ESP32 MCPWM trigger

Hope someone can help me here as I'm at a loss.
I have a PWM signal, generated using the MCPWM module, output on GPIO 16. I need to read from another pin (GPIO 25) each time GPIO 16 is low. I've tried attaching an interrupt but, as it is an output and not an input, that doesn't work.

Any ideas on how to sync my PWM output to trigger my code?

(MCPWM unit 0 timer 1)

Thanks

You are generating a PWM with an ESP32 using the MCPWM and you want to generate a trigger for each high to low transition of the PWM signal.

You have the MCWPM signal being generated at GPIO_NUM_16 and you are sending the PWM to GPIO_NUM_25. Where you want to sample to PWM and trigger an event at the High to Low transition but you are unable to make GPIO_NUM_25 into an input pin?

Correct?

Also, from the description of your problem I am unable to write the code that you are using to do the thing. I, especially, want to see the code you are using to define GPIO_NUM_25 and an input and its not working.

Here is some code that I use to set the GPIO pins on with an ESP32.

gpio_config_t io_cfg = {}; // initialize the gpio configuration structure
  io_cfg.mode = GPIO_MODE_INPUT; // set gpio mode. GPIO_NUM_0 input from water level sensor
  io_cfg.pull_down_en = GPIO_PULLDOWN_ENABLE; // enable pull down
  io_cfg.pin_bit_mask = ( (1ULL << GPIO_NUM_0) ); //bit mask of the pins to set, assign gpio number to be configured
  gpio_config(&io_cfg); // configure the gpio based upon the parameters as set in the configuration structure
  //

Just change the GPIO number to suit your thingy.

You could send the MCPWM signal to the PCNT which would trigger a ISR.

/*
   Chappie Weather upgrade/addition
   process wind speed direction and rain fall.
*/
#include <WiFi.h>
#include <PubSubClient.h>
#include "certs.h"
#include "sdkconfig.h"
#include "esp_system.h"
#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "freertos/task.h"
#include "freertos/timers.h"
#include "freertos/event_groups.h"
#include "driver/pcnt.h"
#include <driver/adc.h>
#include <SimpleKalmanFilter.h>
#include <ESP32Time.h>
////
ESP32Time rtc;
WiFiClient wifiClient;
PubSubClient MQTTclient(mqtt_server, mqtt_port, wifiClient);
////
float CalculatedVoltage = 0.0f;
float kph = 0.0f;
float rain  = 0.0f;
/*
   PCNT PCNT_UNIT_0, PCNT_CHANNEL_0 GPIO_NUM_15 = pulse input pin
   PCNT PCNT_UNIT_1, PCNT_CHANNEL_0 GPIO_NUM_4 = pulse input pin
*/
pcnt_unit_t pcnt_unit00 = PCNT_UNIT_0; //pcnt unit 0 channel 0
pcnt_unit_t pcnt_unit10 = PCNT_UNIT_1; //pcnt unit 1 channel 0
//
//
hw_timer_t * timer = NULL;
//
#define evtAnemometer  ( 1 << 0 )
#define evtRainFall    ( 1 << 1 )
#define evtParseMQTT   ( 1 << 2 )
EventGroupHandle_t eg;
#define OneMinuteGroup ( evtAnemometer | evtRainFall )
////
QueueHandle_t xQ_Message; // payload and topic queue of MQTT payload and topic
const int payloadSize = 100;
struct stu_message
{
  char payload [payloadSize] = {'\0'};
  String topic ;
} x_message;
////
SemaphoreHandle_t sema_MQTT_KeepAlive;
SemaphoreHandle_t sema_mqttOK;
SemaphoreHandle_t sema_CalculatedVoltage;
////
int mqttOK = 0; // stores a count value that is used to cause an esp reset
volatile bool TimeSet = false;
////
/*
   A single subject has been subscribed to, the mqtt broker sends out "OK" messages if the client receives an OK message the mqttOK value is set back to zero.
*/
////
void IRAM_ATTR mqttCallback(char* topic, byte * payload, unsigned int length)
{
  memset( x_message.payload, '\0', payloadSize ); // clear payload char buffer
  x_message.topic = ""; //clear topic string buffer
  x_message.topic = topic; //store new topic
  int i = 0; // extract payload
  for ( i; i < length; i++)
  {
    x_message.payload[i] = ((char)payload[i]);
  }
  x_message.payload[i] = '\0';
  xQueueOverwrite( xQ_Message, (void *) &x_message );// send data to queue
} // void mqttCallback(char* topic, byte* payload, unsigned int length)
////
// interrupt service routine for WiFi events put into IRAM
void IRAM_ATTR WiFiEvent(WiFiEvent_t event)
{
  switch (event) {
    case SYSTEM_EVENT_STA_CONNECTED:
      break;
    case SYSTEM_EVENT_STA_DISCONNECTED:
      log_i("Disconnected from WiFi access point");
      break;
    case SYSTEM_EVENT_AP_STADISCONNECTED:
      log_i("WiFi client disconnected");
      break;
    default: break;
  }
} // void IRAM_ATTR WiFiEvent(WiFiEvent_t event)
////
void IRAM_ATTR onTimer()
{
  BaseType_t xHigherPriorityTaskWoken;
  xEventGroupSetBitsFromISR(eg, OneMinuteGroup, &xHigherPriorityTaskWoken);
} // void IRAM_ATTR onTimer()
////
void setup()
{
  eg = xEventGroupCreate(); // get an event group handle
  //  x_message.topic.reserve(300);
  adc1_config_width(ADC_WIDTH_12Bit);
  adc1_config_channel_atten(ADC1_CHANNEL_6, ADC_ATTEN_DB_11);// using GPIO 34 wind direction
  adc1_config_channel_atten(ADC1_CHANNEL_3, ADC_ATTEN_DB_11);// using GPIO 39 current
  adc1_config_channel_atten(ADC1_CHANNEL_0, ADC_ATTEN_DB_11);// using GPIO 36 battery volts

