Hello Everyone
I have been programming the MSP430G2553 for a month now, and when I was making a program including a clock, I noticed that the DCO inside the microcontroller was not precise enough to keep time with it. So I decided the solder on the 32.768 KHz crystal included with the package. I soldered on both of the forks and the body of the crystal down, I checked for any short-circuits and no-contacts and the multimeter confirmed that the crystal was soldered on properly. So after soldering, I fired up the launchpad and quickly wrote a program that blinked the green led with 1 Hz using the crystal as the clock source. It all seemed to work fine until I my finger approached the crystal from above "not touching". I noticed that the led stopped blinking whenever "I" was anywhere near the crystal within an inch I would say. I also noticed that when one finger was above the crystal, and the other finger was touching any pin other than GND, the crystal resumed working properly. Some of you might think the crystal isn't grounded well enough but the body of the crystal is well in contact with the area below.
So my question is, does this phenomenon happen to everyone or is the crystal I received with my launchpad garbage?
Thank you in advance!
