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| ====== Clock ====== | ====== Clock ====== | ||
| - | As it is with most digital electronics, | + | As with most digital electronics, |
| **Internal RC Oscillator** | **Internal RC Oscillator** | ||
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| This is a internal clock generator, which does not need any external components. Its main disadvantages are low frequency and inaccuracy. | This is a internal clock generator, which does not need any external components. Its main disadvantages are low frequency and inaccuracy. | ||
| - | **External RC oscillator** | + | **External RC Oscillator** |
| Works on the same principal as an internal RC oscillator and has no significant advantage over the internal one. | Works on the same principal as an internal RC oscillator and has no significant advantage over the internal one. | ||
| - | **Crystal | + | **Crystal |
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| - | Crystal oscillators use a crystal (usually quartz) that vibrates at its resonant frequency in the electric field and has a piezoelectic quality to produce an electric field on mechanical deformation (vibration). Crystal oscillators enable a precision of nearly 0.001%, which does not depend on the temperature. | + | Crystal oscillators use a crystal (usually quartz) that vibrates at its resonant frequency in the electric field and has a piezoelectic quality to produce an electric field during |
| - | **Ceramic | + | **Ceramic |
| Ceramic resonators are similar to crystal oscillators, | Ceramic resonators are similar to crystal oscillators, | ||
| - | **External | + | **External |
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| - | External | + | An external |