LPC1769 - using Timer external match to generate PWM

[tomasfrcek]

Hello,

I'm trying to generate a PWM signal with both flexible duty cycle and frequency using TIMER3 peripheral. I can't use the PWM peripheral, because it's output pins aren't wired in the target PCB.

I have a simple TIMER3 initialization with hard coded PWM output so far, but I can't get any output on the external match pins:

void InitPWMTimer(void)
{
    // TIMER3 power.
    LPC_SC->PCONP |= (0x01 << 23);

    // TIMER3 clock = system clock (100 MHz).
    LPC_SC->PCLKSEL1 = (LPC_SC->PCLKSEL1 & ~(0x3 << 14)) | (0x1 << 14);

    // P0.10 pin function set to MAT3.0.
    LPC_PINCON->PINSEL0 |= (0x3 << 20);

    // Reset TIMER3.
    LPC_TIM3->TCR = 0x2;

    // Clear interrupt flags MR0..MR3.
    LPC_TIM3->IR = 0xF;

    // EMCR0 configured to toggle output level on MAT3.0 on MR0 match.
    LPC_TIM3->EMR = (0x3 << 4);

    // Prescaler set to generate 100Hz PWM with the hard coded values fed to MR0.
    LPC_TIM3->PR = 0xA;

    // Set the initial MR0 value and activate interrupt on MR0 match.
    LPC_TIM3->MR0 = 3000U;
    LPC_TIM3->MCR = 0x3;
    
    // Start the timer.
    LPC_TIM3->TCR = 0x1;
}

void TIMER3_IRQHandler(void)
{
    uint32_t tim3_ir = LPC_TIM3->IR;
    uint32_t tim3_emr = LPC_TIM3->EMR;

    if((tim3_ir & 0x1) == 0x1)
    {
        // MR0 match, clears interrupt flag.
        LPC_TIM3->IR |= 0x1;

        // Depending on the MAT3.0 output value (read from EMR), set new MR0 value (here to generate 70% PWM).

        // Toggling of the output value should be done by the TIMER peripheral itself (set in the EMR control field).
        if ((tim3_emr & 0x1) == 0U)
        {
            LPC_TIM3->MR0 = 7000U;
        }
        else
        {
            LPC_TIM3->MR0 = 3000U;
        }
    }
}

The interrupt gets fired normaly, I can see the MR0 value changing, but I can't get any result on the output pin. 

Any ideas?

Thanks!!!

[jeremyzhou]

Hi Tomas Frcek,

Thank you for your interest in NXP Semiconductor products and
for the opportunity to serve you.
To provide the fastest possible support, I'd like to suggest you refer to the attachment for details, as it describes how to use TIMERs to generate PWM signals with different duty cycles.

Have a great day,
TIC

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