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9 years, 8 months ago.
How do you generate complementary PWM Outputs?
Hi Everyone,
I would like to generate complementary PWM Outputs with adjustable dead time. According to the STM32F401RE Microcontroller datasheet http://www.st.com/web/catalog/mmc/FM141/SC1169/SS1577/LN1810/PF258797, this is possible with Timer 1 (TIM1).
So far I have attempted to configure the timer myself using information available from the TIM HAL Driver from ST: http://developer.mbed.org/users/dreschpe/code/mbed-F401/docs/4e95b79aa640/stm32f4xx__hal__tim__ex_8c.html and looking through an example of someone using the driver: https://petoknm.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/rotary-encoder-and-stm32/. Obviously, I do not want to use a HAL sensor, but this is the closest example I can get to someone using the advanced features of the timers.
Thanks!
Damien
Edit: Here is the code I went with in the end:
PWM Configuration Function
void ConfigurePWM(float duty_us, float period_us){ unsigned int value; float newVal; // Ensure power is turned on // Grabbed from lines 54-57 of analogin_api.h, modified for PWM // This turns on the clock to Ports A, B, and C RCC->AHB1ENR |= RCC_AHB1ENR_GPIOAEN | RCC_AHB1ENR_GPIOBEN | RCC_AHB1ENR_GPIOCEN; // This turns on the clock to the Time 1: RCC->APB2ENR |= RCC_APB2ENR_TIM1EN; // Set the GPIO Ports properly: // PWM1 is connected to PA_8 // PWM1N is connected to PA_7 // Set the PWM outputs to general output pins: // This sets the PA_7 and PA_8 pins to Alternate Function Pins value = 0x8000 + 0x20000; GPIOA->MODER |= value; // Set the PWM outputs to high speed: value = 0xC000 + 0x30000; GPIOA->OSPEEDR |= value; // Set PWM as outputs to the pins: value = GPIOA->AFR[1]; // Reset the lowest four bits: value &= 0xFFFFFFF0; // Configure PA_8 to AF: value |= 0x1; GPIOA->AFR[1] = value; value = GPIOA->AFR[0]; // Reset the the 4 MSB: value &= 0x0FFFFFFF; // Configure PA_7 to AF: value |= 0x10000000; GPIOA->AFR[0] = value; // Set pull down resistors to PWM outputs: value = GPIOA->PUPDR; // Clear the bits: value &= ~(GPIO_PUPDR_PUPDR7 | GPIO_PUPDR_PUPDR8); // Set to pull down: value |= GPIO_PUPDR_PUPDR7_1 | GPIO_PUPDR_PUPDR8_1; // Set the register: GPIOA ->PUPDR = value; // Set the prescale value to 1: TIM1->PSC = 0; // *** TIM1 control register 1: TIMx_CR1 *** value = 0; // [9:8] Set CKD bits to zero for clock division of 1 // [7] TIMx_ARR register is buffered, set the ARPE bit to 1: // value |= 0x80; // [6:5] Set CMS bits to zero for edge aligned mode // [6:5] Set CMS bits to 10 for Center Aligned mode 2, up down mode with flags set when counter reaches the top. //value |= TIM_CR1_CMS_1; // [4] Set DIR bit to zero for upcounting // [3] Set OPM bit to zero so that the counter is not stopped at update event // [2] Set URS bit to zero so that anything can create an interrupt // [1] Set UDIS bit to zero to generate an update event // [0] Set the CEN bit to zero to disable the counter // * Set the TIMx_CR1 Register: * TIM1->CR1 |= value; // *** TIM1 control register 2: TIMx_CR2 *** value = 0; // [14] Set OIS4 bit to zero, the idle state of OC4 output // [13] Set OIS3N bit to zero, the idle state of OC3N output // [12] Set OIS3 bit to zero, the idle state of OC3 output // [11] Set OIS2N bit to zero, the idle state of OC2N output // [10] Set OIS2 bit to zero, the idle state of OC2 output // [9] Set OIS1N bit to zero, the idle state of OC1N output // [8] Set OIS1 bit to zero, the idle state of OC1 output // [7] Set TI1S bit to zero, connecting only CH1 pin to TI1 input // [6:4] Set to 111: The OC4REF signal is used as trigger output (TRGO) // value |= TIM_CR2_MMS_2 | TIM_CR2_MMS_1 | TIM_CR2_MMS_0; //value |= TIM_CR2_MMS_1 | TIM_CR2_MMS_0; // [3] Set CCDS bit to zero, request sent when CCx event occurs // [2] Set CCUS bit to 1, capture/compare control bits are updated by setting the COMG bit or when a rising edge occurs on TRGI //value |= 0x4; // [0] Set CCPC bit to 1, CCxE, CCxNE