  // hardware timer 4 set for one minute alarm
  timer = timerBegin( 3, 80, true );
  timerAttachInterrupt( timer, &onTimer, true );
  timerAlarmWrite(timer, 60000000, true);
  timerAlarmEnable(timer);
  /* Initialize PCNT's counter */
  int PCNT_H_LIM_VAL         = 3000;
  int PCNT_L_LIM_VAL         = -10;
  // 1st PCNT counter
  pcnt_config_t pcnt_config  = {};
  pcnt_config.pulse_gpio_num = GPIO_NUM_15;// Set PCNT input signal and control GPIOs
  pcnt_config.ctrl_gpio_num  = PCNT_PIN_NOT_USED;
  pcnt_config.channel        = PCNT_CHANNEL_0;
  pcnt_config.unit           = PCNT_UNIT_0;
  // What to do on the positive / negative edge of pulse input?
  pcnt_config.pos_mode       = PCNT_COUNT_INC;   // Count up on the positive edge
  pcnt_config.neg_mode       = PCNT_COUNT_DIS;   // Count down disable
  // What to do when control input is low or high?
  pcnt_config.lctrl_mode     = PCNT_MODE_KEEP; // do not count if low reverse
  pcnt_config.hctrl_mode     = PCNT_MODE_KEEP;    // Keep the primary counter mode if high
  // Set the maximum and minimum limit values to watch
  pcnt_config.counter_h_lim  = PCNT_H_LIM_VAL;
  pcnt_config.counter_l_lim  = PCNT_L_LIM_VAL;
  pcnt_unit_config(&pcnt_config); // Initialize PCNT unit
  pcnt_set_filter_value( PCNT_UNIT_0, 1); //Configure and enable the input filter
  pcnt_filter_enable( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
  pcnt_counter_pause( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
  pcnt_counter_clear( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
  pcnt_counter_resume( PCNT_UNIT_0); // start the show
  // setup 2nd PCNT
  pcnt_config = {};
  pcnt_config.pulse_gpio_num = GPIO_NUM_4;
  pcnt_config.ctrl_gpio_num  = PCNT_PIN_NOT_USED;
  pcnt_config.channel        = PCNT_CHANNEL_0;
  pcnt_config.unit           = PCNT_UNIT_1;
  pcnt_config.pos_mode       = PCNT_COUNT_INC;
  pcnt_config.neg_mode       = PCNT_COUNT_DIS;
  pcnt_config.lctrl_mode     = PCNT_MODE_KEEP;
  pcnt_config.hctrl_mode     = PCNT_MODE_KEEP;
  pcnt_config.counter_h_lim  = PCNT_H_LIM_VAL;
  pcnt_config.counter_l_lim  = PCNT_L_LIM_VAL;
  pcnt_unit_config(&pcnt_config);
  //pcnt_set_filter_value( PCNT_UNIT_1, 1 );
  //pcnt_filter_enable  ( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  pcnt_counter_pause  ( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  pcnt_counter_clear  ( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  pcnt_counter_resume ( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  //
  xQ_Message = xQueueCreate( 1, sizeof(stu_message) );
  //
  sema_CalculatedVoltage = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
  xSemaphoreGive( sema_CalculatedVoltage );
  sema_mqttOK = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
  xSemaphoreGive( sema_mqttOK );
  sema_MQTT_KeepAlive = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
  ///
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( MQTTkeepalive, "MQTTkeepalive", 15000, NULL, 5, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fparseMQTT, "fparseMQTT", 10000, NULL, 5, NULL, 1 ); // assign all to core 1, WiFi in use.
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fReadBattery, "fReadBattery", 4000, NULL, 3, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fReadCurrent, "fReadCurrent", 4000, NULL, 3, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fWindDirection, "fWindDirection", 10000, NULL, 4, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fAnemometer, "fAnemometer", 10000, NULL, 4, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fRainFall, "fRainFall", 10000, NULL, 4, NULL, 1 );
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore( fmqttWatchDog, "fmqttWatchDog", 3000, NULL, 3, NULL, 1 ); // assign all to core 1
} //void setup()
////


