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Using PLL of PIC18F4550

 
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Using PLL of PIC18F4550
PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:11 am     Reply with quote

Hi guys,
I would like to get a square wave of 40MHZ frequency from portb, pin0.
is this a correct program?? BTW, H4 option did not work with me.

Code:
#include <18f4550.h>
#use delay (clock=10000000)
#fuses PLL4,nowdt,nocpd,nolvp,nomclr,nodebug

#byte portb=0xF81
#bit led=portb.0

main()
{
   set_tris_b(0x00);
   while(1)
   {
      led=1;
      led=0;
   }
}   


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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:09 am     Reply with quote

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I would like to get a square wave of 40MHZ frequency from portb, pin0.

That's impossible. The loop takes 4 instruction cycles an executes at 3 MHz with maximum 18F4550 CPU frequency.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 2:26 pm     Reply with quote

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BTW, H4 option did not work with me.

This thread has sample code that shows how to use HSPLL mode to
make the 18F4550 run at 48 MHz from a 20 MHz crystal.
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42223
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 3:28 pm     Reply with quote

H4, would not work, since the 4550, does not have a 4*PLL.

It has a programmable divider, followed by a 24* PLL (which feeds the USB circuitry), followed by dividers that allow it to be connected to operate the CPU.
The only way to run the 4550, at 40MHz, is with an external 40MHz clock.

As said though, you won't get anywhere near 40Mhz. A PIC at 40Mhz, is a 10MIPS processor. Most C instructions take several machine instructions to execute. The only way to get a signal at or above the instruction rate, is to use the PWM. You could get a clock up to 12MHz, with the PIC running at 48MHz, with this.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:09 am     Reply with quote

That's meaning the max. frequency for PWM I can getting from 4550 with
crystal of 48MHZ is 12MHZ, is there any PIC can giving me more
frequencies???
thankx

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:23 am     Reply with quote

The PIC24 family generally clock to 64MHz (16MIPS), while the PIC30's, go to 120MHz (30MIPS). Different code and compilers (PCD does the former). Maximum PWM rate, is normally the same as the instruction rate.

However you are not going to be able to 'do' anything significant with such a waveform, except 'generate' it. Far better if you want (for example) a controllable external frequency, to use a chip designed for this. There are a number of frequency synthesiser chips on the market, and some examples of controlling these with a PIC, have been posted in the past here.

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PostPosted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 10:40 am     Reply with quote

Ttelmah wrote:
The PIC24 family generally clock to 64MHz (16MIPS),


Funny, I was just revisiting these last night.

Slight correction: the PIC24 series usually runs a Fcy of Fosc/2 where the PIC24F's have a max Fosc of 32MHz (Fcy=16MHz or ~ 16MIPS) and the 24H series has a max Fosc of 80Mhz with the same Fcy rules of /2 (40MHz or about 40MIPS)


http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/39754g.pdf


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