SPRADL7 July   2025 F28E120SC

 

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  2.   Abstract
  3.   Trademarks
  4. 1 Introduction
  5. 2 Key Differences Between EPWM and MCPWM
  6. 3 Time-Base Submodule Differences
    1. 3.1 Register Differences
    2. 3.2 Driverlib Differences
  7. 4 Counter-Compare Submodule Differences
    1. 4.1 Register Differences
    2. 4.2 Driverlib Differences
  8. 5 Action-Qualifier Submodule Differences
    1. 5.1 Register Differences
    2. 5.2 Driverlib Differences
  9. 6 Dead-Band Submodule Differences
    1. 6.1 Register Differences
    2. 6.2 Driverlib Differences
  10. 7 Trip-Zone Submodule Differences
    1. 7.1 Register Differences
    2. 7.2 Driverlib Differences
  11. 8 Event-Trigger Submodule Differences
    1. 8.1 Register Differences
    2. 8.2 Driverlib Differences
  12. 9 Global Load Differences
    1. 9.1 Register Differences
    2. 9.2 Driverlib Differences
  13. 10Summary
  14. 11References

Introduction

Before migrating an EPWM application to MCPWM, there are high-level feature differences between the two modules to determine whether migration between the two modules is feasible for an existing application. Once this evaluation is complete, users can begin migrating a EPWM code to MCPWM. This document highlights differences for both register and driverlib-based programming. Differences between EPWM and MCPWM are divided between the following submodules:

  • Time-based submodule
  • Counter-compare submodule
  • Action qualifier submodule
  • Deadband submodule
  • Trip-zone submodule
  • Event trigger submodule
  • PWM X-BAR