Page 207 of 346 Start Back Next End ZBasic System Library 195 ZBasic Microcontrollers OpenPWM Type Subroutine Invocation OpenPWM(channel, frequency, mode) OpenPWM(channel, frequency, mode, stat) Parameter Method Type Description channel ByVal Byte The channel to use for PWM generation. frequency ByVal Single The desired PWM frequency. mode ByVal Byte The desired PWM mode (see discussion below). stat ByRef Boolean The variable to receive the status code. Discussion This subroutine prepares a PWM channel for generating a pulse width modulated (PWM) signal. PWM generation is performed using one of the CPU’s 16-bit timers, the number of which varies depending on the ZBasic device. See the Resource Usage sub-section I/O Timer Prescaler Values for details of the available channels and the corresponding timer and output pin used. See the description of PWM() for additional details on the PWM channels. The frequency parameter specifies the PWM base frequency in Hertz. Since the same frequency and generation mode will be used for all PWM channels based on the same timer, it is only necessary to call OpenPWM() once to prepare the timer for all of the PWM channels that are based on a given timer. The mode parameter specifies the PWM generation mode. Two modes are supported: Fast PWM mode and Phase/Frequency Correct mode. The constants zxFastPWM and zxCorrectPWM, having the values 0 and 1 respectively, may be used to specify the mode. The Fast PWM mode has a maximum frequency of one-half of the CPU clock frequency and is intended for fixed-frequency applications. The Phase/Frequency Correct PWM mode has a maximum frequency of one-quarter of the CPU clock frequency and may be used when the PWM frequency will be changed in the midst of PWM signal generation. Frequency changes are effected by making additional calls to OpenPWM() and the change is synchronized so that it takes effect at the beginning of a cycle. The status parameter, if supplied, receives a value to indicate success or failure of the call. A side effect of calling OpenPWM() is that the timer busy flag for the underlying timer (e.g. Register.Timer1Busy) will be set to True irrespective of its prior state. It is recommended that the initial call to OpenPWM() be preceded by a call to acquire the semaphore for the timer. This will ensure that an existing timer operation will not be disturbed. Example Call OpenPWM(1, 50.0, zxFastPWM) 'prepare for 50Hz Fast PWM using channel 1 Compatibility This subroutine is not available in BasicX compatibility mode. See Also ClosePWM, PWM