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Ground copper pour for Crystals and Real time clocks

I am laying out a (2-layer) board, with a standard SMD Crystal as well as a Real-time clock placed on the top-side of the board. What are guidelines regarding ground copper pour under the Crystal and ...
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1answer
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How is my crystal layout looking?

I've done a preliminary layout of my crystals. I've never designed a board with crystals so this is just a rough first pass based on my small set of working knowledge of crystal layout. How am I ...
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How close do I really have to place a 25MHz crystal?

I'm laying out a very space constrained PCB. Normally I would place a 25MHz crystal absolutely as close as possible to the chip using it. However, on this PCB, something else really needs the space ...
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What's the schematic to share one crystal with two micros?

How do I share a single crystal (not a complete oscillator module) between two micros? Is it OK to just connect everything as normal for the first micro and also directly connect its XO to the XI of ...