How to make, where to buy, order 5 kHz, 10 kHz, 15 kHz crystal/ ceramic resonators

Statek used to be the original source for tuning fork style crystals,
which is what you need at low kilohertz frequencies.

http://www.statek.com/

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thanks whit3rd.
Tuning fork is exactly what I need but still as an electronic
component.
Is it possible to place an order for a specified frequency tuned tuning
fork
or retune, fine retune one already manufactured.
Is machining, laser burning a good way to retune one tuning work to a
preferred frequency ?
Clock resonators are quite small (built as tuning forks).
Does it mean I can expect 5Khz, 10Khz, 15Khz tuning fork to be of the
like size ?
And is it feasible to place an order for a sample of pretuned kHz
tuning forks with one company, lab or a private person and them
manufactured and develivered at a reasonable price and in foreseeable
future ?
Thanks once again for your kind input.

 

US TV color burst frequency. There is one crystal of that frequency in
every US TV. So they are very common and cheap.

Not sure how long that will stay after HDTV takes over. I would think
it would still be needed for S-video and lower quality inputs from
legacy DVD's and VCRs.


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What's wrong with 4.433618 MHz ?

Graham

 

In reality TV crystals are no cheaper than other popular frequencies.

I've normally used 4, 8, 12 and 16 MHz for my microcontoller designs and there
have been no problems either sourcing them or with the price.

Graham

 

If you only need one or two, you can usually pull a crystal or two
from a jun TV set for free. I probably have 100 on hand from dead TV
sets.


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I don't build stuff with salvaged parts though.

Graham

 

time you told us why you want one of this freq. Without that, who knows
what options are most suitable. App, quantity, tolerance and so on.


NT

 

I will use them for prototypes, or to repair my personal equipment.
The failure rate on crystals is so low that it doesn't make sense to buy
a new part, when I have something on hand that is likely to outlast the
equipment.


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Ok.
Nothing special. Just testing wireless power/energy transfer, following
Tesla's ideas and one developed recently at MIT.
I am testing acoustic frequencies at first.

 

Why do you need crystals? A tunable audio generator, of function
generator would work well at those frequencies.


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Since this is just a test, and since you are using audio
frequencies, why not just use a standard audio function
generator? If you really need a stable audio frequency,
you might want to check out my DaqGen freeware.
It generates audio frequency waveforms with your
Windows soundcard. Frequency stability is excellent
since it derives from the crystal in the sound card.
And unlike a homebrew circuit, you can get low-distortion
sine waves, or just about any other waveshape you can
imagine. Then if your experiments uncover anything
worth following up, you can always build a dedicated
circuit when you know just what the ideal parameters are.

Best regards,



Bob Masta
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D A Q A R T A
Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis
www.daqarta.com
Home of DaqGen, the FREEWARE signal generator

 

Hi Michael, this is completely off topic, but I have beeen trying to send
an order to you over two weeks...is your email working..I am the guy from
Australia.

 

In fact most analog PAL TVs will have a 8.86 MHz xtal.
Makes it easier to get 90 degrees.
As for the OP remark, makes no sense.
If you want a one second tick, and for example have a FPGA on board,
it is one line of verilog from a 50MHz xtal.
Not much more lines of ASM in a PIC with a 20 MHz xtal.
Depending on how much jitter is allowed you can make a nice synthesiser
too in FPGA for many frequencies (higher the xtal too).
And finally the color subcarrier... will likely not be needed much longer,
its is all going digital, or at least Y Cr Cb, not composite.

 

Many useful frequencies from 20kHz on up are standard stock items at
digikey. Less than a dollar for a standard value.

Custom ordering one is possible, but will typically be $100+ or so and
will have a turnaround time measured in a week or two.

If you just want a square-wave oscillator there are many techniques
(including user-programmable or distributor-programmable oscillator
modules) that may do the job depending on your phase noise/jitter
requirements.

If you want a sine wave oscillator there are numerically programmed
direct digital synthesizers for a few bucks that do well for many (but
not all) applications.

Tim.

 

then you dont need this xtal at all.


NT