16-Bit Pulse Width Modulator Mode; Figure 22.9. Pca 16-Bit Pwm Mode - Silicon Laboratories C8051F341 Product Manual

22.2.6. 16-Bit Pulse Width Modulator Mode

A PCA module may also be operated in 16-Bit PWM mode. In this mode, the 16-bit capture/compare mod-
ule defines the number of PCA clocks for the low time of the PWM signal. When the PCA counter matches
the module contents, the output on CEXn is asserted high; when the counter overflows, CEXn is asserted
low. To output a varying duty cycle, new value writes should be synchronized with PCA CCFn match inter-
rupts. 16-Bit PWM Mode is enabled by setting the ECOMn, PWMn, and PWM16n bits in the PCA0CPMn
register. For a varying duty cycle, match interrupts should be enabled (ECCFn = 1 AND MATn = 1) to help
synchronize the capture/compare register writes. The duty cycle for 16-Bit PWM Mode is given by
Equation 22.3.
Important Note About Capture/Compare Registers : When writing a 16-bit value to the PCA0 Capture/
Compare registers, the low byte should always be written first. Writing to PCA0CPLn clears the ECOMn bit
to '0'; writing to PCA0CPHn sets ECOMn to '1'.
Using Equation 22.3, the largest duty cycle is 100% (PCA0CPn = 0), and the smallest duty cycle is
0.0015% (PCA0CPn = 0xFFFF). A 0% duty cycle may be generated by clearing the ECOMn bit to '0'.
Write to
PCA0CPLn 0
ENB
Reset
Write to
PCA0CPHn ENB
1
PCA0CPMn
P
E C C
W
C A A
M
O P P
1
M P N
6
n n n
n
1 0 0 x 0
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
65536 PCA0CPn
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DutyCycle =
Equation 22.3. 16-Bit PWM Duty Cycle
P
M T E
W
A O C
PCA0CPHn
M
T G C
n
n n F
n
x
Enable
16-bit Comparator
PCA Timebase
PCA0H

Figure 22.9. PCA 16-Bit PWM Mode

Rev. 1.3

–
65536
PCA0CPLn
match
SET
S Q
R Q
CLR
PCA0L
Overflow
CEXn
Crossbar Port I/O
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