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Unread 24-09-2003, 12:39
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Quote:
Originally posted by rbayer
b) The "wrapping" of numbers isn't really an issue here. PWMs are stored as bytes (8 bits), so they can have 256 values (0-255). It's just that 255 means something else...
Not true, if you read the Innovation FIRST comments (which I doubt anyone does anymore ) it specifically says that a PWM can have 255 values, not 256. So the wrapping error is very important for people to understand, since it is 0-254, not 1-255
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