Brian Goldsmith wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote

Bob Parker wrote:

The DSE ESR meter uses 3.58MHz....

Bob

Was that because you had plenty on hand, or was it recommended for
the microprocessor you selected?

**** As 3.579545 MHz is the NTSC colour burst frequency,there are millions
of these crystals around the world.Because of availibility and low cost,they
get used in all sorts of circuits.

Brian Goldsmith.


Gee, Brian, I've known this since the mid '60s. I have a few oddball
color burst crystals, including an early Zenith one in a glass envelope
like a miniature TV tube. I am disabled, but I have worked as a
broadcast engineer at three TV stations. I guess you didn't see the
winking smiley?

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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida