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I have a GPIO that creates the PWM pulse. Would it be possible to have my python code read the same GPIO, and on high execute my code to read the ADC? Would that disrupt the PWM because I'm accessing the pin?

#======================================================= ## FOR THE PWM #======================================================= pi = pigpio.pi() GPIO_PWM=19 #======================================================= ## FOR THE ADC #======================================================= lsb = 0.004 # 4.096/1024 adc = spidev.SpiDev() adc.open(0,0) # SPI 0 with CE_N0 # max speed in intermal mode adc.max_speed_hz=400000 adc.mode = 0b00 #======================================================= ## Read from ADC while PWM'ing #======================================================= #process for PWM pwm_p=Process(target=tx_pulses, args=(pi, GPIO_PWM, 900, 65535,.5)) pwm_p.start() while(pwm_p.is_alive()): #if(pi.read(GPIO_PWM)): adc.writebytes([0x8E]) # ask for channel 1 my_bytes = adc.readbytes(2) # read channel 1 value = (my_bytes[0] << 3) value = value | (my_bytes[1] >> 5) print(value*lsb*4.01)

When I add:

if(pi.read(GPIO_PWM)):

To try and sample on the HIGH of the wave signal, the program stops running which I find strange. I imagine it's because it's turning off the wave while then ends the process. If I can't do this, I was thinking of maybe trying to add an event as when the wave goes high.

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  • what do you mean by GPIO? Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 1:02
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    Ah let me see. To "upgrade" a GPIO pin to a PWM pin, I need to (1) set the GPIO pin mode to Output, and then (2) set the GPIO pin already set to output mode to PWM pin, with init conditions freq, duty cycles etc. So a PWM cannot do input and output/PWM a the same time. Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 2:36
  • If that is using the PWM code I gave in another answer are you sure it's running? The code I gave blocked until the wave chain had been sent. You seem to be wanting to read an ADC at high speed with jitter free timing. That is very hard on the Pi. I do offer one method at abyz.me.uk/rpi/pigpio/examples.html#C_rawMCP3008_c Be aware this is not simple code. To adapt it to another ADC requires a reasonably high level of programming abilty. Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 20:44
  • @joan Yea I'm sure it's running because I am scoping the output and I am able to measure. I'll look into your example and see if I can adapt it. IF not, I'll try to look into an alternative. My goal is to read an ADC when the PWM is high. Commented Feb 17, 2020 at 6:24
  • With the comment, the ADC is continuously reading when the process of generating the waves is high. I was thinking of trying to use something like the add_event_detect in the RPi lib but I don't know how compatible it is with pigpiod. I haven't tried it yet. Commented Feb 17, 2020 at 6:32

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Yes you can on a Pi. You can read the current level of a GPIO regardless of its mode (input, output, alt0 to alt5).

For instance look at piscope. It displays the current level of all GPIO, regardless of whether they are inputs, outputs, I2C, SPI, UART, PWM etc.

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  • No this won't work. I just tried, and when you try reading it stops the operation of the PWM. Commented Feb 15, 2020 at 23:59
  • If you are using pigpio you can read any GPIO regardless of its mode. Just call the read() function. There is no need to set the GPIO as an input (because if you do so that stops the GPIO acting as an output). Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 8:45
  • that's weird, when I tried to do a read() it stopped the PWM functionality. Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 17:19
  • I meant to read, while it's generating the PWM at the same time, i.e while it's outputing the PWM signal, I can read if it's high or low. Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 17:19
  • What code are you using? Perhaps add a short script which shows the problem. Commented Feb 16, 2020 at 18:22

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