void fWindDirection( void *pvParameters )
// read the wind direction sensor, return heading in degrees
{
  float adcValue = 0.0f;
  uint64_t TimePastKalman  = esp_timer_get_time();
  SimpleKalmanFilter KF_ADC( 1.0f, 1.0f, .01f );
  float high = 0.0f;
  float low = 2000.0f;
  float ADscale = 3.3f / 4096.0f;
  TickType_t xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
  const TickType_t xFrequency = 100; //delay for mS
  int count = 0;
  String windDirection;
  windDirection.reserve(20);
  String MQTTinfo = "";
  MQTTinfo.reserve( 150 );
  while ( !MQTTclient.connected() )
  {
    vTaskDelay( 250 );
  }
  for (;;)
  {
    windDirection = "";
    adcValue = float( adc1_get_raw(ADC1_CHANNEL_6) ); //take a raw ADC reading
    KF_ADC.setProcessNoise( (esp_timer_get_time() - TimePastKalman) / 1000000.0f ); //get time, in microsecods, since last readings
    adcValue = KF_ADC.updateEstimate( adcValue ); // apply simple Kalman filter
    TimePastKalman = esp_timer_get_time(); // time of update complete
    adcValue = adcValue * ADscale;
    if ( (adcValue >= 0.0f) & (adcValue <= .25f )  )
    {
      // log_i( " n" );
      windDirection.concat( "N" );
    }
    if ( (adcValue > .25f) & (adcValue <= .6f ) )
    {
      //  log_i( " e" );
      windDirection.concat( "E" );
    }
    if ( (adcValue > 2.0f) & ( adcValue < 3.3f) )
    {
      //   log_i( " s" );
      windDirection.concat( "S");
    }
    if ( (adcValue >= 1.7f) & (adcValue < 2.0f ) )
    {
      // log_i( " w" );
      windDirection.concat( "W" );
    }
    if ( count >= 30 )
    {
      MQTTinfo.concat( String(kph, 2) );
      MQTTinfo.concat( ",");
      MQTTinfo.concat( windDirection );
      MQTTinfo.concat( ",");
      MQTTinfo.concat( String(rain, 2) );
      xSemaphoreTake( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive, portMAX_DELAY );
      MQTTclient.publish( topicWSWDRF, MQTTinfo.c_str() );
      xSemaphoreGive( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive );
      count = 0;
    }
    count++;
    MQTTinfo = "";
    xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
    vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, xFrequency );
  }
  vTaskDelete ( NULL );
}
// read rainfall
void fRainFall( void *pvParemeters )
{
  int16_t count = 0;
  pcnt_counter_pause( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  pcnt_counter_clear( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  pcnt_counter_resume( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
  for  (;;)
  {
    xEventGroupWaitBits (eg, evtRainFall, pdTRUE, pdTRUE, portMAX_DELAY);
    pcnt_counter_pause( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
    pcnt_get_counter_value( PCNT_UNIT_1, &count );
    pcnt_counter_clear( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
    pcnt_counter_resume( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
    if ( count != 0 )
    {
      // 0.2794mm of rain per click clear clicks at mid night
      rain = 0.2794f * (float)count;
      //log_i( "count %d, rain rain = %f mm", count, rain );
    }
    if ( (rtc.getHour(true) == 0) && (rtc.getMinute() == 0) )
    {
