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23.\" $FreeBSD$
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25.Dd June 17, 2019
26.Dt PWM 8
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pwm
30.Nd configure PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) hardware
31.Sh SYNOPSIS
32.Nm
33.Op Fl f Ar device
34.Fl C
35.Nm
36.Op Fl f Ar device
37.Op Fl D | Fl E
38.Op Fl p Ar period
39.Op Fl d Ar duty
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43utility can be used to configure pwm hardware.
44.Nm
45uses a
46.Xr pwmc 4
47device to communicate with the hardware.
48Some PWM hardware supports multiple output channels within a single
49controller block; each
50.Xr pwmc 4
51instance controls a single PWM channel.
52.Pp
53.Xr pwmc 4
54devices are named
55.Pa /dev/pwm/pwmcX.Y ,
56where
57.Va X
58is the controller unit number and
59.Va Y
60is the channel number within that unit.
61.Pp
62The options are as follows:
63.Bl -tag -width "-f device"
64.It Fl f Ar device
65Device to operate on.
66If not specified,
67.Pa /dev/pwm/pwmc0.0
68is used.
69If an unqualified name is provided,
70.Pa /dev/pwm
71is automatically prepended.
72.It Fl C
73Show the configuration of the PWM channel.
74.It Fl D
75Disable the PWM channel.
76.It Fl d Ar duty
77Configure the duty cycle (in nanoseconds or percentage) of the PWM channel.
78Duty is the portion of the
79.Ar period
80during which the signal is asserted.
81.It Fl E
82Enable the PWM channel.
83.It Fl p Ar period
84Configure the period (in nanoseconds) of the PWM channel.
85.El
86.Sh EXAMPLES
87.Bl -bullet
88.It
89Show the configuration of the PWM channel:
90.Bd -literal
91pwm -f /dev/pwm/pwmc0.1 -C
92.Ed
93.It
94Configure a 50000 ns period and a 25000 ns duty cycle
95and enable the channel:
96.Bd -literal
97pwm -f pwmc1.1 -E -p 50000 -d 25000
98.Ed
99.It
100Configure a 50% duty cycle on the device and channel which
101were configured in
102.Xr pwmc 4
103to have the label
104.Pa backlight :
105.Bd -literal
106pwm -f backlight -d 50%
107.Ed
108.El
109.Sh SEE ALSO
110.Xr pwm 9 ,
111.Xr pwmbus 9
112.Sh HISTORY
113The
114.Nm
115utility appeared in
116.Fx 13.0 .
117.Sh AUTHORS
118.An -nosplit
119The
120.Nm
121utility and this manual page were written by
122.An Emmanuel Vadot Aq Mt manu@FreeBSD.org .
123