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| author | danicampora <daniel@wipy.io> | 2016-02-23 20:18:45 +0100 |
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| committer | danicampora <daniel@wipy.io> | 2016-02-23 20:22:26 +0100 |
| commit | 57b96a7be214c8f2493db7d430348f5efcc8ad34 (patch) | |
| tree | 7cb85812ec5b4b1c7ce52755735c902459e90fda /docs/library/machine.Timer.rst | |
| parent | 8e1fdf2eb3444740d1631878c270cf0003b5d404 (diff) | |
docs: Correct machine.Timer code examples related to duty cycle.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/library/machine.Timer.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/library/machine.Timer.rst b/docs/library/machine.Timer.rst index a3be95b0e..daf63c9b9 100644 --- a/docs/library/machine.Timer.rst +++ b/docs/library/machine.Timer.rst @@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ class Timer -- control internal timers Further examples:: from machine import Timer - tim1 = Timer(2, mode=Timer.ONE_SHOT) # initialize it in one shot mode - tim2 = Timer(1, mode=Timer.PWM) # initialize it in PWM mode + tim1 = Timer(1, mode=Timer.ONE_SHOT) # initialize it in one shot mode + tim2 = Timer(2, mode=Timer.PWM) # initialize it in PWM mode tim1_ch = tim1.channel(Timer.A, freq=10, polarity=Timer.POSITIVE) # start the event counter with a frequency of 10Hz and triggered by positive edges - tim2_ch = tim2.channel(Timer.B, freq=10000, duty_cycle=50) # start the PWM on channel B with a 50% duty cycle + tim2_ch = tim2.channel(Timer.B, freq=10000, duty_cycle=5000) # start the PWM on channel B with a 50% duty cycle tim2_ch.freq(20) # set the frequency (can also get) - tim2_ch.duty_cycle(30) # set the duty cycle to 30% (can also get) - tim2_ch.duty_cycle(30, Timer.NEGATIVE) # set the duty cycle to 30% and change the polarity to negative + tim2_ch.duty_cycle(3010) # set the duty cycle to 30.1% (can also get) + tim2_ch.duty_cycle(3020, Timer.NEGATIVE) # set the duty cycle to 30.2% and change the polarity to negative tim2_ch.period(2000000) # change the period to 2 seconds .. note:: @@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ Methods .. method:: timerchannel.duty_cycle([value]) - Get or set the duty cycle of the PWM signal (in the range of 0-100). + Get or set the duty cycle of the PWM signal. It's a percentage (0.00-100.00). Since the WiPy + doesn't support floating point numbers the duty cycle must be specified in the range 0-10000, + where 10000 would represent 100.00, 5050 represents 50.50, and so on. Constants --------- |