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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 I
39.Op Fl p Ar period
40.Op Fl d Ar duty
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Nm
44utility can be used to configure pwm hardware.
45.Nm
46uses a
47.Xr pwmc 4
48device to communicate with the hardware.
49Some PWM hardware supports multiple output channels within a single
50controller block; each
51.Xr pwmc 4
52instance controls a single PWM channel.
53.Pp
54.Xr pwmc 4
55devices are named
56.Pa /dev/pwm/pwmcX.Y ,
57where
58.Va X
59is the controller unit number and
60.Va Y
61is the channel number within that unit.
62.Pp
63The options are as follows:
64.Bl -tag -width "-f device"
65.It Fl f Ar device
66Device to operate on.
67If not specified,
68.Pa /dev/pwm/pwmc0.0
69is used.
70If an unqualified name is provided,
71.Pa /dev/pwm
72is automatically prepended.
73.It Fl C
74Show the configuration of the PWM channel.
75.It Fl D
76Disable the PWM channel.
77.It Fl d Ar duty
78Configure the duty cycle (in nanoseconds or percentage) of the PWM channel.
79Duty is the portion of the
80.Ar period
81during which the signal is asserted.
82.It Fl E
83Enable the PWM channel.
84.It Fl p Ar period
85Configure the period (in nanoseconds) of the PWM channel.
86.It Fl I
87Invert PWM signal polarity
88.El
89.Sh EXAMPLES
90.Bl -bullet
91.It
92Show the configuration of the PWM channel:
93.Bd -literal
94pwm -f /dev/pwm/pwmc0.1 -C
95.Ed
96.It
97Configure a 50000 ns period and a 25000 ns duty cycle
98and enable the channel:
99.Bd -literal
100pwm -f pwmc1.1 -E -p 50000 -d 25000
101.Ed
102.It
103Configure a 50% duty cycle on the device and channel which
104were configured in
105.Xr pwmc 4
106to have the label
107.Pa backlight :
108.Bd -literal
109pwm -f backlight -d 50%
110.Ed
111.El
112.Sh SEE ALSO
113.Xr pwm 9 ,
114.Xr pwmbus 9
115.Sh HISTORY
116The
117.Nm
118utility appeared in
119.Fx 13.0 .
120.Sh AUTHORS
121.An -nosplit
122The
123.Nm
124utility and this manual page were written by
125.An Emmanuel Vadot Aq Mt manu@FreeBSD.org .
126