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PIC24F, Interrupts on RB4 and RB5

 
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eny



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PIC24F, Interrupts on RB4 and RB5
PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 5:12 am     Reply with quote

Hi,

I am quite new to programming with ccs compiler and i need some help.

I have a board with a PIC24FJ64GA002.
PIN RB4 and PIN RB5 are getting a short high pulse of 3µs length (for testing, the length should be variable)

I want to measure these length and to do it, I start a timer in the ISR.

This works fine, when both pulses don´t occur at the same moment.

So, i can only work with #INT_CNI?
With this ISR i can only see, if there is a change, but not on which pin and if falling or rising edge.

Is there another method to get it work?

Thanks Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:17 am     Reply with quote

There's a better way by progamming two input capture modules to use the respective pins, provided
you have it still available in your application.
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:33 am     Reply with quote

Not just 'better', essential....

Even at the highest CPU clock rate, it still takes about a very large fraction of the pulse width to get into the interrupt, and this will vary.

The capture modules are the only way to make such a short measurement accurately. 'Why they are there'....

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 2:36 pm     Reply with quote

Definitely go with input capture.

As an informational note, if your application isn't as time sensitive and if the pins you select are reprogrammable (As these are), you can also assign external interrupts to them (EXT1-EXT4) and set them to trigger off of certain edges. You can even remap multiple interrupts to the same pin with different edge triggers. However, for the short timing you have, input capture is the way to go.
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