Clock Generator for Breadboard

Question

I am both a very new and fairly elderly student of digital electronics. I wish to experiment using a breadboard and am looking for a suitable clock generator for this.

Speed is not really relevant, but obviously reliability is.

Hope this question is not too puerile for this forum.

TIA

David

"I only ask because I want to know"

johnbeetem · Answer

If you just want a constant frequency oscillator, you can use a DIP oscillator such as this one: http://www.newark.com/vishay-dale/xo32ctelna10m/crystal-oscillator-10mhz-thd/dp/18C1319 . Using an oscillator module rather than a crystal avoids layout issues and gives you a nice, clean signal. Be sure to put a bypass cap between the oscillator's +V supply and GND.