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Posted by doctek: Wed. Mar 18, 2009 - 11:39 PM
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Using AVR Timer/Counters: Pulse Width Modulation Modes

OK Freaks, thanks for your responses and suggestions after my plea (below). I've reposted the whole enchilada as a pdf with the code and makefile in a zip.

Please note: You have to log in if you want to be able to download the files and read the tutorial!

Does this work for everyone??


I'll wait a few days for comments and either repost (with a complete tutorial, or delete this and go to Instructables.

 

[Post #26 below says a couple of files are hosted at www.wrightflyer.co.uk, they aren't - they are now re-attached to this post - Cliff]

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Posted by zphere: Fri. Mar 20, 2009 - 04:02 AM
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Hi,
Thanks for the write up.

To answer your question, I would like to see a well commented, reasonably monolithic code example showing the usage of the pwm hardware.

Such an example could include the initialization of the pwm hardware, selecting prescalers (and the like) based on appropriate criteria (F_CPU being the most obvious), mode selection, output pin, duty cycle, frequency, hooking interrupts at various times in the cycle.. and so on and so forth.

ex; One large code block with many of the commonly used features represented, comments describing what each one does, and where features are mutually exclusive, only one is uncommented. The comments could also include datasheet page numbers to review for additional details.

I've always found it easier to start with something that is working, modify it, pick it apart, and learn from it while referencing a tutorial or the datasheet. The datasheet is horribly lacking a code segment pulling together and example of the usage of the hardware it is describing in the section - unless I'm just missing it. 350 pages, and very little example code.

Oh, and whatever you do, don't waste your time at Instructables. They've really gone down hill lately. So many things are turning into "Membership Benefit!"s. First we lost viewing all steps on one page, now you cannot view the other images posted for a step w/o logging in. Before long, all a person will be able to do (w/o logging in,) will be viewing the abstract of the instructable.

I'd rather not read a paragraph or two, then click on the Next button and wait for another page load just to read the next two paragraphs. Put the whole thing on one page, and remove the clutter from the rest of the page.

-Thanks.

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Posted by doctek: Fri. Mar 20, 2009 - 09:31 PM
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Thanks for the excellent response, zphere. Hopefully, I'll get a few more opinions on this as well.

The sort of tutorial you're asking for is exactly what I have prepared and am trying to post. The first few parts that make up the posting so far are admittedly wordy, but provide the necessary background to understand the PWM modes. Not only do I have more detailed info on the PWM modes, but I have an example program that shows the modes in action and can be easily plagiarized for your own purposes. ("Show me a good programmer and I'll show you a good plagiarizer!")

I think you're a little harsh with Instructables. Your points are well taken, but here're a few counterpoints.

What's wrong with logging in? After all, we have to login in to Freaks to post, to see the Projects, and even to see the Figures that I included with my first post.

Yes, you have to click to see the next section, but you can always download the pdf version.

Finally, for the poster, Instructables handles uploaded code, figures, and files much better than whatever Forum Software it is that Freaks uses.

So here's what I'm thinking: I will actually post the Tutorial as several separate posts - one section (and no more than 3 figures or files each). I think this will work.

An alternative is to put the code, figures and diagrams in the Projects section. So a reader could download them, then read the Tutorial itself.

Any opinions or suggestions??

Thanks.

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Posted by clawson: Sat. Mar 21, 2009 - 12:37 PM
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An alternative is to put the code, figures and diagrams in the Projects section. So a reader could download them, then read the Tutorial itself.

Too complex - the best bet is to put the whole thing into a .PDF and attach it to a post here. (use CutePDF is you need a free PDF "printer")

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Posted by doctek: Sat. Mar 21, 2009 - 06:00 PM
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Sounds like a good idea, I'll try it. It'll take a few hours to get the file all put together, then I'll post it.

In the mean time, I've noticed an error in the Makefile lines to enable the Clock Output. Don't use the code in my first post - I'll correct it in the new one.

Thanks again for the suggestion.

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Posted by zbaird: Sun. Mar 22, 2009 - 03:42 AM
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Don't use the code in my first post - I'll correct it in the new one.

