Servo Pulse period at 8mhz

[Tom Gonser]

Hi all:

I have been looking for information about what the period for Pulsout would be for an 8 mhz 16F88. I have a program that is working at 4mhz, but want to move it to 8mhz.

The servo I am using now responds now to pulsout from 90 to 250 but at 4MHZ...

At 8 mhz what would these values be? How does one think about this - I have no mental model for what is going on...

Thanks,

Tom

[mister_e]

multiply your value by 2

The resolution of PULSOUT is dependent upon the oscillator frequency. If a 4MHz oscillator is used, the Period of the generated pulse will be in 10us increments. If a 20MHz oscillator is used, Period will have a 2us resolution. Defining an OSC value has no effect on PULSOUT. The resolution always changes with the actual oscillator speed.

[Tom Gonser]

And if NO Osc is used as with the 16F88 internal??? I am running at 4mhz now, and have seen mention of how to run at 20mhz.. BUT what about 8mhz..

does a '100' at 4 mhz = a 50 at 8mhz? Or is it a '200' ? or is it linear?

TG

[mister_e]

let's trim the above quote

If a 4MHz ... in 10us increments.

If a 20MHz ... 2us resolution.

So if you have '100' @ 4Mhz... you'll have '200' @ 8MHZ. Of course it's linear as the OSC definition don't change anything in the result.

It doesn't matter if you use the internal or the external one... must have some heartbeat somewher

[Dick Ivers]

TG,

Don't forget to add:

DEFINE OSC 8 at the start of your program. This is needed to adjust other time dependent commands.

I also run my servos with 8 mhz. For PULSOUT do as MisterE says and multiply by 2. So, if your old servo range was 90 to 250 your new range will be 90*2 to 250*2. The servo will move the same number of degrees but with greater resolution.