Posted on March 06, 2018 at 17:49
Hello,
I have been using the STM32L1 Discovery Kit with the STM32L152RCT6 MCU.
A project that I am working on requires me to output two PWM signals. One of these is a 100KHz square wave and the other is 5MHz square wave.
I have gotten the 100KHz wave to work correctly, however I am unable to generate a 5MHz pwm from my board. I am using Timers 4 and 11 currently to generate these two signals and the code is as follows:
/* TIM3 init function */
static void MX_TIM3_Init(void){TIM_ClockConfigTypeDef sClockSourceConfig;
TIM_MasterConfigTypeDef sMasterConfig; TIM_OC_InitTypeDef sConfigOC;htim3.Instance = TIM3;
htim3.Init.Prescaler = 2; htim3.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP; htim3.Init.Period = 2; htim3.Init.ClockDivision = TIM_CLOCKDIVISION_DIV1; if (HAL_TIM_Base_Init(&htim3) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sClockSourceConfig.ClockSource = TIM_CLOCKSOURCE_INTERNAL;
if (HAL_TIM_ConfigClockSource(&htim3, &sClockSourceConfig) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }if (HAL_TIM_PWM_Init(&htim3) != HAL_OK)
{ _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sMasterConfig.MasterOutputTrigger = TIM_TRGO_RESET;
sMasterConfig.MasterSlaveMode = TIM_MASTERSLAVEMODE_DISABLE; if (HAL_TIMEx_MasterConfigSynchronization(&htim3, &sMasterConfig) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sConfigOC.OCMode = TIM_OCMODE_PWM1;
sConfigOC.Pulse = 1; sConfigOC.OCPolarity = TIM_OCPOLARITY_HIGH; sConfigOC.OCFastMode = TIM_OCFAST_DISABLE; if (HAL_TIM_PWM_ConfigChannel(&htim3, &sConfigOC, TIM_CHANNEL_1) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }HAL_TIM_MspPostInit(&htim3);
}
/* TIM4 init function */
static void MX_TIM4_Init(void){TIM_ClockConfigTypeDef sClockSourceConfig;
TIM_MasterConfigTypeDef sMasterConfig; TIM_OC_InitTypeDef sConfigOC;htim4.Instance = TIM4;
htim4.Init.Prescaler = 106; htim4.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP; htim4.Init.Period = 2; htim4.Init.ClockDivision = TIM_CLOCKDIVISION_DIV1; if (HAL_TIM_Base_Init(&htim4) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sClockSourceConfig.ClockSource = TIM_CLOCKSOURCE_INTERNAL;
if (HAL_TIM_ConfigClockSource(&htim4, &sClockSourceConfig) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }if (HAL_TIM_PWM_Init(&htim4) != HAL_OK)
{ _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sMasterConfig.MasterOutputTrigger = TIM_TRGO_RESET;
sMasterConfig.MasterSlaveMode = TIM_MASTERSLAVEMODE_DISABLE; if (HAL_TIMEx_MasterConfigSynchronization(&htim4, &sMasterConfig) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sConfigOC.OCMode = TIM_OCMODE_PWM1;
sConfigOC.Pulse = 1; sConfigOC.OCPolarity = TIM_OCPOLARITY_HIGH; sConfigOC.OCFastMode = TIM_OCFAST_DISABLE; if (HAL_TIM_PWM_ConfigChannel(&htim4, &sConfigOC, TIM_CHANNEL_1) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }HAL_TIM_MspPostInit(&htim4);
}
/* TIM11 init function */
static void MX_TIM11_Init(void){TIM_ClockConfigTypeDef sClockSourceConfig;
TIM_OC_InitTypeDef sConfigOC;htim11.Instance = TIM11;
htim11.Init.Prescaler = 2; htim11.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP; htim11.Init.Period = 2; htim11.Init.ClockDivision = TIM_CLOCKDIVISION_DIV1; if (HAL_TIM_Base_Init(&htim11) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sClockSourceConfig.ClockSource = TIM_CLOCKSOURCE_INTERNAL;
if (HAL_TIM_ConfigClockSource(&htim11, &sClockSourceConfig) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }if (HAL_TIM_PWM_Init(&htim11) != HAL_OK)
{ _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }sConfigOC.OCMode = TIM_OCMODE_PWM1;
sConfigOC.Pulse = 1; sConfigOC.OCPolarity = TIM_OCPOLARITY_HIGH; sConfigOC.OCFastMode = TIM_OCFAST_DISABLE; if (HAL_TIM_PWM_ConfigChannel(&htim11, &sConfigOC, TIM_CHANNEL_1) != HAL_OK) { _Error_Handler(__FILE__, __LINE__); }HAL_TIM_MspPostInit(&htim11);
}
When I run my board with this code I find that the TIM4 correctly ouputs a 100KHz square wave with a peak to peak voltage of 3V. The TIM11 channel outputs an unclean square wave with a very low peak to peak voltage and only approx. a 3.5MHz signal. If I try to reduce the prescaler value to 1 in order to increase the frequency further, I lose the waveform completely. The results from the oscilliscope are show below:
TIM4 -
TIM11 -
Any help on getting the TIM11 pwm to be a clean square at 5MHz with 3V peak to peak would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Arthur
#tim-pwm #stm32l152
