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Carrier Duty

Duty Cycle of the Timer1 Carrier Engine


Overview

The carrier duty determines the ratio between ON time and OFF time within each carrier cycle.


Purpose

Carrier duty influences:

  • pulse width,
  • energy distribution,
  • waveform symmetry.

Firmware Configuration

Example:

#define CARRIER_DUTY_PERMILLE 500

corresponding to:

50 %

Independence

Carrier duty affects the carrier engine only.

Packet timing remains controlled by Timer2.


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