Thanks,

Tried your trick.... even replaced the new dtbo file.... but even after 
that I am getting the default value for Period ( ie, 5000000) and duty (ie, 
0) ... Is there any step that you missed in between...??. Anyways thanks 
for the tip..:)

On Monday, 8 July 2013 08:44:54 UTC+5:30, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> you can change period by changing dtbo files.
>
> 1 Generate dts file from original dtbo file
> dtc -I dtb -O dts -o /lib/firmware/bone_pwm_P8_13-00A0.dts /lib/firmware/
> bone_pwm_P8_13-00A0.dtbo
>
> 2 Change period
>     open file "/lib/firmware/bone_pwm_P8_13-00A0.dts" with editor at lines 
> around line 26:
> pwm_test_P8_13 {
>                 compatible = "pwm_test";
>                 pwms = <0xdeadbeef 0x1 0x7a120 0x1>;
>
>      and change to following, for example change period to 100000ns=0.1ms
>
> pwm_test_P8_13 {
>                 compatible = "pwm_test";
>                 pwms = <0xdeadbeef 0x1 100000 0x1>;
>   
>     where
>     -3rd parameter of line"pwms = ~" is period.
>     -period (and other parameters) can be written in either decimal or 
> hexadecimal of 0xABC format.
>     -default period 0x7a120 is 5000000 in decimal.
>     -As you mentioned, Both A and B output for one eHRPWM must have same 
> period setting.
>      If not, the second device will fail to setup at "echo (device)> 
> /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots" command.
>
> 3 Compile to new dtbo file
> dtc -O dtb -o bone_pwm_P8_13-00A0.dtbo -b 0 -@ bone_pwm_P8_13-00A0.dts
>
>      You'd better back up original dtbo file before overwriting it.
>
> 4 Use new dtbo file. 
> echo bone_pwm_P8_13 > /sys/devices/bone_capemgr.*/slots
>
>
>
> 2013年6月4日火曜日 16時33分00秒 UTC+9 [email protected]:
>>
>> Hey, 
>> yes sure, duty must be (0 <= duty <= period). Otherwise you would try to 
>> to set a pwm duty cycle of less than 0% or more than 100%. Returning an 
>> error to the user is a proper way to handle this. 
>>
>> As mentioned above EHRPWM1 and EHRPWM2 share the same base period (or 
>> respectively the base frequency). If I enable both PWM ouputs, writing to 
>> the period files always results in an error. Enabeling only one of the two 
>> outputs lets me change the periods.
>> This does make sense after all. I assume the necessary crosschecking of 
>> the conditions (0 <= duty <= period) for related PWM outputs is simply not 
>> implemented yet or mayby just faulty. 
>>
>> Am Montag, 3. Juni 2013 12:25:15 UTC+2 schrieb [email protected]:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm just starting out, but here is what I found. Hopefully it can help 
>>> you.
>>> The period must be greater than duty.
>>> This worked fine for me:
>>> echo 100000 > /sys/devices/ocp.2/pwm_test_P9_14.12/period
>>> Period is given in ns. Duty is given in ns on/off depending on polarity.
>>>
>>
>

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