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Help to understand SET_PWM1_DUTY function

 
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:27 pm     Reply with quote

Here are some threads that discuss 10-bit PWM vs. 8-bit:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26751
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24055
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22119

Ttelmah explains 8 and 10 bit PWM modes.
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31674
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28761
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24403

Other PWM threads:

PWM frequency formula:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17993

Duty cycle formula:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=42417&start=1

PWM postscaler explanation:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29786&start=1
Sample code for PWM postscaler:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41473&start=3

Microchip AN539: Frequency and Resolution Options for PWM Outputs
http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/AppNotes/00539c.pdf
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:38 pm     Reply with quote

Hi
Thanks for the link.
I have the following code and it doesn't work. I have a 12V LED lamp, switched by an optically isolated FET device (PVN012). With the following code, I expected to see the lamp change in brightness, but it just remains fully on! I am obviously doing something wrong! The PIC is now running at 16MHz:

Code:
setup_ccp1(CCP_PWM);
setup_timer_2(T2_DIV_BY_1, 1, 1);
for(;;)
 {
  set_pwm1_duty((int16)0);    //0%
  delay_ms(2000);
  set_pwm1_duty((int16)250); //25%
  delay_ms(2000);
  set_pwm1_duty((int16)500); //50%
  delay_ms(2000);
  set_pwm1_duty((int16)750); //75%
  delay_ms(2000);
  set_pwm1_duty((int16)1000);//100%
  delay_ms(2000);
}


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 2:28 pm     Reply with quote

You are setting the period value to 2 (1+1).
With this a value of 8 or greater into the duty will give full on.
To work with a count of 1000 giving you full scale, you need to be using
a period value of 249. Obviously the PWM will run 125* slower.

The PWM, counts from 0 to PR2+1. PR2 is the second entry in the timer2
setup (the middle value). It counts in 1/4 PR2 counts.
So set PR2 to 1, and you only get 8 duty values allowed. Set it to 249,
and you get 1000.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 3:34 pm     Reply with quote

Hi Ttelmah again
Thanks for the help. I have done as suggested and changed the middle value to 249.

I am getting nowhere near 1000 useful steps! I have set up a pot on one of the (10 bit) ADC channels and used this value in set_pwm1_duty. The lamp is off below 200 and at full brightness by 300. This will do, but I am intrigued as to why such a narrow range. The gap at the bottom is obviously that there needs to be a certain current (and thereforePWM) through the lamp before the LEDs start glowing, but 300 should be nowhere near 100% duty cycle and yet the lamp gets no brighter after 300.

Thanks for the help.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 5:50 pm     Reply with quote

BLL, in the future when I give you a link, can you reply in your original
thread ? Because when you reply to the linked older thread, you then
have two threads on the same topic. Please reply to the original one.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 6:12 pm     Reply with quote

Hi PCMProgrammer

I'm afraid I don't understand your post. I have made all my replies in my original thread, as far as I can see! I looked at the links you provided in your post, but that was all.

Mystified.

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PostPosted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 7:24 pm     Reply with quote

No. Your original post is here:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57860
Notice the thread number is 57860.

Then you went to the link I gave you and replied there:
http://www.ccsinfo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45968&start=1
Notice it's an older thread, number 45968.
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:40 am     Reply with quote

I don't know how this happened. It was not intentional.

End of story.
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