How can we vary duty cycle on PWM2 for IMX6SL to drive W2812B RGB Strip

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How can we vary duty cycle on PWM2 for IMX6SL to drive W2812B RGB Strip

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sudhanshubhutan
Contributor I

Hi NXP experts,

I have a task to drive W2812B RGB Strip using  PWM2 IMX6SL board. For this strip, the strict timing needs to be followed.

As per strip internals, we need to produce 800Khz on PWM out, for this, we calculated period to be 1250ns.

I made correct entries to DTB like this:-

backlight {

compatible = "pwm-backlight"

pwms = <&pwm2 0 1250>

brightness-levels = <0 74 163  255>;

default-brightness-levels = <0>;

}

&pwm2 {

status = "okay"

}

pwm2 {

        pinctrl_harman_iot_pwm2 : pwm2-fornt-led {

        fsl,pins = <MX6SL_PAD_EPDC_SDCE3__PWM2_OUT 0x110b0>

         }

}

When kernel boots up, LED strip remains off, as default-level is 0.

First, when we do echo 1 > /sys/class/backlight/backlight/brightness, we see PWMSAR register written with 362, i believe this is the first sample value for FIFO. We see correct duty as 33%

Then, we do echo 2 > /sys/class/backlight/backlight/brightness, we see PWMSAR register written with 163 and we see correct duty as 66%

Now, the question is

1. How can we get variable duty cycle in single pulse? Because, driver gets set to the particular duty cycle and starts running pulse of that duty (infinitely). Even if we send echo multiple times, with correct different values, PWM IMX only works on last PWM SAR duty cycle?

2. How can we modify both these values ? Do we need to change these values at all for producing multiple duty cycle?

* Prescale is always coming as 1

* period_cycles = 82 - 2 = 80

As per LED datasheet,

1. we need 800ns as 1  and rest 450ns as 0 - so that LED takes this as 1

2. we need 450 ns as 1 and rest 800ns as 0 - so that LED takes this as 0

3. for reset, we need 5000ns delay - which can be sent as 0.

3. We need to actually drive red,green,blue color using this LED strip, and we need to achieve this waveform, which i have attached it is for red color for RPI2. How can we acheive this waveform using PWM-IMX driver?

Is it achievable? Please refer to tek0000.png file for waveform.

4. How can we achieve this waveform, what settings we should do, and how we should send data to PWM SAR config register each time is our concern?

5. Do we need to change clock i.e 66 MHz which we are using, currently, we are giving HIGH_IPG clock?

Kindly help in achieving this task?

Regards

Sudhanshu

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sudhanshubhutan
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Yes, i took help from bare-metal sdk examples to vary duty-cycle. Its working now.

Thanks a ton!

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igorpadykov
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Hi Sudhanshu

please check pwm changing duty cycle link

i.MX53 (also i.MX6) PWM Glitches on Duty Cycle Change 

it may be useful to check code changes with attached sdk pwm

baremetal test and description in pdf file Chapter 27 Configuring the PWM driver

Best regards
igor
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sudhanshubhutan
Contributor I

Hi igor,

Thanks for your reply.

How can we use this SDK PWM source code?

I am newbie to IMX6SL reference boards, and not sure what all is needed to make this program compile for my IMX6SL board. I have arm cross compiler setup on my yocto machine.

Please let me know where can i get all necessary header files to make this PWM program run:

#include "interrupt.h"
#include "iomux_config.h"
#include "registers/regspwm.h"

??

Regards

Sudhanshu

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sudhanshubhutan
Contributor I

Hi igor,

Can you please help in getting required bare-metal pwm driver code to run on our IMX6SL custom board?

How can we use this SDK PWM source code?

 

I am newbie to IMX6SL reference boards, and not sure what all is needed to make this program compile for my IMX6SL board. I have arm cross compiler setup on my yocto machine.

 

Please let me know where can i get all necessary header files to make this PWM program run:

#include "interrupt.h"
#include "iomux_config.h"
#include "registers/regspwm.h"

Regards

Sudhanshu

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igorpadykov
NXP Employee
NXP Employee

Hi Sudhanshu

one can check

https://community.freescale.com/docs/DOC-103736

for obtaining headers one can create service request

and get full sdk package .

Best regards
igor