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Re: FYI about using PWM 13-16 with interrupts

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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
PWMs 13-16 appear to be bit-banged.
The CCP module on the PICs generates a pwm signal that is variable in the duty cycle. The kind that the victors and servos use is variable in the pulse width. (sounds similar, but they are different) So the pwm signal would have to be generated in software, since the hardware isn't suitable for what we need.

But like you pointed out, nothing that careful programming can't resolve.