El Segundo, CA – September 30, 2009 – Epson Toyocom Corporation’s U.S.-based

Timing Products Division today announced the FC-13A, a tuning-fork crystal unit with operation guaranteed up to a temperature of 125 ° C, for automotive applications. The FC-13A has an output frequency of 32.768 kHz and measures 3.2 x 1.5 mm, with a maximum thickness of 0.9 mm. The frequency tolerance is ± 20 x 10-6, and the operating temperature range is -40 to 125 ° C .