Reading PWM Signals With The Arduino

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How would i set about reading PWM signals with the Arduino and converting them into a more easily used format (like a number from 0 to 180). Thanks Tim

clem57 · Answer

https://www.arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/PWM is how and quite easy to create a PWM. But you asked how to read. This is much harder since we have to talk about rising and falling edges. A good look is http://www.benripley.com/diy/arduino/three-ways-to-read-a-pwm-signal-with-arduino/ Once you say use method one, you need to convert that into a 0-180 scale by saying 100% equal 180 and 0% equal 0 over a fixed time domain. Another more interesting way using an Arduino is Arduino - SecretsOfArduinoPWM . But this is hardware specific.

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Reading PWM Signals With The Arduino

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