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Raspi SOFT PWM

Raspi Soft PWM is part of the Raspi.js suite that provides software PWM through pigpio.

If you have a bug report, feature request, or wish to contribute code, please be sure to check out the Contributing Guide.

Installation

First, be sure that you have installed raspi.

Install with NPM:

npm install raspi-soft-pwm

Note: this project is written in TypeScript and includes type definitions in the package.json file. This means that if you want to use it from TypeScript, you don't need to install a separate @types module.

Example Usage

In TypeScript/ES6:

import { init } from 'raspi';
import { PWM } from 'raspi-pwm';

init(() => {
  const led = new PWM('GPIO22');
  led.write(0.5); // 50% Duty Cycle, half brightness
});

In JavaScript:

const raspi = require('raspi');
const pwm = require('raspi-pwm');

raspi.init(() => {
  const led = new pwm.PWM('GPIO22');
  led.write(0.5); // 50% Duty Cycle, aka half brightness
});

Pin Naming

The pins on the Raspberry Pi are a little complicated. There are multiple headers on some Raspberry Pis with extra pins, and the pin numbers are not consistent between Raspberry Pi board versions.

To help make it easier, you can specify pins in three ways. The first is to specify the pin by function, e.g. 'GPIO18'. The second way is to specify by pin number, which is specified in the form "P[header]-[pin]", e.g. 'P1-7'. The final way is specify the Wiring Pi virtual pin number, e.g. 7. If you specify a number instead of a string, it is assumed to be a Wiring Pi number.

Be sure to read the full list of pins on the supported models of the Raspberry Pi.

API

new SoftPWM(config)

Instantiates a new PWM instance on the given pin.

Arguments:

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Argument</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>config (optional)</td> <td>Number | String | Object</td> <td>The configuration for the PWM pin. If the config is a number or string, it is assumed to be the pin number for the peripheral. If it is an object, the following properties are supported:</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td colspan="2"> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Property</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>pin (optional)</td> <td>Number | String</td> <td>The pin number or descriptor for the peripheral. Defaults to 1 (GPIO18, PWM0).</td> </tr> <tr> <td>frequency (optional)</td> <td>Number</td> <td>The frequency, in Hz, of the PWM signal. Defaults to 50.</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>

Instance Properties

frequency

A number representing the frequency initialization value, in Hz. If a value for frequency was passed to the constructor, it is reflected back here. If no value for frequency was passed to the constructor, then this reflects the default frequency value of 50.

Instance Methods

write(dutyCycle)

Sets the duty cycle for the PWM output, a floating point value between 0 and 1.

Arguments:

<table> <thead> <tr> <th>Argument</th> <th>Type</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tr> <td>dutyCycle</td> <td>Number</td> <td>The duty cycle for the PWM to set, must be a floating point number between 0 and 1</td> </tr> </table>

Returns: None

Note: The PWM does not start outputting a signal until write is called for the first time.

Credits

This package was largely based on Bryan Hughes' work and advice. He is the creator of raspi. Also, Brian Cooke, creator of pigpio, the package that actually does all the work.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

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