Question about SignalGenerator Class Max Frequency

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Hi,

I have a couple of questions on the SignalGenerator Class available in the Premium Core code.

First what I am trying to determine is the maximum frequency that can be generated by this class. Is it 1MHz based upon the 1uS timing resolution?

Basically I have the following code (snippet) and want to know if this is correct for generating 1MHz signal. Unfortunately I don’t have access to a scope right now to determine, but does this seem correct?


        Cpu.Pin pulseTrainPin;
        GHI.Premium.Hardware.SignalGenerator sg;
        uint[] time = new uint[] { 1, 1 };

        //Get Pin6 of the Breakout board
        pulseTrainPin = GT.Socket.GetSocket(11, true, breakout_TB10, null).CpuPins[6];


         sg = new SignalGenerator(pulseTrainPin, false, 2);
         sg.Set(true, time, 0, 2, true);

The second question is that, if I understand this correctly, that the timingsBuffer_us buffer holds the number of pulses that the Signal Generator will generate. So in this example it would generate (2) signals 1uS long (continuously since the bufferRepeating is true)

Thanks,
Khalil

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@ khalilm -

following your code,

  • The first signal is high, of course, next one will be low
  • for each signal (low or high) is 1us, total will be 2us
  • that is repeated, so PWM 500KHz, dutycyle is 50% I think
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That makes sense. Thanks!