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Posted: Jul 17, 2009 - 01:10 AM |
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Joined: Jun 14, 2009
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Ahh no! The tutorial is not finished! That is such a shame.
The timer tutorial was absloutely incredible and I was hoping I be able to learn PWM in the same manner. sigh... |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 12:23 AM |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2009
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Hey guys,
N00b here. First thanks for the help Dean. Loved the tuts, but ya left me feeling like I was dating in middle school again. jk. (Only on the PWM, though)
However, I did find a good example. That I was able to understand. Needed a lil reformatting for all of us to understand.
So here is the pwm code. I can't take credit for it's generation. Check the Beer-ware license for that info. I did however edit it into one file, and note the freakin hell out of it.
This works perfectly on my tiny2313. If you get the original from the website, and get the iocompat.h it should work for any of the differences for your MCU. I find that making those changes helps me understand it better though.
Code:
#include <avr/io.h>
#include <avr/interrupt.h>
#include <avr/sleep.h>
enum { UP, DOWN };
int main (void)
{
/* Timer 1 is 10-bit PWM (8-bit PWM on some ATtinys).
Setting WGM10 & WGM11 only will give phase correct PWM
Setting WGM12 also will give fast PWM, but that's on TCCR1B
COM1A1 = Clear OC1A on match when upcounting-Set OC1A
when downcounting on match
*/
TCCR1A |= ((1<<WGM10)|(1<<WGM11)|(1<<COM1A1));
/* Clock Selects are for prescallers
Current CS10 is for clock without prescalling
Prescaler 8 = (1<<CS11)
Prescaler 64 = ((1<<CS11)|(1<<CS10))
Prescaler 256 = (1<<CS12)
Prescaler 1024 = ((1<<CS12)|(1<<CS10))
*/
TCCR1B |= ((1<<WGM12)|(1<<CS10));
// Set Timer1/PWM register value to 0.
OCR1A = 0;
/* Enable OC1A or PB3 as output.
Not sure why but only works with this pin
*/
DDRB = (1<<3);
// Enable timer1 overflow interrupt.
TIMSK = (1<<TOIE1);
sei ();
// loop forever, the interrupts are doing the rest
for (;;)
sleep_mode();
return (0);
}
ISR (TIMER1_OVF_vect)
{
static uint16_t pwm; //pwm counter var
static uint8_t direction; //enum var
/*
For those who are wondering by ++pwm, it's actually
incrementing or decrementing everytime through the switch
However, it does that before comparing to min or max
*/
switch (direction)
{
case UP: //increment counter and check against Max-1
if (++pwm == 1023)
//start the counting other direction
direction = DOWN;
break;
case DOWN: //decrement counter and check against min
if (--pwm == 0)
//start counting in other direction
direction = UP;
break;
}
//set the calc'd value to Timer1 output register
OCR1A = pwm;
}
/*
* Obtained from http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/group__demo__project.html
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 43):
* <joerg@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you
* can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think
* this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return. Joerg Wunsch
* Hey I wanna beer too ;) Actually jack & coke or a smoke, but same deal: Bart Robinson
* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
*
* Simple AVR demonstration. Controls a LED that can be directly
* connected from OC1/OC1A to GND. The brightness of the LED is
* controlled with the PWM. After each period of the PWM, the PWM
* value is either incremented or decremented, that's all.
*
* $Id: group__demo__project.html,v 1.1.1.18 2009/03/05 20:35:12 joerg_wunsch Exp $
*/
Enjoy :-p  |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 12:31 AM |
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
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Location: Lund, Sweden
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/* Enable OC1A or PB3 as output.
Not sure why but only works with this pin
*/
DDRB = (1<<3);
There is no provision to select which pins outputs the PWM channels of the timer. It is hard-wired in the chip. Thus Timer/Counter1's channel A always has it's output on PB3.
On some other microcontrollers you can "route" peripheral outputs to different pins, but not so on AVRs. |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 01:01 AM |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2009
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Johan,
I really appreciate that answer. I've been banging my head against the monitor for a couple(a lot more, but I'll pretend) hours.
Now to figure out another way to do a multi-channel PWM. |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 02:21 AM |
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Location: Lund, Sweden
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a multi-channel PWM
How many channels?
Most AVRs have several Timer/Counters each being capable of driving two PWM channels. The tiny2313 has the eight bit Timer/Counter0 with two PWM channels, and the sixteen bit Timer/Counter1 also with two PWM channels, making for a total of four PWM channels. While the frequency must be the same for the two channels within each T/C the duty cycle is independently set for each channel. |
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 10:51 AM |
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Joined: Jul 18, 2005
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Location: (using avr-gcc in) Finchingfield, Essex, England
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I hadn't thought about it before but I keep posting this code segment to other threads and maybe this is the appropriate place for it. What it shows is how to do PWM on an arbitrary pin by doing "soft PWM" but with timer interrupts. It works by starting a timer to have both overflow (PWM frequency) and compare (duty cycle) interrupts. In this case I wanted to vary a pulse width on PC0 using the fastest PWM frequency I could get (so timer 0 counting 256 with no prescaler) and OCR0 can be varied from 0x00 to 0xFF to vary the duty cycle:
Code:
// The following two ISRs are doing "poor man's PWM"
// but this allows it to be on a pin of my choice
ISR(TIMER0_COMP_vect) {
// clear the output pin on OCR0 match
PORTC &= ~(1<<PC0);
}
ISR(TIMER0_OVF_vect) {
// set the output pin at timer overflow
PORTC |= (1<<PC0);
}
int main(void) {
// going to use PORTC.0 to PWM the contrast voltage
DDRC = (1<<DDC0);
TIMSK |= ((1<<OCIE0) | (1<<TOIE0)); // use both interrupts
OCR0 = 10; // 10 out of 256 means very short on period (low voltage)
TCCR0 = (1<<CS00); // timer on - nice high PWM frequency
// Might later consider PWMing the backlight voltage too
// so it would also be adjustable ...
sei();
this is just a code "snippet" for GCC, not a complete program.