Edit any changes into earlier posts, too, since not everyone will read through the entire thread.

Chuck Baird

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Posted by doctek: Sun. Mar 22, 2009 - 04:21 AM
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Done - Corrections are in the original posting.

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Posted by doctek: Tue. Mar 24, 2009 - 06:16 PM
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All comments prior to this one were to the original (partial)post. Comments after this should be to the new pdf version and to the code that goes with it.

Hopefully, the pdf approach will be satisfactory! Thanks for your patience.

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Posted by MatrixIPN: Sun. Mar 29, 2009 - 06:55 PM
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Thank's man now eat your whole enchilada and a few taquitos, thanks a lot

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Posted by simpsonss: Tue. Apr 21, 2009 - 07:37 AM
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Thousand of thanks to u.great job man.

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Posted by ichionid: Thu. May 7, 2009 - 10:12 AM
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Your tutorial along with deans, are the best recipe for PWM!:D:D

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Posted by lautman: Sat. May 9, 2009 - 06:17 AM
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Excellent tutorial (though I'm still mulling it over; my own app requires timer 0, so no frequency correct mode, making the examples a little less applicable for me). I did notice a mistake in Fig. 4 (p. 8): OC1A goes low when COUNT equals OCR1A and high when COUNT equals ICR1 (TOP). Text on p. 7 says, "When the COUNT is equal to the value in OCR1A, the output on OC1A will go high. As soon as the count reaches TOP, OC1A will be cleared." Sounds like just the opposite of what's shown. I know the output may easily be inverted, but the text should match the diagram.

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Posted by doctek: Thu. May 14, 2009 - 04:30 PM
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If you're using just timer 0, then you have just Phase Correct Mode available. Since this mode offers the main advantages of Phase & Frequency Correct Mode, you'll be just fine and the examples I give should be fully applicable. In fact, I couldn't really come up with a good demo of P&F Mode vs. Phase Correct Mode only. P&F only helps if the behavior during a frequency transition is of great importance - usually it isn't. If you use Phase Correct Mode only in the examples I provide, you'll find the behavior is identical.

As far as Fig. 4 vs. the text, you are correct on both points. The text *should indeed* match the figure (sorry about that); and the behavior can be easily inverted. (Maybe that's what I was trying to illustrate and just didn't realize it? :)}

HTH.

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Posted by munish4u911ex: Wed. May 27, 2009 - 11:37 AM
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Hi all,
seems everybody's using OC1A here... I have also tried to set pwm on OC1B of mega8 but it didn't work.
The (working) code I made for OC1A was:

void pwm_set_1A(unsigned char pulse_width)
{
DDRB |= (1<<1);         //Port B.1 as o/p (OC1A)
OCR1AL = pulse_width;   //Load Pulse width
OCR1AH = 0;
TCCR1A=((1<<COM1A1)&~(1<<COM1A0)|(1<<WGM10)&(~(1<<WGM11))); //8-bit, Non-Inverted PWM
//just a harder way to write TCCR1A = 0x81 :D
TCCR1B = 1<<CS10;             //Start PWM
}

Now, it works. Problem is with getting OC1B to work:

void pwm_set_1B(unsigned char pulse_width)
{
DDRB |= (1<<2);         //Port B.2 as o/p (OC1B)
OCR1BL = pulse_width;   //Load Pulse width
OCR1BH = 0;
TCCR1A = ((1<<COM1B1)&~(1<<COM1B0));//|(~(1<<WGM13)&(1<<WGM12))); //8-bit, Non-Inverted PWM
TCCR1B = ((1<<WGM12)&~(1<<WGM13));

TCCR1B = 1<<CS10;             //Start PWM
}

I am using these in:

while(1)
{		
	for(unsigned char i=0; i<0xff; i++)
	{pwm_set_1B(i); //pwm_set_1A(i) works here
	_delay_ms(5);
	}
	for(unsigned char i=0xff; i>0; i--)
	{pwm_set_1B(i);	
	_delay_ms(5);
	}
}

when I run it in Proteus, nothing comes on OC1B. Am I setting TCCR1A & TCCR1B the correct way??
Kind suggestions please...
-Regards,
Munish :roll:

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Posted by clawson: Wed. May 27, 2009 - 11:38 AM
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Kind suggestions please...

