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Simple PWM in PicBasic Pro

This document provides an example of using pulse-width modulation (PWM) with a PIC microcontroller to dim an LED based on the value from an analog input. The PWM command is used to turn an LED on pin RD2 on and off, with the duty cycle determined by the analog input value on pin RA0. A higher duty cycle value results in the LED being on for a longer portion of each cycle. Running the PWM command for more cycles produces a smoother dimming effect but is less responsive to changes in the analog input.

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Simple PWM in PicBasic Pro

This document provides an example of using pulse-width modulation (PWM) with a PIC microcontroller to dim an LED based on the value from an analog input. The PWM command is used to turn an LED on pin RD2 on and off, with the duty cycle determined by the analog input value on pin RA0. A higher duty cycle value results in the LED being on for a longer portion of each cycle. Running the PWM command for more cycles produces a smoother dimming effect but is less responsive to changes in the analog input.

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Simple PWM in PicBasic Pro

Posted on 8 July 2004 by tigoe

This is an example of pulsewidth modulation for the PIC. The value received from an
analog input is used to dim an LED, using the PWM command. The LED is on RD2,
and the analog in is on RA0.

The PWM command has three parameters: the pin, the duty cycle (a byte), and the
number of times to pulse the pin (a word). The duty cycle is how long the pin is on for
each cycle. If the duty cycle is 100% (255), then the pin is on all the time. A duty cycle
of 50% turns the pin on for half of each cycle, and so forth.

At 4MHz, one on-off cycle is about 5 milliseconds. A higher number of cycles makes
for smoother PWMing, but less interactivity, because the PIC does nothing else until it’s
finished all the cycles for each PWM command.

' Simple PWM.


' by Tom Igoe, 2004

' This example takes an analog input on RA0 and uses it to generate
' a duty cycle for the PWM command. The PWM command is used
' to dim an LED on pin RD0.

' Define ADCIN parameters


DEFINE ADC_BITS 10 ' Set number of bits in result
DEFINE ADC_CLOCK 3 ' Set clock source (3=rc)
DEFINE ADC_SAMPLEUS 15 ' Set sampling time in uS

adcVar VAR WORD ' ADC result


dutyCycle var byte ' Duty cycle for PWM

' Set PORTA to all input


TRISA = %11111111
' Set up ADCON1
ADCON1 = %10000010

output portc.3

main:
ADCIN 0, adcVar
' convert ADC value to a byte value:
dutyCycle = adcVar / 4
' PWM the LED. The third parameter is the number of
' cycles to repeat the PWM. at 4MHz, 1 cycle = 5 ms.
pwm portd.2, dutyCycle, 10
goto main

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