The application was actually to vary the pin 3 (contrast) voltage of an HD44780 LCD module. As the comments say it would be possible to vary the backlight voltage in a similar way.
The way this example works is that it runs an 8bit timer with no prescale so every 256 clock cycles it will overflow and cause an OVF interrupt. At this point the output is turned on. The counter then starts to count up 0, 1, 2, 3,... and I have set the OCR0 register to 10 so when it counts up to 10 and TCNT0==OCR0 it will trigger the COMP(are) interrupt. At this point I switch the output off. So in a complete period of 256 counts the output is on for 10 and off for 246. So the output is only "on" for about 4% of the time. As the output pin is switching between 0V and 5V then it'll be like a voltage that is just 4% of this will be produced by the output pin (after a bit of RC filtering). So it's 4% * 5V = 0.19V
In my example I don't vary OCR so the output voltage is always at this level. But say I now set OCR to 211 (out of 256) then the output signal will be on for 211 clocks and off for 256-211=45 clocks. Because of this the output will appear to be 211/256 * 5V = 4.12V (and so on).
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Posted: Sep 06, 2009 - 04:11 PM |
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Joined: Feb 23, 2009
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Actually 3 timers proved to be enough, but I wound up doing something close to what clawson just posted.
lol, wish I had seen that lastnight. |
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Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 03:54 PM |
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Joined: Feb 02, 2009
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Ok I tried the code from Joerg above and it worked. The LED is dimming perfectly (Thanks, Joerg!!).
Now I am trying to understand what the waveform of the LED current would look like? I understand the average DC value is changing for every cycle but can anyone help me with a waveform picture? I have 8MHz as my clock with no prescalar. The rest of the code is exactly identical to Joerg's code above. Thanks. |
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Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 07:17 AM |
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Joined: Sep 05, 2009
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Dean,thanks for the wonderful tutorial.Can you give some example codes for the PWM section like in previous cases and complete this section whenever possible.
Regards,
Peter |
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Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 06:59 PM |
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Joined: Oct 08, 2009
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| Thank you so much Dean for all that effort of explaining the intro of PWM to newbie like me. It was very easy to visualize how PWM works after reading this article. So, when's the remaining tutorial coming? |
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Posted: Oct 08, 2009 - 10:27 PM |
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I've been saying this for a very long time now, but "as soon as I get the chance". I've got a heck of a lot of University on at the moment, but that'll be ending for the year in a little more than a month.
IIRC, another user wrote his own PWM tutorial here, which was complete - that might be helpful in the interim.
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Posted: Oct 19, 2009 - 06:28 AM |
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can't wait until this tutorial is finished, i have look through many tutorials explaining PWM and Timers on the AVRs and they are all incomprehensible. This will make life a bit easier for all new AVR users  |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 02:50 AM |
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Hi Dean,
It is very long long time since you posted this "incomplete" tutorial on PWM. When can you finish this tutorial, really like your tutorial and the way you present your idea. You are a superb lecturer! Pls finish the tutorial, there are thousands of ppl waiting for your PWM tutorial! |
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Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 02:55 AM |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 03:29 AM |
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Good tutorial, any ideas?
I have a potentiometer to adjust with the ADC the value of the frequency of the pwm but I want to put another pot to adjust the duty cycle, using the 16 bits with the OCR and ICR.
I'm using the assembly code, any ideas on how to do it? |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 09:32 AM |
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| Use one of the WGM modes where ICR1 is "TOP". That is used to vary the PWM frequncy then OCR1 is used to vary the duty cycle. |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 05:07 PM |
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| I'm using that, but the duty cycle is like a porcentage. I have 10 bits of the ADC for the duty cycle. 1024 would be 100% duty cycle but depending of the frequency of the another pot that are adjusting it that is also 10 bits. I know I have to do some conversions, I can add and multiply, I have the code in Assembly. Any Ideas to adjust the duty cycle. Thank you |
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Posted: Nov 27, 2009 - 06:07 PM |
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Code:
duty = top * value / 1024;
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Posted: Dec 02, 2009 - 10:22 PM |
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Dean, by chance if you read this. Could you help me out?
I'm trying to get 16 bit PWM modulation to work. Here is my code, it doesn't seem to be working
Code:
DDRB = (1 << 3 ) | ( 1 << 2) | (1 << 1);
TCCR1A |= (1 << COM1A1) | ( 1 << COM1B1 ) ; //set both to non inverting mode
TCCR1A |= (1 << WGM11);
TCCR1B |= (1 << WGM13) | (1 << WGM12) ;
ICR1 = 65535;
OCR1A = 60000;
OCR1B = 60000;
But it doesn't seem to be working. I also tried
Code:
OCR1AH = 60000 >> 8;
OCR1AL = 60000;
I'm just trying to get an output on ports OCR1A and OCR1B. For the 8 bit pwm channel, this always worked fine and was easy. Just had to set OCR2 = X and that would be it. But it doesn't seem to work as easily for 16 PWM.
Any ideas? |
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Posted: Dec 03, 2009 - 12:25 AM |
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| Please do not cross post. This is already being discussed here. |
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