How to use PWM to control the brightness of LED lights?

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How to use PWM to control the brightness of LED lights?

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codenoob
Contributor II

Sorry for asking this basic question. I am very new to this area. My board is KL05Z.

From the reference manual, the duty cycle is determined by "CnV".  so I simply added the following lines to LED_Blink.c (before the while loop).

However, this did not work. When I run this piece of code in the board, it throws me to HardFault_Handler.

    TPM0_C0V = 1;

    TPM0_C1V = 1;

    TPM0_C2V = 1;

    TPM0_C3V = 1;

    TPM0_C4V = 1;

  while(1)

  {

  Delay(200000);

  LED1_TOGGLE;

  Delay(200000);

  LED2_TOGGLE;

  Delay(200000);

  LED3_TOGGLE;

    }

What's the proper way of setting the duty cycles in PWM? I attached this piece of code in MKL05Z4.h, Hopefully it is easier for people with experience to look at.

Thanks a lot!


/** TPM - Peripheral register structure */

typedef struct TPM_MemMap {

  uint32_t SC;                                     /**< Status and Control, offset: 0x0 */

  uint32_t CNT;                                    /**< Counter, offset: 0x4 */

  uint32_t MOD;                                    /**< Modulo, offset: 0x8 */

  struct {                                         /* offset: 0xC, array step: 0x8 */

    uint32_t CnSC;                                   /**< Channel (n) Status and Control, array offset: 0xC, array step: 0x8 */

    uint32_t CnV;                                    /**< Channel (n) Value, array offset: 0x10, array step: 0x8 */

  } CONTROLS[6];

  uint8_t RESERVED_0[20];

  uint32_t STATUS;                                 /**< Capture and Compare Status, offset: 0x50 */

  uint8_t RESERVED_1[48];

  uint32_t CONF;                                   /**< Configuration, offset: 0x84 */

} volatile *TPM_MemMapPtr;

/* TPM - Register accessors */

#define TPM_SC_REG(base)                         ((base)->SC)

#define TPM_CNT_REG(base)                        ((base)->CNT)

#define TPM_MOD_REG(base)                        ((base)->MOD)

#define TPM_CnSC_REG(base,index)                 ((base)->CONTROLS[index].CnSC)

#define TPM_CnV_REG(base,index)                  ((base)->CONTROLS[index].CnV)

#define TPM_STATUS_REG(base)                     ((base)->STATUS)

#define TPM_CONF_REG(base)                       ((base)->CONF)

/* TPM - Register instance definitions */

/* TPM0 */

#define TPM0_SC                                  TPM_SC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM0_CNT                                 TPM_CNT_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM0_MOD                                 TPM_MOD_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM0_C0SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,0)

#define TPM0_C0V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,0)

#define TPM0_C1SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,1)

#define TPM0_C1V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,1)

#define TPM0_C2SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,2)

#define TPM0_C2V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,2)

#define TPM0_C3SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,3)

#define TPM0_C3V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,3)

#define TPM0_C4SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,4)

#define TPM0_C4V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,4)

#define TPM0_C5SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,5)

#define TPM0_C5V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR,5)

#define TPM0_STATUS                              TPM_STATUS_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM0_CONF                                TPM_CONF_REG(TPM0_BASE_PTR)

/* TPM1 */

#define TPM1_SC                                  TPM_SC_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM1_CNT                                 TPM_CNT_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM1_MOD                                 TPM_MOD_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM1_C0SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR,0)

#define TPM1_C0V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR,0)

#define TPM1_C1SC                                TPM_CnSC_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR,1)

#define TPM1_C1V                                 TPM_CnV_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR,1)

#define TPM1_STATUS                              TPM_STATUS_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR)

#define TPM1_CONF                                TPM_CONF_REG(TPM1_BASE_PTR)

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JimDon
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It "knows" how to write the code, If you know how to write the code, then no problem.

I recommend this because then you can look at the generated code and see how to do it.

I suppose I could post some code, but then I would deny you pleasure of learning.

BTW You are getting the hard fault because you did not set the clock gate in SIM_SCGC6.

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adriansc
Contributor IV

Hi,

You need to configure TPM as PWM and select a channel in this case One of the RGB led.

In the attachments you can find the code for a short application using TMP0 to change duty in RED led (PTB4 TPM0_CH1) Compare this code with yours and see what every register does.

Hope this helps.

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victorrod
Contributor I

Hey Adrian,

Thanks for the help.

I read your code for TPM.

I am driving a relay by FET so GPIO output will be connected to FET.

The requirement is to have an ON/OFF button and when ON is pressed the Relay should be closed for 1 second and then opened for 9 seconds and repeat the loop 1000 times or until OFF is pressed.

I am wondering how your code will change and how the 'duty' will change?

Thanks

Victor

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codenoob
Contributor II

anybody who would like to help?

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JimDon
Senior Contributor III

You need to properly set up the TPM.

Create another project and use PE to set up the TPM for PWM.

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codenoob
Contributor II

Hi Jim,

Thank you so much for your reply. I am a newbie so this might just be another ignorant question...

What does PE do that I can't do? My understanding is that I can just write code, build, program and the board would run. I imagine I can just add/edit code to set up the TPM, in my current code? 

Thanks again.

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JimDon
Senior Contributor III

It "knows" how to write the code, If you know how to write the code, then no problem.

I recommend this because then you can look at the generated code and see how to do it.

I suppose I could post some code, but then I would deny you pleasure of learning.

BTW You are getting the hard fault because you did not set the clock gate in SIM_SCGC6.

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hunter18
Contributor II

Hi Jim,

I want to make my led dim using tpm without using processor expert. Could you help me? i am new to kinetis world so i do not know where to start. BTW i'm using kl26z.

Thank You.

Regards,

Ken

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