Tuesday, 5 June 2018

arduino - Run an atmega328 only using an 16Mhz crystal without caps


Can you run an ATmega328 only using an 16Mhz crystal, so without the capacitors?



Answer



Sort of - set the fuses so it runs off the internal oscillator and it shouldn't care what's connected to the xtal pins. You won't need the crystal either.


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