How do you know Proteus simulates correctly?

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Posted by munish4u911ex: Wed. May 27, 2009 - 11:41 AM
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Coz it is simulating OC1A correctly! and in hardware also I have connected 2 LEDs to both the OCs. OC1A lights (dims) its respective LED, while OC1B doesnt.

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Posted by doctek: Fri. May 29, 2009 - 03:16 AM
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Looks to me like you aren't really doing the same things to make OC1B like OC1A.
- You're making TCCR1A equal to just 1<<COM1B1. The setting of (1<<WGM10)&(~(1<<WGM11) is lost.
- Setting TCCR1B to (1<<WGM12)&(~(1<<WGM13) would select CTC mode. (See the Waveform Generation Mode Bit Description Table.)
- But that doesn't even happen since you then make TCCR1B equal to 1<<CS10 and wipe out the value of the other bits in TCCR1B.

Try this:

void pwm_set_1B(unsigned char pulse_width)
{
DDRB |= (1<<2);         //Port B.2 as o/p (OC1B)
OCR1BL = pulse_width;   //Load Pulse width
OCR1BH = 0;
TCCR1A = (1<<COM1B1) |(1<<WGM10)); //8-bit, Non-Inverted PWM

TCCR1B = 1<<CS10;             //Start PWM
}

If you OR in the command to enable OC1B, you can keep OC1A running as well.

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Posted by limseckhoung: Sun. Sep 27, 2009 - 10:22 AM
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Thank you for the great+detail+ easy to understand tutorial!! Really helped me!! =)

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Posted by aghabro: Sun. Sep 27, 2009 - 12:08 PM
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Dear guyz i m getting a crrupeted zip from the link geven above? wht shld i do now?

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Posted by divclonera: Sun. Sep 27, 2009 - 10:56 PM
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is anyone one here writing bascom scripts for atmega48? This looks like all greek to me. I would pay someone to compile me a script.

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Posted by doctek: Mon. Sep 28, 2009 - 04:21 AM
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Dear guyz i m getting a crrupeted zip from the link geven above? wht shld i do now?

I just downloaded the zip file myself and it came in just fine. Maybe try again??

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is anyone one here writing bascom scripts for atmega48?

Sorry, I don't do bascom. Maybe someone else would be interested?

HTH.

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Posted by abohmaid: Thu. Sep 2, 2010 - 01:28 AM
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thank you doctec.[b]

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Posted by seasick: Sun. Sep 5, 2010 - 09:23 AM
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great tutorial. thanks.

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Posted by bolterX: Mon. Sep 20, 2010 - 06:39 AM
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i cant download the link either...the download never starts....can you upload it again please?

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Posted by dipszee: Sat. Oct 2, 2010 - 08:57 AM
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bolterX wrote:
i cant download the link either...the download never starts....can you upload it again please?
I cant download it either :( can you please put it again? thanks.

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Posted by clawson: Sat. Oct 2, 2010 - 01:29 PM
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As folks seem to have problems with the two files in the first post I've re-hosted them on my website here:

http://www.wrightflyer.co.uk/CT_...
http://www.wrightflyer.co.uk/Usi...

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Posted by doctek: Tue. Oct 5, 2010 - 05:19 AM
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Thanks for re-hosting the files, but I really can't figure out the problem. I just tried again to download them and they came down with no problem. People do understand they have to log in, right? That's the only thing I can think of that might be wrong.

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Posted by clawson: Tue. Oct 5, 2010 - 09:01 AM
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Yeah it's odd - the very fact that I've rehosted them means I went to the first post and downloaded them - it worked for me. I would agree that the posters to this thread probably weren't logged in when they tried to download them EXCEPT that to post here they have to be logged in?!? (unless they try to download when not logged in then actually log in to post without bothering to try and download again?)