      pcnt_counter_pause( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
      count = 0;
      pcnt_counter_clear( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
      pcnt_counter_resume( PCNT_UNIT_1 );
    }
  }
  vTaskDelete ( NULL );
}
////
void fAnemometer( void *pvParameters )
{
  int16_t count = 0;
  pcnt_counter_clear(PCNT_UNIT_0);
  pcnt_counter_resume(PCNT_UNIT_0);
  for (;;)
  {
    xEventGroupWaitBits (eg, evtAnemometer, pdTRUE, pdTRUE, portMAX_DELAY);
    pcnt_counter_pause( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
    pcnt_get_counter_value( PCNT_UNIT_0, &count); //int16_t *count
    // A wind speed of 2.4km/h causes the switch to close once per second
    kph = 2.4 * ((float)count / 60.0f);
    /*
      if ( count != 0 )
      {
        log_i( "count %d, wind KPH = %f", count, kph );
      }
    */
    count = 0;
    pcnt_counter_clear( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
    pcnt_counter_resume( PCNT_UNIT_0 );
  }
  vTaskDelete ( NULL );
}
//////
void fmqttWatchDog( void * paramater )
{
  int UpdateImeTrigger = 86400; //seconds in a day
  int UpdateTimeInterval = 86300; // 1st time update in 100 counts
  int maxNonMQTTresponse = 60;
  for (;;)
  {
    vTaskDelay( 1000 );
    if ( mqttOK >= maxNonMQTTresponse )
    {
      ESP.restart();
    }
    xSemaphoreTake( sema_mqttOK, portMAX_DELAY );
    mqttOK++;
    xSemaphoreGive( sema_mqttOK );
    UpdateTimeInterval++; // trigger new time get
    if ( UpdateTimeInterval >= UpdateImeTrigger )
    {
      TimeSet = false; // sets doneTime to false to get an updated time after a days count of seconds
      UpdateTimeInterval = 0;
    }
  }
  vTaskDelete( NULL );
}
//////
void fparseMQTT( void *pvParameters )
{
  struct stu_message px_message;
  for (;;)
  {
    if ( xQueueReceive(xQ_Message, &px_message, portMAX_DELAY) == pdTRUE )
    {
      // parse the time from the OK message and update MCU time
      if ( String(px_message.topic) == topicOK )
      {
        if ( !TimeSet)
        {
          String temp = "";
          temp =  px_message.payload[0];
          temp += px_message.payload[1];
          temp += px_message.payload[2];
          temp += px_message.payload[3];
          int year =  temp.toInt();
          temp = "";
          temp =  px_message.payload[5];
          temp += px_message.payload[6];
          int month =  temp.toInt();
          temp =  "";
          temp =  px_message.payload[8];
          temp += px_message.payload[9];
          int day =  temp.toInt();
          temp = "";
          temp = px_message.payload[11];
          temp += px_message.payload[12];
          int hour =  temp.toInt();
          temp = "";
          temp = px_message.payload[14];
          temp += px_message.payload[15];
          int min =  temp.toInt();
          rtc.setTime( 0, min, hour, day, month, year );
          log_i( "rtc  %s ", rtc.getTime() );
          TimeSet = true;
        }
      }
      //
    } //if ( xQueueReceive(xQ_Message, &px_message, portMAX_DELAY) == pdTRUE )
    xSemaphoreTake( sema_mqttOK, portMAX_DELAY );
    mqttOK = 0;
    xSemaphoreGive( sema_mqttOK );
  }
} // void fparseMQTT( void *pvParameters )#include <ESP32Time.h>
