PWM edges issue on a STM32F0 micro

Question

I have a STM32F051R8 (STM32F0 discovery board) I am trying to use to generate a PWM using a timer and change the pulse width at runtime. My code is:

// configuration
  htim1.Instance = TIM1;
  htim1.Init.Prescaler = 0;
  htim1.Init.CounterMode = TIM_COUNTERMODE_UP;
  htim1.Init.Period = 65535;
  htim1.Init.ClockDivision = TIM_CLOCKDIVISION_DIV1;
  htim1.Init.RepetitionCounter = 0;
  htim1.Init.AutoReloadPreload = TIM_AUTORELOAD_PRELOAD_DISABLE;

// runtime
  if(HAL_GPIO_ReadPin (GPIOA, B1_Pin)) {
    // Set The LED ON!
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, LD3_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
    __HAL_TIM_SET_COMPARE(&htim1, TIM_CHANNEL_1, 750);
    htim1.Instance->CCR1 = 65534/2;
  } else {
    // Else .. Turn LED OFF!
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, LD3_Pin, GPIO_PIN_SET);
    HAL_GPIO_WritePin(GPIOC, LD4_Pin, GPIO_PIN_RESET);
    __HAL_TIM_SET_COMPARE(&htim1, TIM_CHANNEL_1, 500);
    htim1.Instance->CCR1 = 65534/4;
  }

My problem is the signal looks like this:

Why are the waves like that? I thought they were supposed to be square. Am I doing something wrong, or is there some kind of setting I must apply?

Answer 1

That looks very much like a problem with the compensation adjustment on your probes.

Your scope should have a calibration signal output. Check that your scope shows a nice square wave when the probe is connected to the calibration output.

If the calibrstion output doesn't look nice and square with straight, vertical edges and flat, horizontal tops and bottoms, adjust the compensation screw on your probe to get the square wave square.

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A digital output from a microprocessor should normally have straight edges and a flat top and bottom. If it doesn't then you either have too much of a load on it or the scope (probes) need to be adjusted.