Important Role of Crystal Oscillator in Smart Grid

A smart meter is generally composed of two parts, one part is the measurement part, and the other part is the part of data processing and management functions, which is related to the crystal oscillator application. The second part of the function is completed by the microcontroller. The circuit inside the single-chip microcomputer needs to be combined with a crystal oscillator, which is a crystal oscillator application and provides the single-chip computer with the signal frequency it needs. In the single-chip microcomputer system, the role of the crystal oscillator and crystal oscillator application is very large, because the execution of all the instructions of the single-chip microcomputer is based on the clock signal output by the crystal oscillator. If the clock of the crystal oscillator is not accurate or unstable, there will be a hidden danger of data loss or failure in remote meter reading, that’s why there are so many crystal oscillator application and it so important.

The smart meter is the smart terminal of the smart grid, and its intelligence is mainly reflected in the intelligent functions such as two-way multi-rate metering function, user-end control function, two-way data communication function with multiple data transmission modes, and anti-theft function. 

At present, the smart grid has been rapidly popularized in our life. As the core component of smart grid construction, smart meters play an important role in accurate measurement and data uploading. 

In addition to smart meters, smart grid cruising equipment (line troubleshooting) instead of manual detection has gradually entered the field of research and development and experimentation. In the digital system, the crystal oscillator application is one of the indispensable core components. If the MCU is the "brain", the crystal oscillator application is the heart that provides the heartbeat for the intelligent system.

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