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Posted by lavared: Thu. Jul 14, 2011 - 04:01 PM
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Hi
I'm not able to download the pdf writeup. It abruptly stops after a while downloading. Please send me one if somebody has it.

thanks

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Quote:

It abruptly stops after a while downloading. Please send me one if somebody has it.


Did you try my link above:

http://www.wrightflyer.co.uk/Usi...

I just downloaded the one from the first post and refreshed that to make sure it's up to date - works for me.

Cliff

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thanks it did work for me.

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Posted by tuskk98: Sun. Jul 31, 2011 - 12:48 PM
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I have a question concerning PWM. I've read the tutorials and i have a question. Maybe it's written in the tutorial but i either missed it or failed to understand.

if i set a counter to Phase correct PWM and counting to top(0xff in 8 bit counter) and set OCR1A(e.g.) to 0 what kind of wave will be generated on OC1A if i specified that it is reset on count up and set on count down.

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Posted by Koshchi: Sun. Jul 31, 2011 - 04:20 PM
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In the data sheet under the timer mode you are interested in there will be a statement something like this:

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The extreme values for the OCR0A Register represent special cases when generating a PWM waveform output in the phase correct PWM mode. If the OCR0A is set equal to BOTTOM, the output will be continuously low and if set equal to MAX the output will be continuously high for non-inverted PWM mode. For inverted PWM the output will have the opposite logic values.
Be sure to check the data sheet of the AVR that you are using since this might not be the same for all models, and it certainly is not the same for all modes.

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Posted by tuskk98: Sun. Jul 31, 2011 - 08:47 PM
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Thank you. It says exactly the same. i menaged not to see it somehow :S

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Posted by jzb81: Fri. Jan 27, 2012 - 04:12 AM
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Thank you,goodtutorial

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Posted by franziski: Tue. May 1, 2012 - 07:03 AM
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Figure 8 (Correction Phase/Frequency PWM) seems to fix.
I know: greater OCRxA/B, greater duty cicle (not inverted mode).

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Posted by Koshchi: Tue. May 1, 2012 - 02:31 PM
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Your post is very unclear, but if you mean that you think the diagram does not match the code, you are wrong. The code has the output being set on up-count and clear on down count, which means that the duty cycle decreases when OCRxA/OCRxB increases.

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Posted by franziski: Wed. May 2, 2012 - 07:48 AM
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Koshchi wrote:
The code has the output being set on up-count and clear on down count, which means that the duty cycle decreases when OCRxA/OCRxB increases.

Yes, in the last example (P&F corrected PWM) it uses "inverted mode" in source code (instead of "not inverted mode" used previously) but without inform the reader.

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Posted by electronic.designer: Mon. May 7, 2012 - 09:54 AM
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It may be useful to know that there is a general problem on word BOTTOM in AVR datasheets when describing the time of OCRx update and setting timer overflow flag.
In fast pwm mode, updating OCRx at BOTTOM means "updating OCRx when entering the BOTTOM (at the same timer clock cycle as the TCNTx is cleared)".
But in phase-frequency correct pwm mode, updating OCRx at BOTTOM means " updating OCRx when leaving the BOTTOM (at the same timer clock cycle as the TCNTx is going from BOTTOM to BOTTOM +1)".
Also timer overflow flag is set when moving from MAX or TOP to BOTTOM (entering zero) in normal, CTC and fast pwm modes.
But this is not the case for phase correct and phase-frequency correct pwm modes and the overflow flag is set when moving from BOTTOM to BOTTOM+1 (leaving zero and entering 1).
Therefore by assuming TCNTx=0, only one clock will set the overflow flag in phase-frequency correct pwm mode, because of moving TCNTx from BOTTOM to BOTTOM+1.
Atmel simply writes "BOTTOM" for all timer modes. I have informed atmel support about this problem but:

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Dear Customer,

The word "BOTTOM" in timer context refers to the lowest possible count in the timer which is 0x00. In all the timer modes, the overflow flag will be set after the timer reaches the TOP value. Can you please specify the datasheet and the section where you found the discrepancy?


Apparently, they need to read their datasheets at first.

