Tag Archives: PWM

Updated version of IGBT control program for buck-boost dc-dc converter

This is an updated version of my IGBT control example for the dsPIC30F4011, which appeared in an earlier post. In this version, an analog control signal on pin AN6 is used to vary the duty cycle of the waveforms produced. … Continue reading

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IGBT control in a buck-boost DC-DC converter

Reader Jil Sutaria wrote in a with a query about controlling four IGBTs in a buck-boost DC-DC converter. Some of the main features of this application are: Two pairs of IGBTs need to be controlled. Each pair of IGBTs share … Continue reading

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Servo motor control example for the PIC18F4620

This is a simple servo motor control example for the PIC18F4620 microcontroller. The servo is controlled by the PWM signal from CCP1 (pin 17 on the PIC). The PWM period is 20ms and the pulse width varies between 1ms and … Continue reading

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Polyphonic Keypad

Inspired by Paul Leamy’s dsPIC musical instrument, the microKey, I’ve just created a little polyphonic instrument of my own using a 12-button keypad that Richard Hayes gave me a couple of months ago. The code is set up to scan … Continue reading

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Working dsPIC30f4011 code to control servo angle from PC via serial

Here’s a working example of servo angle control from the PC, via serial communication to the dsPIC30F4011. The servo angle is set using a 5 character long command: The first character is ‘s’. The remaining four characters, which must all … Continue reading

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Short dsPIC30F4011 program to test output compare SFR values

I’ve been playing around with the output compare feature of the dsPIC30F4011 microcontroller for the last day or two and finding out some interesting things about it. There are two output compare channels (OC1 on pin 23, OC2 on pin … Continue reading

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PWM Sinewave generation using output compare on dsPIC30F4011

Reader Manu Abraham wrote in with an interesting query about sinusoidal variation of PWM duty cycle using the output compare feature of the dsPIC30F4011. The 30F4011 has two output compare channels which can be used to very easily generate periodic … Continue reading

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dsPIC Workshop: Digital i/o, timing, PWM, UART

Today’s dsPIC programming workshop will take place from 2-4pm  in room KEG-036, DIT Kevin St. Conall O’Griofa will be co-presenting and Damon Berry will hopefully be helping out too. We’ll be using the following hardware: Laptops, PICkit 2, breadboard, dsPIC30F4011, … Continue reading

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PWM generation with the dsPIC30F4011

This is a simple example of PWM waveform generation using the dsPIC30F4011 microcontroller. This chip has three PWM channels (pins 33-38), each channel consisting of a pair of pins which can be configured in various ways. The code below enables … Continue reading

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Two square waves with arbitrary phase shift on dsPIC

Reader Imad wrote in with an interesting query about generating two square waves with equal frequency but an arbitrary phase shift between them using a dsPIC microcontroller. I’m still working out the fine details, but here’s the general gist of … Continue reading

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