and OCxM are update on a commutation event, or rising edge on TRGI //value |= 0x1; // * Set the TIMx_CR2 Register: * TIM1->CR2 = value; // *** TIM1 Auto Reload Register: ARR *** value = 0; // [15:0] Set ARR bits to the frequency to be loaded in: newVal = ceil(period_us/PWMSTEP_US); value = (unsigned int) newVal; // * Set the TIMx_ARR Register: TIM1->ARR = value; // *** TIM1 capture/compare register 1: CCR1 *** value = 0; // [15:0] Set the capture compare value to the duty cycle: newVal = ceil(duty_us/PWMSTEP_US); value = (unsigned int) newVal; // * Set the TIMx_CCR1 Register: TIM1->CCR1 = value; // *** TIM1 capture/compare register 4: CCR4 *** value = 0; // [15:0] Set the capture compare value to the duty cycle: newVal = ceil(duty_us/2.0f/PWMSTEP_US); value = (unsigned int) newVal; // * Set the TIMx_CCR1 Register: TIM1->CCR4 = TIM1->ARR - CH4SHIFT; // *** TIM1 capture/compare mode register 2: CCMR2 value = 0; // [15] Set OC4CE bit to 0, OC4Ref is not affected by the ETRF input // [14-12] Set the OC4M bits to '110', PWM mode 1, which is what we want I think. value |= TIM_CCMR2_OC4M_2 | TIM_CCMR2_OC4M_1; // [11] Set the OC4PE bit to 1, meaning read/write operations to the preload event require an update event. value |= 0x800; // [10] Set the OC4FE bit to 0, the output compare fast enable is disabled // [9:8] Set the CC4S bits to 0, the channel is configured as an output. // * Set the TIMx_CCMR2 Register: * TIM1->CCMR2 = value; // *** TIM1 capture/compare mode register 1: CCMR1 value = 0; // [7] Set OC1CE bit to 0, OC1Ref is not affected by the ETRF input // [6-4] Set the OC1M bits to '110', PWM mode 1, which is what we want I think. value |= TIM_CCMR1_OC1M_2 | TIM_CCMR1_OC1M_1; // [3] Set the OC1PE bit to 1, meaning read/write operations to the preload event require an update event. value |= 0x8; // [2] Set the OC1FE bit to 0, the output compare fast enable is disabled // [1:0] Set the CC1S bits to 0, the channel is configured as an output. // * Set the TIMx_CCMR1 Register: * TIM1->CCMR1 = value; // *** TIM1 capture/compare enable register: CCER value = 0; // [15:4] - Don't care: // [3] Set CC1NP bit to zero for active high. // [2] Set CC1NE bit to 0, to de-activate the OC1N signal // value |= 0x4; // [1] Set the CC1P bit to zero for active high. // [0] Set the CC1E bit to 1, to de-activate the OC1 signal // value |= 0x1; // * Set the TIM1_CCER Register: * TIM1->CCER = value; // *** TIM1 break and dead-time register: BDTR value = 0; // [15] Set MOE bit to 1 to enable the OC and OCN outputs value |= 0x8000; // [11] Set the OSSR bit such that the ouputs are forced to their idle mode when not running //value |= TIM_BDTR_OSSR; // [10] Set OSSI bit such that the outputs are forced to their idle mode when MOE = 0 value |= TIM_BDTR_OSSI; // * Set the TIM1_BDTR register: TIM1->BDTR = value; // *** TIM1 DMA/Interrupt enable register: DIER value = 0; // [2] Set the CC1IE bit to 1, to trigger an interrupt when counter 1 has a match - which should be half way through the duty cycle. value |= TIM_DIER_CC4IE; // Set the TIM1_DIER register: TIM1->DIER |= value; // Set the UG bit in the EGR register to kick things off: value = 3; TIM1->EGR = value; // Configure the interrupt: NVIC_SetVector(TIM1_CC_IRQn, (uint32_t)&TIM1_CC_IRQHandler); NVIC_EnableIRQ(TIM1_CC_IRQn); return; }
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9 years, 8 months ago.
Hi,
In the STM32CubeF4 package you will find many examples using Timers. I see that there is one example using timer complementary signals. It is based on STM32F4x9I-EVAL board but I think it is easily portable on the STM32F401RE. It can help.
Regards
Hi bco stm,
Thanks for the tip, it helped a bit. In the end, I ended up setting the registered manually. I've posted the code above for anyone else who might find it useful. Since I'm directly accessing the registers, I can only guarantee that it will work with the STM32F401RET6 chip - the one found on the NUCLEO-F401RE.
Thanks,
Damien
posted by 23 Apr 2015