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Mosaic embedded designs » Embedded applications » Pulse width modulation, PWM control Mosaic's embedded microcontrollers offer PWM controlWhat is PWM?Pulse width modulation (PWM) allows you to control analog circuits and actuators with a processor's digital outputs. A pulse width modulated signal is a periodic digital output waveform with a controlled period, duty cycle, and polarity. These waveforms can be used to drive stepper motors, servo-motors, AC and DC relays, LEDs (Light-Emitting Diodes), and many other actuators. By varying the duty cycle (the percentage of the time that the PWM output is in its active state), the average value of the PWM signal can be changed. It can be employed to vary the intensity of light put out by an LED, for example. A PWM signal can be smoothed with a low-pass filter to create an analog output whose value is proportional to its duty cycle; this provides a way of creating a simple D-to-A (Digital-to-Analog) converter. PWM is used in a wide range of applications, from power control and conversion to communications and measurements. The benefits of using digital PWM control over analog circuitry are:
The Mosaic Real Time Operating System (RTOS) includes pre-coded software driver functions that control the PWM system. You can easily configure the period, duty cycle, active state, alignment, resolution, and clock source of each PWM output. Select your custom off-the-shelf system for PWM control
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