10 bit PWM on Arduino UNO

Question

I am using this code to make 10 bit PWM on port number 9, it seems like everything printed is 0,1022 rather than printing 0, 512, 1023. Is there a problem in my code ?

I wired pin9 to A3 to get the output and print it.

  void setup() {
  Serial.begin(9600);
  pinMode(A3,INPUT);
  // Set PB1/2 as outputs.
  DDRB |= (1 << DDB1) | (1 << DDB2);

  TCCR1A =
      (1 << COM1A1) | (1 << COM1B1) |
      // Fast PWM mode.
      (1 << WGM11);
  TCCR1B =
      // Fast PWM mode.
      (1 << WGM12) | (1 << WGM13) |
      // No clock prescaling (fastest possible
      // freq).
      (1 << CS10);
  OCR1A = 0;
  // Set the counter value that corresponds to
  // full duty cycle. For 15-bit PWM use
  // 0x7fff, etc. A lower value for ICR1 will
  // allow a faster PWM frequency.
  ICR1 = 0x03ff;
}

void loop() {
  // Use OCR1A and OCR1B to control the PWM
  // duty cycle. Duty cycle = OCR1A / ICR1.
  // OCR1A controls PWM on pin 9 (PORTB1).
  // OCR1B controls PWM on pin 10 (PORTB2).
  OCR1A = 0x0000;
  delay(500);
  Serial.println(analogRead(A3));
  OCR1A = 0x0200;
  delay(500);
  Serial.println(analogRead(A3));
  OCR1A = 0x03ff;
  delay(500);
  Serial.println(analogRead(A3));
}

The output looks like that:

  0 0 1022 1021 0 1022 1021 0 0 1021 0 1021 1021 0 0 1021 0 0 1022

no data between 0 and 1022 are presented.

thanks.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:50

On your code, you using analogRead but declaring the pin (A3) as output. Change it to pinMode(A3,INPUT);

Aside from that, PWM is basically a digital output which changing (HIGH and LOW) at specified frequency. When the result you got is

0 0 1022 1021 0 1022 1021 0 0 1021 0 1021 1021 0 0 1021 0 0 1022

There's nothing wrong. 0 --> LOW, and 1021++ --> HIGH
If you want "measure" something from the PWM, use pulseIn() instead, you can check the documentation here.

If you want to measure the PWM value, I suggest you read:
Can I connect a PWM pin on one Arduino to an analog input on another?

10 bit PWM on Arduino UNO

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