//////
void fReadCurrent( void * parameter )
{
  float ADbits = 4096.0f;
  float ref_voltage = 3.3f;
  float offSET = .0f;
  uint64_t TimePastKalman  = esp_timer_get_time(); // used by the Kalman filter UpdateProcessNoise, time since last kalman calculation
  SimpleKalmanFilter KF_I( 1.0f, 1.0f, .01f );
  float mA = 0.0f;
  int   printCount = 0;
  /*
     185mv/A = 5 AMP MODULE
     100mv/A = 20 amp module
     66mv/A = 30 amp module
  */
  const float mVperAmp = 185.0f;
  float adcValue = 0;
  float Voltage = 0;
  float Power = 0.0;
  String powerInfo = "";
  powerInfo.reserve( 150 );
  while ( !MQTTclient.connected() )
  {
    vTaskDelay( 250 );
  }
  TickType_t xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
  const TickType_t xFrequency = 1000; //delay for mS
  for (;;)
  {
    adc1_get_raw(ADC1_CHANNEL_3); // read once discard reading
    adcValue = ( (float)adc1_get_raw(ADC1_CHANNEL_3) );
    //log_i( "adcValue I = %f", adcValue );
    Voltage = ( (adcValue * ref_voltage) / ADbits ) + offSET; // Gets you mV
    mA = Voltage / mVperAmp; // get amps
    KF_I.setProcessNoise( (esp_timer_get_time() - TimePastKalman) / 1000000.0f ); //get time, in microsecods, since last readings
    mA = KF_I.updateEstimate( mA ); // apply simple Kalman filter
    TimePastKalman = esp_timer_get_time(); // time of update complete
    printCount++;
    if ( printCount == 60 )
    {
      xSemaphoreTake( sema_CalculatedVoltage, portMAX_DELAY);
      Power = CalculatedVoltage * mA;
      log_i( "Voltage=%f mA=%f Power=%f", CalculatedVoltage, mA, Power );
      printCount = 0;
      powerInfo.concat( String(CalculatedVoltage, 2) );
      xSemaphoreGive( sema_CalculatedVoltage );
      powerInfo.concat( ",");
      powerInfo.concat( String(mA, 4) );
      powerInfo.concat( ",");
      powerInfo.concat( String(Power, 4) );
      xSemaphoreTake( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive, portMAX_DELAY );
      MQTTclient.publish( topicPower, powerInfo.c_str() );
      xSemaphoreGive( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive );
      powerInfo = "";
    }
    xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
    vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, xFrequency );
  }
  vTaskDelete( NULL );
} //void fReadCurrent( void * parameter )
////
void fReadBattery( void * parameter )
{
  //float ADbits = 4096.0f;
  //float ref_voltage = 3.3f;
  float ADscale = 3.3f / 4096.0f;
  float adcValue = 0.0f;
  float offSET = 0.0f;
  const float r1 = 50500.0f; // R1 in ohm, 50K
  const float r2 = 10000.0f; // R2 in ohm, 10k potentiometer
  //float Vscale = (r1+r2)/r2;
  float Vbatt = 0.0f;
  int printCount = 0;
  float vRefScale = (3.3f / 4096.0f) * ((r1 + r2) / r2);
  uint64_t TimePastKalman  = esp_timer_get_time(); // used by the Kalman filter UpdateProcessNoise, time since last kalman calculation
  SimpleKalmanFilter KF_ADC_b( 1.0f, 1.0f, .01f );
  TickType_t xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
  const TickType_t xFrequency = 1000; //delay for mS
  for (;;)
  {
    adc1_get_raw(ADC1_CHANNEL_0); //read and discard
    adcValue = float( adc1_get_raw(ADC1_CHANNEL_0) ); //take a raw ADC reading
