on 1/21/02 9:04 AM, Johannes Wolf at jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl wrote:
> General rule is: keep the wires as short as possible.
> They do not only add stray capacitance, they also act as antennas for
> radiating the crystal frequency and its harmonics
> (in most cases [for digital electronics] the crystals are not operated with a
> pure sinusoidal waveform, but with a more square shaped waveform, this causes
> a lot of harmonics, dependent on the rise time of the slopes).
> This may cause interferences in the radio or tv next to you (and your Newt) as
> well as to other electronic parts inside the Newt.
However, Stephanie reports no problems other than the need to do a
restart about 1 time in 50 speed changes.
I'd say that's pretty good ... given the relative simplicity and lower
cost of the hack when compared to the result.
Peter
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