Need Help Isolating 5v Voltage Rails

MrChips

Joined Oct 2, 2009
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4700μF is way overkill for what you are doing.
Usually for something like this I would use a 100Ω series resistor followed by 10 to 100μF to GND.

How much current and voltage each oscillator requires?
Show us a circuit diagram of each oscillator.
 

AnalogKid

Joined Aug 1, 2013
12,126
I thought the problem might be decoupling, but couldn't get to my computer to post.

Without knowing the parts or the circuit, here is some general guidance on power supply decoupling. The standard rule of thumb is a ceramic capacitor directly across the chip's power supply pins, as close as possible with the shortest possible leads. If the chip has two power pins, such as an opamp, then one cap from each pin to GND. 0.1 uF to 1.0 uF are common values. In many Analog Devices app notes, they show an additional 10 uF electrolytic capacitor in parallel with the ceramic ones. For something like an audio power amplifier chip, increase that to 100 uF.

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