    KF_ADC_b.setProcessNoise( (esp_timer_get_time() - TimePastKalman) / 1000000.0f ); //get time, in microsecods, since last readings
    adcValue = KF_ADC_b.updateEstimate( adcValue ); // apply simple Kalman filter
    Vbatt = adcValue * vRefScale;
    xSemaphoreTake( sema_CalculatedVoltage, portMAX_DELAY );
    CalculatedVoltage = Vbatt;
    xSemaphoreGive( sema_CalculatedVoltage );
    /*
      printCount++;
      if ( printCount == 3 )
      {
      log_i( "Vbatt %f", Vbatt );
      printCount = 0;
      }
    */
    TimePastKalman = esp_timer_get_time(); // time of update complete
    xLastWakeTime = xTaskGetTickCount();
    vTaskDelayUntil( &xLastWakeTime, xFrequency );
    //log_i( "fReadBattery %d",  uxTaskGetStackHighWaterMark( NULL ) );
  }
  vTaskDelete( NULL );
}
////
void MQTTkeepalive( void *pvParameters )
{
  sema_MQTT_KeepAlive   = xSemaphoreCreateBinary();
  xSemaphoreGive( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive ); // found keep alive can mess with a publish, stop keep alive during publish
  // setting must be set before a mqtt connection is made
  MQTTclient.setKeepAlive( 90 ); // setting keep alive to 90 seconds makes for a very reliable connection, must be set before the 1st connection is made.
  for (;;)
  {
    //check for a is-connected and if the WiFi 'thinks' its connected, found checking on both is more realible than just a single check
    if ( (wifiClient.connected()) && (WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) )
    {
      xSemaphoreTake( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive, portMAX_DELAY ); // whiles MQTTlient.loop() is running no other mqtt operations should be in process
      MQTTclient.loop();
      xSemaphoreGive( sema_MQTT_KeepAlive );
    }
    else {
      log_i( "MQTT keep alive found MQTT status %s WiFi status %s", String(wifiClient.connected()), String(WiFi.status()) );
      if ( !(wifiClient.connected()) || !(WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED) )
      {
        connectToWiFi();
      }
      connectToMQTT();
    }
    vTaskDelay( 250 ); //task runs approx every 250 mS
  }
  vTaskDelete ( NULL );
}
////
void connectToWiFi()
{
  int TryCount = 0;
  while ( WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED )
  {
    TryCount++;
    WiFi.disconnect();
    WiFi.begin( SSID, PASSWORD );
    vTaskDelay( 4000 );
    if ( TryCount == 10 )
    {
      ESP.restart();
    }
  }
  WiFi.onEvent( WiFiEvent );
} // void connectToWiFi()
////
void connectToMQTT()
{
  MQTTclient.setKeepAlive( 90 ); // needs be made before connecting
  byte mac[5];
  WiFi.macAddress(mac);
  String clientID = String(mac[0]) + String(mac[4]) ; // use mac address to create clientID
  while ( !MQTTclient.connected() )
  {
    // boolean connect(const char* id, const char* user, const char* pass, const char* willTopic, uint8_t willQos, boolean willRetain, const char* willMessage);
    MQTTclient.connect( clientID.c_str(), mqtt_username, mqtt_password, NULL , 1, true, NULL );
    vTaskDelay( 250 );
  }
  MQTTclient.setCallback( mqttCallback );
  MQTTclient.subscribe( topicOK );
} // void connectToMQTT()
////
void loop() {}

