S32K3 measuring PWM duty cycle (eMIOS ICU IPWM) without blocking

Hareesh_S — Sat, 16 May 2026 19:19:51 GMT

Hello,

For context -
I am using an eMIOS ICU channel to measure a varying PWM duty cycle in IPWM mode. I am currently able to successfully measure duty cycle in a "blocking" manner.

My input transitions from 100% duty cycle (effectively no PWM) to a PWM signal of a given duty cycle which I need to measure.

My .mex configuration is as follows -

My sample code is as follows -

While this works, I would prefer to start signal measurement once and periodically call Emios_Icu_Ip_GetDutyCycleValues(), without having to call Emios_Icu_Ip_StopSignalMeasurement(), to avoid being blocked before the measurement is complete. Alternatively, if there is a interrupt fired whenever a measurement has completed, that would work for me too.

I have tried only calling Emios_Icu_Ip_StartSignalMeasurement() initially and calling Emios_Icu_Ip_GetDutyCycleValues() periodically (every 1 second, while the PWM frequency is 1kHz), but the data is inaccurate.

From my understanding, SAIC is better suited for varying PWM signals (which I believe fits my usecase), but I assume I could also use IPWM, with a delayed measurement reading. I do not mind if the returned result is slightly delayed or stale by few milliseconds as I am not expecting rapid changes in duty cycle, and the frequency will be constant.

If someone can clarify how I can achieve this using IPWM, or if I can only implement this via SAIC, that would be great.

Thanks

Re: S32K3 measuring PWM duty cycle (eMIOS ICU IPWM) without blocking

petervlna — Mon, 18 May 2026 07:20:38 GMT

Hello,

The issue you’re hitting is a known limitation of the eMIOS ICU IPWM mode on S32K3:
IPWM is inherently “measurement-window based”, not continuous, so reading it periodically without restarting/closing the measurement leads to stale or partially updated values.

IPWM is not designed for unsynchronized periodic polling
You must either:

use interrupt notification, or
restart measurement before reading, or
switch to SAIC for true non-blocking continuous measurement

Best regards,

Peter

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