Control duty cycle of Intel Edison board

[rhela1]

Dear All;

In my project, I would like to adjust the duty cycle of the Edison board such that it sleeps for a certain number of cycles being idle doing nothing and then wakes up again in a repeated fashion. Is this possible?

Best Regards;

Rana Helal

[Pablo_M_Intel]

Hi rana.helal,

It's possible to change the duty cycle of PWM signal and if you want to change its value during a process what you can do is to do system calls via your code so that from time to time the duty cycle behaves as you want. I would also suggest you check this Multiplexing guide for the Edison, http://www.emutexlabs.com/project/215-intel-edison-gpio-pin-multiplexing-guide http://www.emutexlabs.com/project/215-intel-edison-gpio-pin-multiplexing-guide.

Regards,

PabloM_Intel

[rhela1]

Dear PabloM_Intel,

Do you know how can I do this using python code? Moreover, what I understand from the guide is that PWM controls certain pins not the board itself or this is not the case?

Best Regards;

Rana Helal

[Pablo_M_Intel]

Hi rana.helal,

You are correct, some pins of the board are PWM capable, but this feature will work only in that specific pin.

About examples using Python, I would suggest you to check this https://github.com/MakersTeam/Edison/tree/master/Python-Examples link, there you'll find some basic but useful examples. For PWM usage, you can take a look at the Servo sketch.

Regards,

PabloM_Intel