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Which oscillator would you choose for a microcontroller's clock?

  • A.A Wien bridge with lamp amplitude stabilisation
  • B.A Colpitts tuned by a varactor diode
  • C.A unijunction relaxation circuit with an RC network
  • D.A Pierce crystal circuit

Answer: D

A Pierce gives crystal accuracy from two capacitors and an inverter, which is why it is built into essentially every microcontroller. A Wien bridge is an audio sine generator, a varactor-tuned Colpitts is for tunable radio work, and a unijunction is a low-accuracy trigger circuit. Matching a topology to an application means naming the specification that matters, and for a digital clock it is accuracy at negligible cost.

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