it is not 1/3?            01/01/70 00:00      
      I had the same problem            01/01/70 00:00      
         Works!! But is it a solution            01/01/70 00:00      
            is it 1/4 or 1/3            01/01/70 00:00      
               Speed unstable            01/01/70 00:00      
                  May be clock amplitude...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Crystal frequency            01/01/70 00:00      
      An interesting article...            01/01/70 00:00      
   Use an external oscillator!            01/01/70 00:00      
      wait a year or more for the errata            01/01/70 00:00      

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