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Pulse Width Modulator (PWM)
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The counter load values and comparator match values of the PWM generator can be updated in
two ways. The first is immediate update mode, where a new value is used as soon as the counter
reaches zero. By waiting for the counter to reach zero, a guaranteed behavior is defined, and
overly short or overly long output PWM pulses are prevented.
The other update method is synchronous, where the new value is not used until a global
synchronized update signal is asserted, at which point the new value is used as soon as the
counter reaches zero. This second mode allows multiple items to be updated simultaneously
without odd effects during the update; everything runs from the old values until a point at which
they all run from the new values.
Fault Conditions
There are two external conditions that affect the PWM block; the signal input on the Fault pin and
the stalling of the controller by a debugger. There are two mechanisms available to handle such
conditions: the output signals can be forced into an inactive state and/or the PWM timers can be
stopped.
Each output signal has a fault bit. If set, a fault input signal causes the corresponding output signal
to go into the inactive state. If the inactive state is a safe condition for the signal to be in for an
extended period of time, this keeps the output signal from driving the outside world in a dangerous
manner during the fault condition. A fault condition can also generate a controller interrupt.
Each PWM generator can also be configured to stop counting during a stall condition. The user
can select for the counters to run until they reach zero then stop, or to continue counting and
reloading. A stall condition does not generate a controller interrupt.
Output Control Block
With PWM generator block producing two raw PWM signals, the output control block takes care of
the final conditioning of the PWM signals before they go to the pins. Via a single register, the set of
PWM signals that are actually enabled to the pins can be modified; this can be used, for example,
to perform commutation of a brushless DC motor with a single register write (and without
modifying the individual PWM generators, which are modified by the feedback control loop).
Similarly, fault control can disable any of the PWM signals as well. A final inversion can be applied
to any of the PWM signals, making them active Low instead of the default active High.
Initialization and Configuration
The following example shows how to initialize the PWM Generator 0 with a 25-KHz frequency, and
with a 25% duty cycle on the PWM0 pin and a 75% duty cycle on the PWM1 pin. This example
assumes the system clock is 20 MHz.
1. Enable the PWM clock by writing a value of 0x00100000 to the RCGC0 register in the System
Control module.
2. In the GPIO module, enable the appropriate pins for their alternate function using the
GPIOAFSEL register.
3. Configure the Run-Mode Clock Configuration (RCC) register in the System Control module
to use the PWM divide (USEPWMDIV) and set the divider (PWMDIV) to divide by 2 (000).
4. Configure the PWM generator for countdown mode with immediate updates to the
parameters.
– Write the PWM0CTL register with a value of 0x00000000.
– Write the PWM0GENA register with a value of 0x0000008C.
– Write the PWM0GENB register with a value of 0x0000080C.
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