oscillator | Microcontroller › 8051 › oscillator This topic has 1 reply, 2 voices, and was last updated 11 years, 3 months ago by AJISH ALFRED. Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) Author Posts January 2, 2013 at 11:52 am #2046 balaji.nParticipant hello friends I want to know about 1.basic priceple of oscillator in microcontroller? 2.what is purpose of oscillator? 3.how tha data flowing in micro controller? January 2, 2013 at 1:53 pm #8891 AJISH ALFREDParticipant the oscillator is something that can generate a waveform, incase of MCUs the waveform is digital and we call it “clock”. In MCUs the instructions are executed consicutievely on the reception of clock. Author Posts Viewing 2 posts - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In