I have a potentiometer attached to one analog port of arduino (assume A0)
I'm reading the value of that using input_voltage = analogRead (A0);
which is a value between 0-1023.
So I want to map this value to frequency from 1Hz to 20Hz. Then I want to fade my LED using this frequency.
Tried to doing this map using int frequency = map (input_voltage, 0, 1023, 1, 20);
But how can i apply this frequency to LED?
I mean PWM has a constant frequency (about 500Hz). How should I apply frequencies from 1 to 20 to this LED in order to fade it?
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2Do you want to blink or flicker instead of dimming the led ? Or does 1Hz mean you want to fade for 1 sec between ON and OFF (20 Hz = 50 ms between On and Off will be no visible difference to immediate switching) – DataFiddler May 24 '20 at 10:11
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What is your goal? Do you want to change the rate at which you flash an LED? PWM (Pulse width modulation) doesn't to vary the frequency of the output - it varies the duty cycle (ratio of on-time to off-time) of a fixed frequency output. If you want to dim the output of your LED based on the input pot, it seems to me you should map 0-1023 to 0-255 , an use the 0-255 output to control a PWM output pin. If you want to control the flashing rate of the LED, you need to use something other than PWM. – Duncan C May 24 '20 at 20:31
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@DuncanC Thanks for your help. What is that "something other than PWM" ? For example timers? – Ramtin May 25 '20 at 8:22
There is a library in which you can change the frequency
Here is my example code I did long time ago I had the same problem
Get the library from here
https://github.com/atmelino/Arduino/tree/master/libraries/PWM
Go ahead and try example code there and try to understand too.
Include the library first to code
my code
void setup() {
pinMode(13, OUTPUT);
pinMode(8, OUTPUT);
digitalWrite(8,LOW);
Serial.begin(115200);
InitTimersSafe();
}
void loop() {
//mapping
long x = map(analogRead(A0),0,1023,1,20);
bool b = SetPinFrequencySafe(9,x);
digitalWrite(13,b);
pwmWrite(9,127);
Serial.print(x);
Serial.print(" Hz ");
Serial.println(b);
delay(100);
}
Built in led will turn on if the frequency is stetted.
By the way led will turn on in 50% on and 50% off in one cycle in pin 9.
Use only the PWM pins in Arduino 3,9,6 etc.
Now you can change the PWM frequency...
I just put a led in the female socket in for easiness + terminal in 9 and - terminal in 8 to go to ground that's why I did put pin 8 to low.
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Wouldn't it be easier to modulate the duty cycle of the PWM for fading a LED? By adapting the frequency between 1Hz and 20Hz, you'll just get changing flashing rates, unless you integrate the PWM output with a (rather large) capacitor. – imalipusram May 24 '20 at 15:04
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@imalipusram I understand but the question asked me to do this using frequency... – Ramtin May 25 '20 at 8:32