How to PWM(50Hz) using FreeRTOS

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#1

sneakyforge wrote on Thursday, March 18, 2010:

Hello,

How is it possible to control a servo motor using a 50Hz PWM. It’s for a LPCXpresso 1343. I’ve managed to port the FreeRTOS to 1343, but I have no idea how to use the timers.

Here is the code for a PWM init that does work without FreeRTOS:

void PWM_init(void){
/** Timer 16 / PWM Settings **/
// PWM output: 16bit_timer1

LPC_SYSCON->SYSAHBCLKCTRL |= (1<<8);  // Enable clock to timer 1
LPC_IOCON->PIO1_9           &= ~0x1F; // - remove bits 0,1 & 2 and pull resistors
LPC_IOCON->PIO1_9           |= 0x01;      /* Timer1_16 MAT0 */ //- set bit 1
LPC_IOCON->PIO1_10          &= ~0x1F; // - remove bits 0,1 & 2 and pull resistors
LPC_IOCON->PIO1_10          |= 0x02; /* Timer1_16 MAT1 */

LPC_TMR16B1->MCR = 0x0400;        /* Reset at MR3*/
LPC_TMR16B1->PR = 50; /* set prescaler 50*28800 = 72MHz */
LPC_TMR16B1->MR0 = 28800-2880;    /* Match register 0 - pulse width
LPC_TMR16B1->MR1 = 7000;          /* Match register 1 - no PWM - toggle test */
LPC_TMR16B1->MR3 = 28800;//14399; /* Match register 3 - cycle length */
LPC_TMR16B1->EMR = 0xC2;          /* External Match register Settings for PWM channel have no effect.*/
LPC_TMR16B1->PWMC = 0x01;         /* PWMC register -MAT0 is PWM. */
GPIOSetDir( 1, 9, 0 );  // Set as output
GPIOSetDir( 1, 10, 1 ); // set as output
LPC_TMR16B1->TCR = 1;   // Enable timer 1
}

I want this code to work in FreeRTOS, but I have no idea how.

Can anyone help me ?

- SnEAky

#2

davedoors wrote on Thursday, March 18, 2010:

First get it working without FreeRTOS, then build up the application around it.

#3

sneakyforge wrote on Thursday, March 18, 2010:

It is already working without FreeRTOS like i said in my first post. I just have no idea how to make this work in FreeRTOS. I’ve put the init in setuphardware(); and i call that function in the main.
Next I start a  task that will set the pulse width, but for some reason nothing happens, the output is just a logical ‘1’ and nothing happens.

Any idea?