Some code using the PCNT.

Almost correct but not quite. GPIO is used as an analog input pin. The signal I'm generating is used to trigger an external circuit and every time pin 15 goes low I want a trigger so I can read the value from 25.

So there is no input to trigger from. I'm just looking for a way to trigger a function from the MCPWM generated pulse, preferably internally.

I know I can do all this by hard wiring 15 to another input pin and generating an interrupt from there but I'm all out of spare GPIO pins unfortunately.

You can also have a look at and try my new library to see if it's usable for you

Currently, you can attach a callback function to be executed whenever the PWM signal goes HIGH, but I can also easily add new feature to have callback function executed whenever the PWM signal goes LOW, if necessary.

15? or 16?

Anyway, have you tried the very obvious approach of attaching a pin change interrupt to the pin you have a PWM signal on? Yes, I know - it's an output pin. But that doesn't mean it won't work. I'm not sure about the ESP32 architecture but AFAIK on e.g. the ATMega328P this would work.

Hi @anon35827816, yes I've tried that approach but no joy

and hi @khoih-prog your library looks very interesting. Can it deal with sync delays between 2 PWM channels? I have a 50us pulse pin 15 followed, then a delay of 76us followed by a 5us pulse on pin 16. I am able to do this using the MCPWM library.

Oh you want the signal to magically jump out of the MCPWM and over to another thing without it being wired up to do so. I get it. Nope not going to happen.

I thought, maybe, that there would be a way to attach a call back to one of the MCPWM timers, for example. Not expecting magic.

I take it you did not read the MCPWM API?
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Synchronize

Each PWM timer has a synchronization input and a synchronization output. The synchronization input can be selected from other timers’ synchronization outputs or GPIO signals via the GPIO matrix. Timer’s synchronization signal can be generated from either the input sync signal or when the count value reaches peak/zero. Thus, the PWM timers can be chained together with their phase-locked. During synchronization, the PWM timer clock prescaler will reset its counter in order to synchronize the PWM timer clock.

The functionality is enabled in following steps:

  1. Make sure the PWM timer and operator are already configured so that sync will inherit its config (count mode, freq and duty).
  2. Enabling sync input of the timer by invoking mcpwm_sync_configure(), selecting desired signal input from mcpwm_sync_signal_t, and setting the desired phase range from 0 to 999 which is mapped to 0%~99.9%. 0 means zero phase is applied and output is fired at the same time. And selecting desired counting direction.
  3. Enabling one of sync event source from another timer or from external GPIO input.

To sync with another timer:

Enabling sync output of another timer by invoking mcpwm_set_timer_sync_output() and selecting desired event to generate sync output from mcpwm_timer_sync_trigger_t.

To sync with GPIO positive edge input (negative edge requires mcpwm_sync_invert_gpio_synchro()):

Configuring GPIOs to act as the sync signal inputs by calling functions mcpwm_gpio_init() or mcpwm_set_pin(), which were described in section Configure.

It’s normal condition that chained sync signal may have tens or even hundreds of nanoseconds of delay between each timer output due to hardware limitation. To sync two timers accurately it is required to have the third timer occupied to produce sync event that can be consumed parallel by other two timer, so that those two timer will have no delay between each other but have the same delay between the timer which provides events. Another solution is introducing an external GPIO event source so that all three timers can be synced together with no delay.

If not required anymore, the capture functionality may be disabled with mcpwm_sync_disable().
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Hi @alphabetix

I'm afraid my library, which is not purely hardware-controlled, can't deal with so short pulses in us range. It's only designed for PWM frequencies up to 500-1000Hz.

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