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Quartz Crystal Frequencies

Frequency (MHz) comm UART A/V RTC Notes and Primary uses 0.032000 Real-time clock, watches; allows binary division to 1 kHz signal (25×1 kHz). 0.032768 215 allows binary division to 1 Hz. Real-time clock, quartz watches and clocks; common low-speed for microcontrollers. Very common. Available as TCXO.[1] 0.038000 Used with FM stereo encoder chip BA1404 and similar. 0.065536 216…

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Cockney Money Terms

archer = two thousand pounds (£2,000), late 20th century, from the Jeffrey Archer court case in which he was alleged to have bribed call-girl Monica Coughlan with this amount. ayrton senna/ayrton = tenner (ten pounds, £10) – cockney rhyming slang created in the 1980s or early 90s, from the name of the peerless Brazilian world champion Formula…

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Resistor Sizes and Packages

Resistors are available in a large number of different package styles and sizes. The most commonly used resistors are rectangular surface mount (SMD) resistors, but the older axial resistor is still used extensively in through-hole designs. See the dimensions of SMD, axial, and MELF packages and also some recommended land patterns for SMD components for soldering to PCBs.

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