Adafruit 16 MHz Ceramic Resonator / Oscillator

Keep your microcontroller ticking with a ceramic oscillator. These compact devices offer straightforward integration with breadboard-friendly 0.1" pin spacing. Functioning similarly to crystals, they include the stability capacitors internally, ensuring 0.5% accuracy, making them ideal for everyday electronics and microcontroller projects.

Perfect for applications requiring reliable baud-rate generation, their precision is adequate for UART purposes. For tasks demanding ultra-high precision, such as USB timing or RF/PLL/VCO driving, consider alternatives like crystals or temperature-compensated oscillators.

Use them effortlessly by connecting the two outer pins to XTAL-in and XTAL-out on your circuit, with the inner pin grounded. The package's symmetric design ensures ease of installation.

This oscillator is an excellent fit for Arduino-based projects, with the Arduino Uno operating at 16MHz as a noteworthy example. Note that the ceramic oscillator may arrive in brown or blue, both providing identical functionality without available color selection.