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setting postscale directly for setup_timer_2 and PWM

 
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setting postscale directly for setup_timer_2 and PWM
PostPosted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:04 pm     Reply with quote
I'm trying to get a PWM frequency of around 90HZ. The slowest I can get with a 8mHz crystal is about 500HZ

Code:
setup_timer_2(T2_DIV_BY_16,255,5);


If you do the calculation, the Postscale of 5 should get it down to what I'm after. But changing the Postscale doesn't do anything.

How can I set the Postscale directly? I haven't really played around with configuring registers directly. I see in the datasheet that this is configured in the T2CON register, the TOUTPS3:TOUTPS0 bits (BTW, this is a 16F876A).

Any help would be appreciated.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:42 am     Reply with quote
The postscale, does not affect PWM...
Read the chip's data sheet. The postscaler _only_ affects the frequency of interrupts. The clock feeding the PWM, comes from in front of the postscaler section of the hardware.
You need to think of another way of doing this. It depends on your chip, but on some latter PICs, the PWM can be fed from Timer3, which has a separate input. On these, you can generate a lower frequency clock and use this to feed the PWM. The alternative for such a low frequency, is to implement 'soft' PWM, using an interrupt at (say)1mSec intervals, and changing the output yourself.

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:07 pm     Reply with quote
What in the world is the postscale used for then if not for PWM frequency? Why even have this parameter in the set duty function if it doesn't affect anything?
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 3:10 pm     Reply with quote
Read my reply to your previous posting of this question:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29786
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