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I'm trying to generate a sine wave on my Arduino micro. I used this code.

int Pin = 9;

void setup()
{
 Serial.begin(9600);
 pinMode(Pin, INPUT);
}

void loop()
{
 float something = millis()/10000.0;
 int value = 128.0 + 128 * sin( something * 2.0 * PI  );
 analogWrite(Pin,value);
}

I have a low pass filter at the output of the pin to smooth the wave. The problem is : I get a nice square wave with a duty cycle from 0 to 100%, but not a sine wave. Ideally, I'd like to set a frequency of 10 Hz. Can anyone tell me where I made a mistake ? Thanks a lot !!!

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  • Maybe a bit of a delay? You will be changing the duty cycle very rapidly.
    – Nick Gammon ♦
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 8:47
  • I tried it, the duty cycle of the square wave is changing according to the delay, but it's still not a sine wave.
    – Ultra67
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 8:56
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    then your low pass filter isn't enough
    – ratchet freak
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 11:08
  • You can make a simple R-2R ladder DAC to create a sin wave. However it does require the use of many I/O pins, depending on the resolution you want in your sin wave.
    – lemontwist
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 16:02

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it is how PWM works. digital pins can do only 1 and 0.

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  • So it's not possible to do a sine wave?
    – Ultra67
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 9:43
  • Maybe use the PWM to charge a capacitor? You can balance charge and discharge with resistors to possibly get a pretty sinusoidal voltage on it.
    – Filip Franik
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 10:07
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    I found you a tutorial that should help you to create a circuit that changes a square wave to sinusoidal wave. All you need to do is to output from your arduino 0 for 50ms and 1 for 50ms (to get 10Hz) and adjust the capacitor sizes to get a sin wave. (Tutorial shows circuit working for 10kHz square wave) learningaboutelectronics.com/Articles/…
    – Filip Franik
    Commented Aug 30, 2017 at 10:18
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Can anyone tell me where I made a mistake ?

put a lpf on the pwm output.

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