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The overflow flag is always set on the clock after the specified value (TOP or BOTTOM) is reached. This is the same in all cases, so I don't believe that there is an inconsistency here. However, the update of OCRxx for Fast PWM should be TOP to be consistent, especially since the overflow and the update happen on the same clock.

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Posted by electronic.designer: Tue. May 22, 2012 - 02:19 PM
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Final atmel response (after a long time):

Quote:
We are able to confirm that the OCR register is updated when TCNT=BOTTOM+1 in the phase and frequency correct PWM mode. We’ll post a bug in the datasheet regarding the same and we assure you that this will be corrected in the subsequent versions. Thank you taking time to report the same.

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Posted by badbaud: Mon. Jun 11, 2012 - 03:07 AM
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I'm trying to translate all of this (your tutorial) into assembly for the ATTiny85 and can't wrap my aged brain around the 'C' code examples you give. In fact I can't find anyone who has coded PWM functions in assembly.
If you know of anyone that has coded PWM for motor speed control in assembly and has posted some examples please let me know.

FYI the 2313 now has table 46 on page 106 (not 110) in their latest datasheet.

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Posted by clawson: Mon. Jun 11, 2012 - 08:20 AM
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Quote:

can't wrap my aged brain around the 'C' code examples you give

When setting up timers the only C involved is pretty much

SFR = val;

which directly translates to something like

LDI R16, val
OUT SFR, R15

so translating his C should be simple. I guess the only complication is his use of the _BV() macro and the fact he uses |= (OR with existing) and &= (AND with exitin, so when he uses code such as:

#define PORT_CT	PORTB
#define DDR_CT	DDRB
#define	CT1A	PB3		// OC1A
#define	CT1B	PB4		// OC1B

	DDR_CT |= _BV(CT1A) | _BV(CT1B) ;   /* Enable CT1 output pins */
	PORT_CT &= ~(_BV(CT1A) | _BV(CT1B));     /* Set them to lo - LEDs off */

I guess the direct equivalent is:

#define PORT_CT	PORTB
#define DDR_CT	DDRB
#define	CT1A	PB3		// OC1A
#define	CT1B	PB4		// OC1B
#define _BV(n) (1 << n)

IN R16, DDR_CT
ORI R16, _BV(CT1A) | _BV(CT1B)
OUT DDR_CT, R16

IN R16, PORT_CT
LDI R17, _BV(CT1A) | _BV(CT1B)
COM R17
AND R16, R17
OUT PORT_CT, R16

(there may be a way to invert R17 at assemle time instead of my COM R17 but I'm afraid I don't know the Atmel assembler that well).

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Posted by badbaud: Mon. Jun 11, 2012 - 09:33 AM
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I didn't see the BV relationship either, thanks for pointing it out.

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Posted by madmax_7: Tue. Jan 14, 2020 - 07:29 PM
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The pdf seems to have gone missing form here ? Any chance it could be reposted ?

 

Thanks 

 

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Posted by jgmdesign: Tue. Jan 14, 2020 - 07:37 PM
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madmax_7 wrote:

The pdf seems to have gone missing form here ? Any chance it could be reposted ?

 

Thanks 

 

 

THis thread is 13 years old....highly doubtful.

 

I would suggest you start a thread in the General programming forum, or if you know what AVR you are using in the appropriate forum there.

 

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Posted by avrcandies: Tue. Jan 14, 2020 - 07:42 PM
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Perhaps, try one of these (the first link may be the doc you seek):

https://www.scribd.com/document/...

 

http://ww1.microchip.com/downloa...
 

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Posted by El Tangas: Tue. Jan 14, 2020 - 11:53 PM
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The pdf is archived in the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/2015...

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Posted by clawson: Wed. Jan 15, 2020 - 09:02 AM
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Crikey www.wrightflyer.co.uk is (or rather WAS) my domain. Hadn't realised I was involved in this - I must have copied the file from somewhere else and hosted it there at some time. But I let the domain lapse. So, anyway, I've noe collected it from the wayback machine and reattached it to post #1

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Posted by madmax_7: Fri. Jan 17, 2020 - 02:22 PM
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Thank you everyone. Thanks a lot for re-posting this !!!

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