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From: mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: TTL vs. CMOS oscillators
Message-ID: <1990Dec29.055646.23533@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 29 Dec 90 05:56:46 GMT
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In article <53128@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> blw@acsu.buffalo.edu (brian l wybaillie) writes:
>hi, this may seem to be a stupid question but, i have a 40 MHz series hybrid
>crystal clock oscillator from Newark Electronics.  it is TTL compatible
>and will drive 1-10 TTL gates.  can this be used with CMOS chips, for example
>in a Pierce Oscillator configuration?
>
>	thanks in advance,
> 	
>	brian wybaillie
> 

It will also drive CMOS chips that have TTL-compatible inputs, such as
74HCT series. No need to build a Pierce oscillator or anything unusual.
.