On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Anders Wallin wrote:

> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:48:16 +0200
> From: Anders Wallin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
>     <[email protected]>
> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Mesa m5i20 PWM frequency ?
> 
>>>> OK so for the 5I20 I can change the PWM so it will go up to ~66 KHz 
>>>> instead of
>>>> ~33 KHz.
>>> Peter, would changing to a max 66 kHz PWM frequency on the 5I20 simply
>>> require a new fpga configuration to be compiled and downloaded to the
>>> 5I20, or does it require a hardware change ?
>>
>> Just a new configuration.
>>
>> The base frequency of the PWM is currently 33 MHz and the PWM resolution is 
>> 10
>> bits so the current max PWM rate is 33 MHz/1024. I can double the 33 MHz to 
>> 66
>> MHz inside the FPGA to get 66 MHz/1024 PWM rate easily  (or use the 50 MHz
>> clock and double it for 100 MHz/1024 max PWM rate.
>
> that sounds great!
>
> it looks like we will have several different fpga configs(m5i20-step/dir
> m5i20-pwm/dir) for the m5i20 in the future, maybe separate directories
> in cvs should be setup ?
>
> I'd be interested in testing a 66MHz/1024 hostmot-4 configuration, but I
> don't know how to change the vhdl or compile the fpga code.
> Basically I just do 'loadrt hal_m5i20 loadFpga=1', so I would need help
> to get to this point, after that I can do the testing with some HAL
> coding and a scope.
>
> AW


I can send you a new config file and source next week some time.

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