Sine from PWM dutycycle modulation

Dependencies:   mbed

main.cpp

Committer:
wim
Date:
2014-02-18
Revision:
0:d274003b52e7

File content as of revision 0:d274003b52e7:

#include "mbed.h"

//Number of dutycycle steps for output wave
#define SINE_STEPS        32
//Frequency of output sine in Hz
#define SINE_OUT_FREQ     1000

//Constants to compute the sine waveform
#define PI                 3.141592f
#define SINE_STEPS_RAD    (2.0f * PI / (float)SINE_STEPS)

//Table to generate the sine waveform using dutycycles
float sine_duty[SINE_STEPS];


//Frequency of Pulse Width Modulated signal in Hz
#define PWM_FREQ          200000

//PWM pin
PwmOut PwmPin (p22);

//Heartbeat LED
DigitalOut myled(LED1);


//Ticker to update the PWM dutycycle
Ticker pwm_ticker;

//Ticker calls this fucntion to update the PWM dutycycle
void pwm_duty_updater() {
  static int idx=0;
  
  PwmPin.write(sine_duty[idx]);  // Set the dutycycle % to next value in array
  idx++;                         // Increment the idx
  if (idx == SINE_STEPS) idx=0;  // Reset the idx when teh end has been reached  

}
  
int main() {
  int i;
  
  // Init the duty cycle array
  for (i=0; i<SINE_STEPS; i++) {
    sine_duty[i] = ( sin(i * SINE_STEPS_RAD) + 1.0f ) / 2.0f;  // convert sine (-1.0 .. +1.0) into dutycycle (0.0 .. 1.0)
  }  
    
  // Set PWM frequency to 200 KHz (period = 5 us)
  PwmPin.period( 1.0f / (float) PWM_FREQ);

  // Init the Ticker to call the dutycyle updater at the required interval
  // The update should be at (SINE_STEPS * SINE_OUT_FREQ) 
  pwm_ticker.attach(&pwm_duty_updater, 1.0f / (float)(SINE_STEPS * SINE_OUT_FREQ));

  while(1){ //infinite loop
    myled = !myled; 
    wait(0.5);  
  }
       
}