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Readme: 750 MHz Is this a typo? #18

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E3V3A opened this issue Apr 17, 2016 · 3 comments
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Readme: 750 MHz Is this a typo? #18

E3V3A opened this issue Apr 17, 2016 · 3 comments

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@E3V3A
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E3V3A commented Apr 17, 2016

In the Readme.md usage you say:

-f float frequency to output on GPIO_18 pin 12 in khz : (130 kHz to 750 MHz),

Is this a typo or can you actually have that high a frequency? In the BCM2835 manual it is stated that the PWM can be most 125 MHz, given the old document assumption on clock freq etc.

Have anyone actually tested this?
How does it differ for different devices?

@E3V3A E3V3A changed the title Readme: Is this a typo? Readme: 750 MHz Is this a typo? Apr 17, 2016
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F5OEO commented Apr 17, 2016

PWM and PCM could be up to 500MHZ using the right PLL.
With PWM there is a divider by 2 to make a waveform : thus 250MHZ.
When frequency is above 250MHZ, rpitx compute the harmonic needed : for example -f 300000 will output 100MHZ but you could listen to the signal on 100*3=300MHZ

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F5OEO commented Aug 27, 2016

After feb6f4c frequency fundamental is now up to 500MHZ

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E3V3A commented Sep 7, 2016

Alright. Thanks.

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