pic18f252 PWM duty update : Help

[iw2fvo]

Thanks a lot Henrik for the great help.
It is a very useful reply : it solved my problem.
best regards,
Ambrogio
IW2FVO , North Italy.

[iw2fvo]

I am having another issue with this PWM output.
I understand from the data sheet that the duty cycle should have a 10 bit resolution since my PIC runs at 40 Mhz and the PWM freq is 10 Khz.
The DC should then range from 0 to 1023 : I did try to sweep the DC in that way and I found that the output stays HI if the the DC is more then 800 ( plus or minus ): there is no more pulse : it is not a 10 bit ?!
What am I doing wrong ?
Any clarification for me ?
Thanks
regards,
Ambrogio

[HenrikOlsson]

Post the code you're actually using for that test and someone will most likely see what's going on.

[iw2fvo]

THIS IS THE CODE:

TRISC.2 = 0 ' PORTC.2 IS OUTPUT
PR2 = 200 ' Set PWM Period
CCP1CON = %00001100 ' Select PWM Mode
T2CON = %00000101 ' Timer2 = ON + 1:4 prescale ( about 10 KHz )

FOR DUTY=1 TO 1023
GOSUB READ_DATA ' READS ADC INPUT
GOSUB SERIAL_OUT ' SEND DATA TO SERIAL PORT FOR DISPLAY
ccp1con.bit4=duty.bit0
ccp1con.bit5=duty.bit1
CCPR1L = duty>>2
NEXT DUTY

THANKS
AMBROGIO

[HenrikOlsson]

Hi,
The reason is because you have PR2 set to 200.
Remember how the PWM generator works: Basically, the PWM cycle starts over when TMR2 equals PR2 and because TMR2 is concatenated with two more bits at the "low end" the available number of discrete dutycycles is PR2*4 or, in this case, 800.

/Henrik.

[iw2fvo]

Henrik,
thanks for the interest.
I have read the data sheet again but it is still not clear to me: could you please spend few more words for me ?
( Will I have 10 bit resolution if PR2 is set to 256 since 256*4 =1023 : is this assumption correct ? ).
Thanks for your time
bst rgds,
Ambrogio

[HenrikOlsson]

Hello,
Well, PR2 is 8 bits so you can only really set it to 255 but otherwise yes you're correct.
This will of course also change the frequency - there's always a tradeoff between frequency and resolution. If you need to "hit" 10kHz exactly then you'll have to live with ~9.5 bits of resolution or change your oscillator frequency to one that better matches your needs. Faster isn't always better.

/Henrik.