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operation is inverted. The dual-slope operation has lower maximum operation frequency than single slope
operation. However, due to the symmetric feature of the dual-slope PWM modes, these modes are
preferred for motor control applications.
The PWM resolution for the phase correct PWM mode is fixed to eight bits. In phase correct PWM mode
the counter is incremented until the counter value matches MAX. When the counter reaches MAX, it
changes the count direction. The TCNT0 value will be equal to MAX for one timer clock cycle. The timing
diagram for the phase correct PWM mode is shown on the figure below. The TCNT0 value is in the timing
diagram shown as a histogram for illustrating the dual-slope operation. The diagram includes non-
inverted and inverted PWM outputs. The small horizontal line marks on the TCNT0 slopes represent
compare matches between OCR0 and TCNT0.
Figure 21-7. Phase Correct PWM Mode, Timing Diagram
TOVn Interrupt Flag S e t
OCn Interrupt Flag S e t
1 2 3
TCNTn
Pe riod
OCn
OCn
(COMn1:0 = 2)
(COMn1:0 = 3)
OCRn Update
The Timer/Counter Overflow Flag (TOV0) is set each time the counter reaches BOTTOM. The Interrupt
Flag can be used to generate an interrupt each time the counter reaches the BOTTOM value.
In phase correct PWM mode, the compare unit allows generation of PWM waveforms on the OC2 pin.
Setting the COM21:0 bits to 2 will produce a non-inverted PWM. An inverted PWM output can be
generated by setting the COM21:0 to 3 (refer to Table 21-5). The actual OC2 value will only be visible on
the port pin if the data direction for the port pin is set as output. The PWM waveform is generated by
clearing (or setting) the OC0 Register at the Compare Match between OCR0 and TCNT0 when the
counter increments, and setting (or clearing) the OC0 Register at Compare Match between OCR0 and
TCNT0 when the counter decrements. The PWM frequency for the output when using phase correct
PWM can be calculated by the following equation:
OCnPCPWM
=
clk_I/O
510
The N variable represents the prescaler factor (1, 8, 32, 64, 128, 256 or 1024).
The extreme values for the OCR0 Register represent special cases when generating a PWM waveform
output in the phase correct PWM mode. If the OCR0 is set equal to BOTTOM, the output will be
continuously low and if set equal to MAX the output will be continuously high for non-inverted PWM
mode. For inverted PWM the output will have the opposite logic values.
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