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Arduino Development Cookbook

You're reading from   Arduino Development Cookbook Over 50 hands-on recipes to quickly build and understand Arduino projects, from the simplest to the most extraordinary

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2015
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ISBN-13 9781783982943
Length 246 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Cornel M Amariei Cornel M Amariei
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Power on – Arduino Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Blinking LEDs 3. Working with Buttons 4. Sensors 5. Motor Control 6. More Output Devices 7. Digital Communication with Arduino 8. Hacking A. Electronics – the Basics Index

Faster PWM


This is an exotic procedure! The standard PWM frequency on the Arduino is around 490 Hz. While it can get most jobs done, it is not really that fast. However, we can change that.

Faster PWM is especially useful when controlling motors. At low PWM, the torque is greatly affected, and it can also create audible noise. The best way to test this is to implement the Controlling speed with PWM recipe from Chapter 5, Motor Control, and increase the PWM frequency.

Note

A note to remember: this might interfere with other functions, such as delay(). We have to be extra careful when this happens.

Getting ready

Following are the ingredients required to implement this recipe:

  • An Arduino board connected to a computer via USB

  • A DC motor

  • A resistor between 220 ohm and 4,700 ohm

  • A standard NPN transistor (BC547, 2N3904, N2222A, TIP120) or a logic level-compatible MOSFET (IRF510, IRF520)

  • A standard diode (1N4148, 1N4001, 1N4007)

How to do it…

After we implement the same circuit as in the Controlling speed...

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