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MODULAR INPUT/OUTPUT SUBSYSTEM (MIOS1)
MOTOROLA
USER’S MANUAL
Rev. 15 October 2000
15-42
15.15.4 MIOS1 Output Pulse Width Modulation With MDASM
Output waveforms can be generated with any duty cycle without software involvement.
The software sets up a MDASM with the compare times for the rising and falling edges
and they are automatically repeated. The software does not need to respond to inter-
rupts to generate continuous pulses. The frequency may be selected as the frequency
of a free-running counter time-base, times a binary multiplier selected in the MDASM.
Multiple PWM outputs can be created from multiple MDASMs and share one counter
submodule, provided that the frequencies of all of the output signals are a binary mul-
tiple of the time-base and that the counter submodule is operating in a free-running
mode. Each MDASM has a software selectable “don’t care” on high-order bits of the
time-base comparison so that the frequency of one output can be a binary multiple of
another signal. Masking the time-base serves to multiply the frequency of the time-
base by a binary number to form the frequency of the output waveform. The duty cycle
can vary from one cycle to 64-Kbyte cycles. The frequency can range from 0.48 Hz to
156 KHz, though the resolution decreases at the higher frequencies to as low as seven
bits. The generation of output square wave signals is of course the special case where
the high and low times are equal.
When an MMCSM is used to drive the time-base, the modulus value is the period of
the output PWM signal.
shows such an example. The polarity of the
leading edge of an output waveform is programmable for a rising or a falling edge. The
software selects the period of the output signal by programming the MMCSM with a
modulus value. The leading edge compare value is written into register A by software
and the trailing edge time is written into register B1. When the leading edge value is
reached, the content of register B1 is transferred to register B2, to form the next trailing
edge value. Subsequent changes to the output pulse width are made by writing a new
time into register B1. Updates to the pulse width are always synchronized to the lead-
ing edge of the waveform.
It is typical to use the pulse width modulation mode of the MDASM without interrupts,
although an interrupt can be enabled to occur on the leading edge. When the output
is an unchanging repetitive waveform, the MDASM continuously generates the signal
without any software intervention. When the software needs to change the pulse width,
a new trailing edge time is written to the MDASM. The output is changed on the next
full pulse. When the software needs to change the output at a regular rate, such as an
acceleration curve, the leading edge interrupt gives the software one period time to up-
date the new trailing edge time.
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