Cobra 3 pwm

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Hello,
I need 2 pwm’s but see that 6 are not usable as they are used by the display.
So, that leaves pwm 7 and pwm 8.
pwm1 = new PWM(Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.Cpu.PWMChannel.PWM_7, 10000, 0.1, false);
The above call to new PWM(…) requires a Microsoft.SPOT.Hardware.Cpu.PWMChannel type). I’m using VB.net.

I am able to use pwm 7 but microsoft.spot.hardware doesn’t support pwm 8:
public enum PWMChannel
{
PWM_NONE = -1,
PWM_0 = 0,
PWM_1 = 1,
PWM_2 = 2,
PWM_3 = 3,
PWM_4 = 4,
PWM_5 = 5,
PWM_6 = 6,
PWM_7 = 7,
}
What is the right way to use PWM_8? Should/Can I add PWM_8 to a MIcrosoft.SPOT.Hardware class? I’m thinking doesn’t make sense.

thanks!

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You can just cast the literal 8 to PWMChannel.

var pwm = new PWM((PWMChannel)8, 10_000, 0.1, false);

Instead of that though, take a look at the GHI.Pins assembly. GHI.Pins.FEZCobraIII.PwmOutput has a list of all PWM channels available on the board.

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Thanks for the info. I didn’t realize I could cast 8 to PWMChannel, I’ll give that a try.

Also, I’ll take a look at the assembly today & try to see the list but I had already
looked at the specification & schematic and could see that Cobra supports
7 pwms, however, I’m using a display and 5 of those pwm outputs get used by the
display (connected on ribbon cable) so I think only pwm7 & pwm8 are available.

But maybe if I understand you, you are saying those 5 outputs by display may not be the 5 used by Cobra, so maybe there are other pwm’s available to me - that’s why to look at assembly.

Thanks again for the good information, appreciate the help! When I get to the office, if the cast works, then I think my problem is solved (but will still look at the assembly to just understand what you’re saying).

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Both the assembly and the schematic should have the same information. It does look like the only two PWMs not on the display header are indeed channel 7 and 8 on D6 and D5 respectively.