© 2004 Microchip Technology Inc. DS70054C-page 7-1
Oscillator
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Section 7. Oscillator
HIGHLIGHTS
This section of the manual contains the following topics:
7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 7-2
7.2 CPU Clocking Scheme .................................................................................................. 7-4
7.3 Oscillator Configuration.................................................................................................. 7-5
7.4 Oscillator Control Register (OSCCON).......................................................................... 7-6
7.5 Primary Oscillator...........................................................................................................7-9
7.6 Crystal Oscillators/Ceramic Resonators ...................................................................... 7-10
7.7 Determining Best Values for Crystals, Clock Mode, C1, C2 and Rs ............................ 7-12
7.8 External Clock Input..................................................................................................... 7-13
7.9 External RC Oscillator.................................................................................................. 7-14
7.10 Phase Locked Loop (PLL) ........................................................................................... 7-18
7.11 Low Power 32 kHz Crystal Oscillator........................................................................... 7-19
7.12 Oscillator Start-up Timer (OST).................................................................................... 7-19
7.13 Internal Fast RC Oscillator (FRC) ................................................................................ 7-19
7.14 Internal Low Power RC (LPRC) Oscillator ................................................................... 7-20
7.15 Fail-Safe Clock Monitor (FSCM) .................................................................................. 7-20
7.16 Programmable Oscillator Postscaler............................................................................ 7-21
7.17 Clock Switching Operation........................................................................................... 7-22
7.18 Design Tips .................................................................................................................. 7-26
7.19 Related Application Notes............................................................................................ 7-27
7.20 Revision History ........................................................................................................... 7-28