Sharp remote control ceramic resonator frequency?

Can you find the data sheet for the IC?

The design probably uses the same as in the data sheet.

Mark

Thanks Mark,
   I haven't removed the board... the resonator is mounted on the back
of it. I'll try that avenue if a 455kHz resonator doesn't work in it.

Bob

its probably a 455khz version E, these are found in analogue am radios
and any other ir remote control.

   I've seen 455kHz resonators in remotes before, but I'm pretty sure
I've seen other frequencies too. Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give
it a try unless someone can positively tell me that it's another
frequency.


Bob

Bob Parker ( snipped-for-privacy@despammed.com) writes:

Yes, I have no idea what that one uses, but most definitely there
is not one frequency used for every remote.  

  Michael

Not one frequency, necessarily; but usually only a very few resonators.  The
last time I had one which was (physically) broken, I pulled another from the
first nondescript remote I found in the junk box, and it worked fine.

Remember, many frequencies can be synthesized from one crystal.  Try one out
of a junk remote and see if it works...can't hurt.

jak

another idea, connect a generator, adjust it until it works and pick
the closest standard value.

Mark

Thanks for the idea! Unfortunately the remote belongs to a
non-technical friend of an even less technical person (his landlord),
and that would have to be a last resort. :(

Regards,
Bob

   Yesterday I started trying a few different resonators/crystals of
assorted frequencies in the remote. With a 455kHz resonator, the
output frequency to the IR LED was something over 4kHz, and all
functions were incredibly slow.
   Figuring that the IR frequency should be close to 40kHz, I put in a
4MHz crystal, a frequency I'm sure I've often seen in remotes, and the
IR frequency was about what I thought it should be= just under 40kHz.
   We're going to give this a try and see if it works.
   Thanks again to everyone for their suggestions!

Bob

I fixed a friends remote last year, one leg of the 4MHz xtal had come
unsoldered.

Cheers
Terry

Thanks Terry,
   I've seen the same thing happen. Now I know it wasn't my
imagination that I've seen 4MHz resonators in many remotes. :)
   The remote still hasn't been given back to its owner, but I think
it will probably work OK now.


Cheers,
Bob

4 MHz is a nice number...

so is 3.58 MHz.

Mark

only because it (3.58 MHz.)  is cheaper, and in the factory that matters a
lot.




4 MHz is a nice number...

so is 3.58 MHz.

Mark

The DSE ESR meter uses 3.58MHz.... ;)

Bob

   Was that because you had plenty on hand, or was it recommended for
the microprocessor you selected? :)

Bob Parker wrote:



   Was that because you had plenty on hand, or was it recommended for
the microprocessor you selected? :)



**** As 3.579545 MHz  is the NTSC colour burst frequency,there are millions
of these crystals around the world.Because of availibility and low cost,they
get used in all sorts of circuits.

Brian Goldsmith.

"Brian Goldsmith" ( snipped-for-privacy@nospam.echo.com.au) writes:

But if it was recommended, chances are good that it was because they
are common.  If there's no need for a specific frequency (because the
crystal isn't being used to supply something else that does need it)
one might as well go with a cheap crystal in the general range desired.

  Michael

   Gee, Brian, I've known this since the mid '60s.  I have a few oddball
color burst crystals, including an early Zenith one in a glass envelope
like a miniature TV tube.  I am disabled, but I have worked as a
broadcast engineer at three TV stations.  I guess you didn't see the
winking smiley?

Hi Brian,
   Everyone else answered your question for me! As they said, NTSC
colorburst crystals are very common and very cheap. The firmware in
the micro doesn't need a higher clock frequency than that, so that's
why I chose it.
   The micro internally divides the 3.58MHz by 8950 (179 x 50) to
produce a 400Hz reference for all its timing. It worked out pretty
well. :)

Regards,
Bob