What is this component? What does it do?

[sluggo]

Thanks for that reply, sluggo.

Would the linked part (10th one down on the left hand side) be what I need?

http://www.goldmine-elec-products.co....asp?dept=1037

Nope. The parts on that page are what's often referred to as hybrid oscillators. They have the crystal and a few other components in that package that you don't want. It's also a 4-pin device and is FAR larger than you have room for.

You want something like this.

It's available from Digikey thusly.

Just $.73 and prolly $10 for shipping

sluggo