Using the AVR’s High-speed PWM

Updated: Jan 20, 2005

Description

Features
• •Analog Waveform generation using PWM
• •High speed Prescalable PWM clock

This application note is an introduction to the use of the high-speed Pulse Width Modulator
(PWM) available in some AVR microcontrollers. The assembly code example
provided shows how to use the fast PWM in the ATtiny26. The ATtiny15 also features
a high-speed PWM timer.
The fast PWM is used to generate a pulse train with varying duty-cycle on the OC1A
output pin (PB1). An analog filter can be used to shape the digital PWM output to
obtain an analog signal such as a sine wave.
The advantage of high-speed PWM is the increased bandwidth of the analog output
signal and that the high frequency allows for smaller and less expensive filter components
used to shape the signal.

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